Symmetry, DSL, and all that

[Fletcher Kittredge <fkittred () gwi net>]

Not a very informative discussion.

Points of fact...

> From Verizon's January filings regarding 2014Q4:

   1. Verizon has about eight million FIOS customers.
   2.  "Fifty-nine percent of FiOS consumer Internet customers subscribed
   to data speeds of at least 50Mbps, up from 46 percent one year earlier."

> From a Verizon press release last summer, all FIOS speeds are now
symmetric.

http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/verizon-fios-finally-symmetrical-upload-speeds-boosted-to-match-download/

ADSL development proceeded the development of the consumer Internet. The
original patent was filed in 1988. DSL was designed originally to deliver
video in an ISDN/ATM world. For that reason, it was asymmetric.





-- 
Fletcher Kittredge
GWI
8 Pomerleau Street
Biddeford, ME 04005-9457
207-602-1134