Ziggo starts with 1Gbit / s subscription in Amsterdam – IT Pro – News

The ratio has long been 1:10, but it is now, most likely for marketing reasons, out of balance. Being able to say that you can offer “Gigabit” internet simply sounds better than 700 Mbit / s. Moreover, you then have “fiber parity”, at least in terms of download. Not that I’m happy with it (I’d rather have 700/70 or something than 1000/50), but I think this is a logical explanation.

Hopefully the 1:10 ratio will at least be restored in the near future, because increasing the download further makes no sense. Fortunately, the masses now have equipment that simply cannot go faster than Gbit due to the Ethernet standard. For the same reason, I do not see fiber optic providers quickly> offering Gbit. And that doesn’t mean Ziggo either. This creates room to continue increasing the upload, because yes, what else can you do. Will take a while, because Ziggo wants to roll out 3.1 nationally first.

That said, I nowadays notice a preference for downloading more than uploading. I used to have 100/100 EttH. At the time Ziggo was still at max 60/6 or something, but even when Ziggo went to 300/30 or something (many years later), I still had no inclination to switch. But nowadays things are different for me. I do upload sometimes, and I still have a NAS, but I actually only use that NAS locally. On the other hand, you have content that has really increased in size. Streaming services are not the problem, you can still use them over a DSL line, but I am talking more about digital game downloads, for example. Sometimes those bitches can easily reach 100GB and you can’t just put that in.

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