tim meidroth wrote:

my question is, how is it possible for his upload speed to be 75 times faster than mine?...he says his Mac is connected to "gigabit" Fios...what is that?...what ISP is providing that kind of upload speed?

"Gigabit" Fios is a symmetric internet connection at nominally 1 Gbps (1000 megabits per second). I have Verizon Fios (one of the major US cellular/phone/cable providers).

This is provided through a fiber-optic connection all the way from the ISP to the home.?

Fiber comes into the Network Interface Connection on the wall of my house.

The distribution within my house is (a) coaxial cable to 2 locations for TV hookup, (b) Category 6a ethernet cabling to multiple rooms, and (c) Wifi everywhere.

The Wifi is limited to "only" about 400-450 Mbps because that's what I had available in 2019.

Prior to getting this, I was unable to get ANY cable service and subsisted on DSL that maxxed out at about 2.8 Mbps (that's an hour for a 1 GB download, if it didn't get interrupted).

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