What to do with 1GB internet connection?

I am now able to get a 1GB internet connection through my ISP. I guess I sound a bit like Bill Gates, but why would I want a 1GB connection? I now have 250/60Mbit but I cant really find any reason for even that. Except some bittorrenting if I want to download that movie about 2-5 minutes faster...
Maybe I have tech fetigue? I really cant find any reason for paying for 1GB even though I can afford it. Maybe someone may help me to overcome this tech hostile mind I seem to have? Whats wrong with me?

 

and how much are you talking about
1gb?

 

Yeah 1GB/s connection instead of the 250/60 Mbit/s I have now (or 100Mbit/s that I am contemplating to downgrade to)

 

Torify your upload stream?

 

Most of the really high speed connections would be a waste if you are faster than most of the servers you are connecting to. When the whole internet gets that fast it will be nice.

 

Good point, Jack. I find the biggest bottleneck when online, particularly when downloading large files, is the speed of the hosting server at the other end. With a good one, and using FreeDownloadManager which permits multiple sections, I can often get DLs at 300-350 KB/s. On the other hand, MS Update is near the other end of the scale and well under 10KB/s is more typical there, which is why I normally hold off on Patch Tuesday till the end of that week to avoid the rush.

 

My experience is different. I routinely get sustained download speeds of about 535 KB/s, which corresponds to my nominal 4 Gb/s connection and the "plus" obtained using Interned Download Manager.

One reason to use a higher speed it to reduce the time to upload. The upload speed is always less than the download one, in my case 25% or about 1 Gb/s. When I upload files to backup them in the cloud, the higher speed is important. Also when using Skype or similar programs.

 

I think we're confusing bits, bytes, gigabits, and megabits.

535kilabytes is 4.2Megabites. One gigabit is 1,000 megabits.

One gigaByte (GB) is 8,000 megabytes.

 

Maybe it would help for OnLive, but even then I don't think they have streams that could take advantage of it.

BTW, I hate you for having such options. Where do you live?

 

LOL. Me too.