What do we do with all of these Gigs? 14 Ideas:

2nd June 2015

Comcast has shared some exciting news for Coloradans recently—they’re adding us to the list of states offering residential 2-Gigabit service (starting this summer).

2 Gigabits per second (Gpbs) is ridiculously fast. Gigabit connection delivers 1,000 megabits of information per second (mpbs). In comparison to the average global connection in Q1 of 2014, which was 3.9mpbs, gigabit connectivity is 50-100 times faster than what the average American enjoys today. And now this is coming right to our homes.

“We have been building fiber into our network over the past decade which provides an extremely flexible architecture that can be scaled to offer multi-gigabit speeds to more homes,” said Cindy Parsons, Vice President of Public Relations for Comcast. “Not everyone will need 2 gig speeds, but our belief is to make technology available for the most advanced digital homes of the future.”

Not only does this development in our technological infrastructure play an extremely important role in building a foundation for the hyper-fast internet of the future, but it can vastly improve the ways in which we interact on the internet today.

Think of all of the things it will allow you to do:

1. Video streaming

Whether it’s Netflix, YouTube or all of your favorite sites for “alone time” (whatever you do in your free time is your business), just know that with 2gpbs residential service, you’ll be saying goodbye to those pesky buffering screens we all hate and get your browsing/viewing on much more efficiently.

2. Online conferencing

Conference calling of the future is crazy—seriously, check it out. Trekkies: Holodeck technology. ‘Nuff said.


3. Posting “necessary” information to social media

You know what I’m talking about.  We see it every day: excessive amounts of baby photos, righteous political opinions, something a little too personal. Hell, even accounts for your pets and inanimate objects. Now you can post way more, way faster. Keep posting away, posters. Never change.


4. Lie about yourself on online dating sites

Upload deceiving photos to your profile with more efficiency than ever.  Get your embellished personal profile out to way more people.  The hotties will be filling your inbox in no time.


5. Manage your finances

Doing this is stressful enough as it is. Doing it with slow and lagging internet can make you want to throw your computer out the window. Just get it over with already!


6. Take an online class

What could be more fun than learning? Not to mention the fact that taking online courses is a great way to kick start your career and make a whole lot more money. See “2. Online conferencing” above. That could revolutionize the way we do this.


7. Make friends with an inmate

Yes, it’s true—lonely inmates in the USA are seeking pen pals.  On Meet-an-Inmate.com, you can be that friend.  America’s prisoners need love too!


8. Take Buzzfeed quizzes and “find yourself”

Be disappointed more quickly than ever when you take a “Which Mad Men Character are You?” quiz and find out that you’re Harry Crane instead of Don Draper. You’re totally Don Draper.


9. Shop online

Do people even go to malls anymore? I can get that stuff sent to my house with the click of a button.


10. Game as it was intended to be

Nothing is more frustrating than having a prime kill-shot opportunity followed by a frozen or lagging connection. Chances are, when you unfreeze, you’re already dead. With residential 2gbps service, you’ll always be ahead of the game.


11. Launch a business from home

As the internet has become faster over the years, the necessary resources to start a business from home have becoming more and more accessible. A much faster residential service will soon make this even faster.


12. Creep on Instagram

Be careful with this one—it could be potentially be even riskier than number 11.  If you’re 70 weeks back, you’re walking on some thin ice.  There is nothing more humiliating than an accidental double-tap at that moment.  Sneak through these ‘grams with the best connection possible.


13. Start a blog

There are so many things to write about. What do you love? Sports? Fishing? Work? Blog about it. This is a great way to get your personal brand out into the world and could open a lot of doors for you in the future.


14. Everything above AT THE SAME TIME

Yeah—I said it. Everything above at the same time. Slow internet connections often make doing just one of these activities difficult. With 2 gigabit service, you won’t be worrying about staying connected. You’re biggest concern is likely going to be “What in the world am I going to do with all of this speed?”