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How many seconds does a modern fiber connection need to download a whole HD movie?

About 8 seconds

Background

With a gigabit connection an HD movie is there in about eight seconds. On older DSL it would still take many minutes. You feel the difference right away when Netflix starts. No waiting, no buffering, just play.

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