Upgraded Internet connection - Symmetric Fiber to the Home
Sunday, June 29. 2025
Long time no post. I've been busy doing tons of stuff at work, at home and elsewhere. Had very little time to post. Now that summer vacation is there, I finally have availability to do some posting.
Four years ago I got a really fast connection. The reason why I moved ages ago was to get a fiber Internet connection (also there was the obvious need for more space).
Now that my beloved ISP has more offering also in this region, I chose to go for a speedup. There is an article in Finnish about symmetric speeds: Kuituliittymien lähetysnopeudet nousee!
Before:
After:
Observations:
- Download speed measured in 2021 was 878 Mbit/s, now 940 and something. Nice improvement there.
- Then the obvious. 2021 upload was limited to 400 Mbit/s, measuring 393. The speedup is significant as we're nearing 950. Very nice!
Next:
Going above 1 Gbit. I have no idea how long that should take. Years? A decade? 10 Gbit/s connections are available in Finland, 100€ / month. As I'd love to have one, unfortunately, given geography and ISP's turf wars such thing isn't an option for me.
Also: Back-in-the-days I got lots of comments saying something like "Who needs 1 Gbit/s connection!" Note how that wasn't a question. As the Elisa article says, lot of ISP's customers got their gigabit symmetric before me, it is fair to say such speeds are commonly seen. No more luddites commenting on speeds.
