[olug] Centurylink "Gigabit" my ass....

[Justin Reiners]

I was waiting for a comment on that one. Grab an old PC and use a distro
router. My Asus handles GB just fine too.
On Jun 20, 2014 7:49 PM, "Dan Linder" <dan at linder.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Jake Churchill <reynacho at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > My pc is hard-jacked to their modem right now because I don't have a fast
> > enough router.   I was told by their rep that *if I turned my firewall
> > off*
> > speeds might even increase but I haven't been that brave yet.
> >
>
> Wow, that's a really BAD suggestion!  I hope you never do that, even for a
> short test!
>
> But, Gbit speeds are going to start showing us which home and SOHO
> firewall/router vendors that use the cheapest CPU and chips in their
> products.
>
> Or, conversely it will show us bleeding-edge-home-users that we have to
> actually pony up and buy more business oriented equipment if we're truly
> wanting to push GB speeds.  (Assuming the providers modem can handle it in
> the first place!)
>
> I'm confident that the market will improve and the "home" routers will
> become faster and SOHO class routers will come down in price, but for now
> it'll be a mixed bag of results.
>
> Dan
>
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