Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

["Livingood, Jason via NANOG" <nanog () nanog org>]

Does not need to be – just a suggestion based on the thinking that these locales may have more dense populations and 
thus perhaps higher FTTH penetration for a longer period of time. But the data from any network will certainly have 
some interest.

From: Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>
Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 11:36
To: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood () cable comcast com>
Cc: Abhi Devireddy <abhi () devireddy com>, "nanog () nanog org" <nanog () nanog org>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Why does it have to be non-US?

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On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 9:20 AM Livingood, Jason via NANOG <nanog () nanog org<mailto:nanog () nanog org>> wrote:
> I think the 10:1 ratio might have been great 5 years ago, when usage was more asymmetric. The last 5 yrs. have 
> definitely changed the profile of a typical home user. A 4M upload pipe, will hit bottlenecks with all the 
> collaboration that is happening remotely.

I'm not sure ratio is the right thing to focus upon - especially as asymmetry has grown the last few years due to the 
rising using of streaming video services and greater availability of 4K-resolution content. Ratio seems like more a 
reflection of current applications and usage patterns. (It would be fascinating to see a non-US FTTH provider that was 
1G/1G or greater share their actual usage ratio.)

JL