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# Why you should switch to 10Gbps broadband today
- URL: https://www.techstories.co/why-you-should-switch-to-10gbps-broadband-today/
- Published: 2024-09-09T02:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-09-15T10:28:24.000Z
- Description: Two reasons to switch and two reasons not to.
- Author: Paul Mah
- Tags: Technology

Need more Internet speed? Here are 2 reasons to sign up for 10Gbps broadband - and 2 reasons not to.

I still remember that breathtaking moment when I switched from a dial-up modem to a newfangled ADSL Internet plan.

It was a different world then.

- No Wi-Fi.
- PC with 16MB RAM.
- 10Mbps (0.01Gbps) LAN.

My jump to 512Kbps "broadband" (0.000512Gbps) felt like magic.

Today, symmetric 10Gbps broadband is available in Singapore for less than SG$70 per month. Should you sign up?

### 2 reasons to skip 10Gbps

1. **Your home network is slow**

Going for 10Gbps broadband is useless if your home network is too slow.

To be clear, no Wi-Fi device can saturate a 10Gbps connection yet. But how much you can utilise depends on factors such as:

- Speed of Wi-Fi access points, client devices.
- How access points are wired up.
- The presence of older devices.

It's also why telcos are bundling speedy Wi-Fi routers to go with new 10Gbps plans - for a slight price premium, of course.

1. **It takes effort to benefit fully from 10Gbps**

To make full use of 10Gbps, you will need:

- 10Gbps Ethernet port on your PC or Mac.
- At least Cat 5e or better cabling.
- 10Gbps networking gear.
- Fast computer.

For some, it is just more work than it's worth.

### **2 reasons to sign up for 10Gbps**

1. **That 10Gbps is shared**

Home broadband in Singapore is delivered by XGS-PON, which sees one 10Gig optical port at the telco shared by as many as two dozen neighbours.

If this sounds bad, just imagine your existing "1Gbps" broadband shared by a similar number of neighbours. At least 10Gbps gives you a much fatter pipe to start with!

1. **More is better**

Finally, why wouldn't you want more Internet bandwidth? While some will argue that even the fastest Internet won't matter if the "overseas connection" is slow, it is a dated argument.

As a key data centre hub, many websites and content providers have established a presence in Singapore. Most are cached on local CDNs; some have even built data centres.

Why, Meta has a massive 150MW facility at Tanjong Kling built for US$1 billion - making up a hefty 10% of the data centre capacity here.

What's your current home broadband and networking setup? Do you use mesh Wi-Fi or wired Ethernet? Pray share.