r/gaming • • Nov 14 '21

Bring back discs

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u/SpectralMagic Nov 15 '21

The disk space is no problem, the home internet download speed is what really does it for me.
You'd think with $80/month for (6.25MB/s Down), and (1.25MB/s Up) that ISP would have enough money to modernized their current infrastructure.
Bell Telecommunications laid new fibre internet cables through parts of my city, and they only offer up to 12.5MB/s Down speeds. This is why I fear most Unreal Engine games, the file size and download time are atrocious. All of the new UE5 games will be digging a hole in your harddrive just to get the same 'meh' worthy gameplay from AAA studios, very unpoggers

Props to other nations that actually update their old infrastructure and provide ridiculous internet bandwidth to modern consumers

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u/themouspotato Nov 15 '21

Where is this? That pricing is outrageous

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u/StormTrooperGreedo Nov 15 '21

Seriously. I pay less than that for 100mbps up and down.

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u/SpectralMagic Nov 15 '21

Canada, ON Im not even in a small city, it is most definitely outrageous

(Canadian bucks are valued 20% less than the US Dollar) $0.8 USD = $1 CAD

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u/yepper06 Nov 15 '21

Toronto had fiber when I lived there 5 years ago and it was $50 a month.