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> I wonder what 20 years will bring?

Probably not much. At least advancements wont be like the difference between going from 1.5 mbps to 1 gbps. It's the same reason why 10gbe ethernet has not become a common thing for consumer level desktop hardware. While 1gbe ethernet has been the standard offering since the mid-2000s. Recently lot of manufacturers have started supporting 2.5gbe. But low cost switching/routing hardware that fully supports 2.5gbe isn't quite there yet.



Here in Singapore Gigabit Internet is pretty much standard with fibre-to-the-home almost everywhere.

My main problem is that wifi is slower than that. So to benefit from faster speeds, I'd either have to upgrade to wifi 6 or lay cables throughout the house.

The ISPs here are happy to sell you faster broadband, though.


Same thing in US, but, at least in my US apartment, ethernet cables were already built into the walls, with outlet or two for each room. As I prefer desktop to a laptop for everyday work, I gladly used it.




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