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		voltagex_ on Aug 10, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Americans don’t need fast home Internet service, F... >1. I can host time-machine backups for my entire family on my home server, allow them to have off-site backups. What upstream speed do your family have? I've got the equipment and the bandwidth to do this, but my family have <1 megabit upstream available.

MichaelRenor on Aug 10, 2017 | [–]

They will need to do the backups while they're over if they aren't also on fiber.

snewk on Aug 10, 2017 | [–]

they said 1 gig symmetrical

voltagex_ on Aug 10, 2017 | [–]

Doesn't necessarily mean that's what their family are connected with (to the backup server).

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