Re: Upstream bandwidth usage

[Mike Hammett <nanog () ics-il net>]

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. 




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Mike Hammett 
Intelligent Computing Solutions 
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Midwest-IX 
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----- Original Message -----

From: "Michael Thomas" <mike () 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