--- title: There's still no point in gigabit broadband | daily.dev description: A personal reflection on receiving a 1Gbps Virgin Media broadband package and questioning its practical value for home use. Despite having gigabit speeds,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-still-no-point-in-gigabit-broadband-v51pes3t5 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: There's still no point in gigabit broadband | daily.dev og:description: A personal reflection on receiving a 1Gbps Virgin Media broadband package and questioning its practical value for home use. Despite having gigabit speeds,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/there-s-still-no-point-in-gigabit-broadband-v51pes3t5 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/V51PeS3t5.png og:image:alt: There's still no point in gigabit broadband og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # There's still no point in gigabit broadband **[Terence Eden](https://daily.dev/sources/shkspr)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A personal reflection on receiving a 1Gbps Virgin Media broadband package and questioning its practical value for home use. Despite having gigabit speeds, real-world bottlenecks — WiFi physics, 1G Ethernet switches, device limitations, and CDN latency — mean most devices can't even approach that throughput. For typical domestic use including working from home, 100Mbps is rarely exceeded. The author acknowledges gigabit infrastructure is worth building for the future but struggles to find compelling use cases today beyond novelty. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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