"Get the gig" is a great marketing line, but bandwidth you never use is money wasted. Here's how to decide whether 1 Gbps is right or overkill.
What a Gig Is Actually For
1 Gbps makes sense when you have many simultaneous heavy users, large/constant file transfers, lots of concurrent video, or you're consolidating multiple locations' traffic. For a typical small office, it's often far more than needed.
How to Estimate Your Real Need
Size by simultaneous users and activity rather than chasing the biggest number. A standard office runs comfortably on a fraction of a gig; see how much bandwidth your business needs. Leave headroom \xE2\x80\x94 but headroom, not 10x overcapacity.
Quality often beats quantity: a smaller dedicated circuit with guaranteed performance frequently serves a business better than a giant best-effort number that sags at peak. See DIA.
When the Gig Is Worth It
- Media, engineering, or design teams moving huge files.
- Large headcounts all online and active at once.
- A site aggregating traffic for multiple locations.
- Heavy cloud backup/sync across the whole company.
Right-Size, Don't Over-Size
The goal is a connection that fits your real usage with room to grow \xE2\x80\x94 not the biggest tier on the rate card. We help you pick the right speed and service type. See business fiber.
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