Because to maximize bandwith efficiency, ISPs, me included, sell that unused upstream bandwidth for website hosting and video streaming.
-mel via cell > On Jun 9, 2022, at 1:47 PM, Michael Thomas <m...@mtcc.com> wrote: > > >> On 6/9/22 1:26 PM, Mel Beckman wrote: >> With 430 GB versus 32 GV average down versus up usage today, according to >> your article, this is still not a case for symmetrical consumer bandwidth. >> Yes, the upstream usage increased slightly more than the downstream usage. >> But the ratio was still so big that it would take decades for them to join. >> I doubt they ever will. Consumers just don’t have that much days up to push >> yet, and probably never will. >> >> Also, a lot of that Usage can be explained by video conferencing during >> Covid, which has dropped off significantly already. >> >> > If it's so tiny, why shape it aggressively? Why shouldn't I be able to burst > to whatever is available at the moment? I would think most users would be > happy with that. > > Mike >