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Originally Posted by rsmurano
If you can get fiber, that’s your best option. Go with either copper network if you can’t get fiber.
I worked out of my home in high tech and had 1G speeds fiber. In retirement, I have 1G speed using copper. Do not go with the 100, 300 or even the 500Mb speeds if you do a lot of data during the month because there are caps on how much data you can download/upload. Your faster speed networks usually have no data caps.
Also remember, all copper networks (non fiber) have the very slow upload speeds (I have 1G down and 40Mb upload with spectrum) so if you do any large file transfers at the same time do zoom calls, your upload bandwidth could be degraded. If you get the slower speeds like 100, 200, etc, your upload speeds are even slower.
When I worked from home, they wanted me to backup to the corporate servers which take all of the bandwidth of the slower copper cables.
Also, you will need a good lan/wifi setup in your house to get reliable access to your computer. If you work in front of the router, no problem, but if you work in a Bedroom and the router is in the kitchen, get somebody to build you a robust network in your house, preferably using a wired connection to your router
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I forgot, if you go with Xfinity internet, unless you get their highest cost package or Infinity Now which is their slowest, there is a data cap. Totally ridiculous. They do this because they are not upgrading their cable infrastructure here in the Villages. Up North, there are no data caps with Xfinity and Spectrum has no data caps which is why I prefer Spectrum if you had no other choice.