02-05-2021, 08:57 PM
in theory the 300/300 optical service is superior, offering the lowest possible latency. However, that optical (fiber) link will have to be translated to electrical (copper) somewhere along the way, and how that is managed by the ISP can be a total game changer.
Do your homework about that provider, and about fiber optic in general. The best possible way to be connected is what's called "to the premise" which would be right at your house. "To the node" means you might have a significant amount of copper line between you and that node, and you would most likely be sharing the node with other customers in your neighborhood (similar to how cable is delivered.
BTW I think you mean that the cable offering is 300 down/100 up rather than the reverse.
FIW I have cable service here, 200 down/5 up (that's right - 5mb/s) and it works just fine, as long as my wife is not working though her VPN. When we move later this year, I'll have 500/500 fiber optic to the premise, from an ISP that I have great confidence in.
Do your homework about that provider, and about fiber optic in general. The best possible way to be connected is what's called "to the premise" which would be right at your house. "To the node" means you might have a significant amount of copper line between you and that node, and you would most likely be sharing the node with other customers in your neighborhood (similar to how cable is delivered.
BTW I think you mean that the cable offering is 300 down/100 up rather than the reverse.
FIW I have cable service here, 200 down/5 up (that's right - 5mb/s) and it works just fine, as long as my wife is not working though her VPN. When we move later this year, I'll have 500/500 fiber optic to the premise, from an ISP that I have great confidence in.