Are you saying that there is no point in having 10Gb Ethernet when all you can get in is 2.4Mb? If so, I disagree, because plenty of transfer (video streaming, backups, etc) occurs intra-house. Also, presumably you will want to have plenty of headroom to handle increases in internet speed without tearing out all your wiring.

OTOH If you're just complaining about the slow speed your ISP offers, I can definitely understand the frustration if it's only 2.4Mb!

The latter, I can't even watch Amazon or NetFlix video without hiccups at this bandwidth, and Amazon video frequently just gives up the ghost 10 minutes or so into a video. Don't even get me started on youtube...

As for streaming between machines, yep, it's awesome, but that's not the primary use case. I installed my wiring during a remodel a little ahead of the curve in the hopes that pretty but otherwise dreadful hippy tweaker heaven backwater Santa Cruz county would eventually catch up with nearby Silicon Valley. Sadly, ISP bandwidth has lagged Silicon Valley in the same way as most home values here (arguably the latter is a good thing for most but in my case it's kept me from selling and moving over the hill).

Why not rent and move over? I'm guessing you also work over the hill, the savings in your time would be worth it.

Wait for it, here's the kicker:

How much are you paying for it?

Do you live in the middle of nowhere or something?

The best ISP an hour from Austin still advertises that they are ten times faster than dialup.

Not to mention the spotty Google Fiber throughout the downtown. I love Austin. It's like Santa Cruz but with much better beer and BBQ.

Santa Cruz, California, just south of Silicon Valley.