Re: Upstream bandwidth usage

[Michael Thomas <mike () mtcc com>]

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


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> *From: *"Michael Thomas" <mike () mtcc com>
> *To: *nanog () nanog org
> *Sent: *Thursday, June 9, 2022 3:46:24 PM
> *Subject: *Re: Upstream bandwidth usage
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>
> 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