>Well, my dsl provider has like a 25/5 50/10 so clearly everybody has the headroom to get to 10 at least. >I mean, most users have no clue about such things.
Lol I'm sure you're no network operator Michael. That's not accurate (well your first statement). On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 8:29 PM Mike Hammett <na...@ics-il.net> wrote: > It's not always something the service provider has the ability to change. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Michael Thomas" <m...@mtcc.com> > *To: *"Mike Hammett" <na...@ics-il.net> > *Cc: *nanog@nanog.org > *Sent: *Saturday, June 11, 2022 2:38:29 PM > *Subject: *Re: Upstream bandwidth usage > > > On 6/10/22 6:52 AM, Mike Hammett wrote: > > Due to the demand being predominately in the downward direction, > half-duplex (or effectively half-duplex) systems either allocate more TDMA > slots or more channels to downstream, at the expense of upstream. > > Well, my dsl provider has like a 25/5 50/10 so clearly everybody has the > headroom to get to 10 at least. Marketing, of course, but I wonder how many > support calls they got because "my internet is slow" from saturated > upstream with zoom calls. I mean, most users have no clue about such things. > > > Mike > > > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > Midwest-IX > http://www.midwest-ix.com > > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Michael Thomas" <m...@mtcc.com> <m...@mtcc.com> > *To: *nanog@nanog.org > *Sent: *Thursday, June 9, 2022 3:46:24 PM > *Subject: *Re: Upstream bandwidth usage > > > 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 > > > >