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I've got fibre to my house. I could pay more for 1Gbps, but I'm currently on 500Mbps and it's good enough. Unless I worked in video editing or did AI training at home or something I don't think I'll upgrade. There's just not that many benefits to being faster.

I'd say even 100Mbps would be good enough for most uses. It's nice to be faster, but I'm not certain it improves my life very much.

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If gigabit was the baseline, you wouldn't have to pay extra. You're not saving money.

If gigabit was the baseline, I wouldn't be able to get my $20/mo plan wouldn't be available, and I'd have to pay more for service I don't use.

Gigabit is $20/mo in other places. What's your point exactly?

This is one of the things in life I consciously don’t “go big” to save money. Because it’s a fixed monthly payment, the savings rack up over the years by just getting the slowest speed possible that has unlimited usage.

Everything I’ve ever wanted to do is near enough to instant on 80Mbps. When I torrent something big I just grab a glass of water and do 3 minutes of stretching and it’s done.

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