General / Off-Topic The dual language of commercial services

[Patrick_68000]

Since two years, I have an internet subscription with 1Gb/s download and 250 Mb/s Upload. And the subscription includes a Calix modem.

Recently, the ISP's advertisement indicates a switch to 2Gb/s in download and 600 Mb/s in Upload without additional cost.

Happy, I'm checking my new free debit. In Upload I am effectively at 620 Mb/s in average.

I know that I must to upgrade my network card on the PC to have more than 1Gb/s in Download.

It is the double language of advertising, because the modem has 4 Ethernet ports with a maximum speed of 1Gb/s.

Of course I'm not going to do port aggregation, and I wouldn't buy a new network card.

In fact, it is a flow shared between all the equipment in the house.

The advertisement is a big joke and people who are not too informed will go to buy a network card for the PC which costs a hundred euros and which will be useless.

And many new subscribers will imagine receiving 2 Gb/s on the PC but there is no other box at this ISP.

Commercial services are desperate to attract new subscribers, by playing with the ambiguity.

Just to say.

 

[Morbad]

I certainly see the potential for the uninformed to purchase a service plan they won't be able to take advantage of.

That said, making use of such a connection, even with the access point provided, wouldn't be difficult with many users connected. Even if you needed 2Gbps download to a single system, link aggregation is not that impractical. Someone buying incompatible hardware in an attempt to utilize full performance without knowing what one was doing would be on the buyer.

BTW, how much does that connection cost you?

Best I can get in my current area is 400/40 cable and it's not particularly cheap.

 

[Patrick_68000]

I certainly see the potential for the uninformed to purchase a service plan they won't be able to take advantage of.

That said, making use of such a connection, even with the access point provided, wouldn't be difficult with many users connected. Even if you needed 2Gbps download to a single system, link aggregation is not that impractical. Someone buying incompatible hardware in an attempt to utilize full performance without knowing what one was doing would be on the buyer.

BTW, how much does that connection cost you?

Best I can get in my current area is 400/40 cable and it's not particularly cheap.

I live in a valley of small villages. The fiber network has been new for 2-3 years.

It is a network funded by the State, Regions and Departments and a few private companies (not a lot). It is mainly a public network.

ISP pay a monthly rental to access the network. We have a dozen different national and regional ISP in the valley.

For my subscription I pay 56 euros per month for a triple play offer (TV HD and UHD 4K, unlimited telephony, and internet). But as we are two at home, we each pay 28 euros. I received the new debit at no additional cost.

I told my ISP that the internet ports are limited to 1 Gb/s and asked if they will provide a new box in the future with more efficient ports. He confirmed and they also do tests on 5 Gb/s and 10 Gb/s.

I could if I wanted to change ISP today. There is one that proposes a triple play offers with a box to 10 Gb/s with a SFP+ port. It offers a speed of up to 8 Gb/s with 10G-EPON technology, for 50 euros per month.

But I don't have the utility and for the moment I don't want to change. I will perhaps wait for the new box with my current ISP.

 

[Patrick_68000]

I certainly see the potential for the uninformed to purchase a service plan they won't be able to take advantage of.

As you know, they will be able to enjoy in family if they have several devices connected to the box. There are four Ethernet ports on the box.

As it is a shared flow. There is indeed 2 Gb/s arriving at the box.

I asked the ISP to change the advertising indicating that each Ethernet port is limited to 1Gb/s. And two days later he changed