On 27/Feb/15 19:27, Naslund, Steve wrote: > That statement completely confuses me. Why is asymmetry evil? Does that not > reflect what "Joe Average User" actually needs and wants? The statement that > the average users *MUST* have the same pipes going UP as he does going DOWN > does not reflect reality at all. Do a lot of your users want to stream 4K > video to their friends UHD TV? Given that all transmission media has some > sort of bandwidth limit it would seem to me that asymmetry is actually more > fair for the user since he gets more of what he needs which is download > speed. There is no technical reason that it can't be symmetric it is just a > reflection of what the market wants. As an ISP I can tell you that a lot > more people complaint about their download speeds than their upload speeds. > Do you think that you (or the average home user) would be happier with 27.5 > down and 27.5 up vs your 50 down and 5 up you have today? Don't tell me you > want 50 down and 50 up because that is a different bandwidth total that > requires a faster transmission media.
The person at the other end of my Facetime call was frustrated that they couldn't see me when I took the call from my house (320Kbps up, ADSL) yet I could see them perfectly (4Mbps down, ADSL). Would I like for them to have been able to see me as I did them? Mark.
