Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

[Daniel Taylor <dtaylor () vocalabs com>]

On 02/27/2015 04:49 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Scott Helms <khelms () zcorum com> wrote:
> > "My point is that the option should be there, at the consumer level."
> >
> > Why?  What's magical about symmetry?  Is a customer better served by
> > having a 5mbps/5mbps over a 25mbps/5mbps?
> If the option sells, it will be offered.  It didn't.  We offer symmetric DLS residentially and it went over like a lead 
> balloon.
Most people don't know what having a faster upstream would get them 
(symmetrical or not). Heck, most people only know that they got the 
cheapest connection with the fastest top-line bandwidth number because 
marketers don't know how to sell upstream bandwidth (or don't care to).

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