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    The hidden costs of multi-gigabit fiber internet: A cautionary tale

    Mar 08, 2022 4 minutes
    BY GORDON UNG

    Gigabit internet? Feh, that’s for suckers. At least that’s what I thought as the technician was driving away after freshly “wiring” our home with multi-gigabit internet service.

    In my case, I had drained the last bit of service life from Ma Bell’s twisted-pair copper wires at 100Mbps down and 20Mbps up. I traded that relic of the 19th century for  new Fiber To The Home service, which rewarded me with “up to 10Gbps down” and “up to 10Gbps up.” While the technician didn’t hit that speed, I was happy to see about 9Gbps from the tech’s , using a Thunderbolt 3 10Gbps Ethernet adapter on my modem, er, Optical Network Terminal.

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