Google Fiber

dafuq. im streaming HDTV, downloading torrents and stuff perfectly fine with a 200mbps connection. plus all that bandwidth is pointless if the other server doesn't support the same speed.

That is partially inaccurate, since it still means you have the availability to hit multiple servers at the maximum per connection speed they'll permit you without congesting yourself, and with the right tools you can exceed the per connection speed caps via multipart transfer to capitalize more fully on that degree of bandwidth. When you apply it to a household with several people it's a godsend because it means nearly everyone can do almost anything they want with minimal impact to everyone else as long as the local network is sufficient to handle that sort of traffic too and isn't a bottleneck to the actual speed.

In my house for example it's not uncommon for HD netflix and/or Amazon prime streaming in three rooms simultaneously while torrents are going and people are gaming.

The latency alone makes it worth it for some things.