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Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections


From: Mark Tinka <mark@tinka.africa>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2021 15:24:54 +0200



On 6/1/21 15:20, Livingood, Jason via NANOG wrote:

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.)

Symmetric services on GPON are usually mostly marketing, on the basis that even in 2021, most customers will have a higher download profile than an upload one.

Selling 1Gbps/1Gbps bleeds the shelves faster than 1Gbps/5Mbps.

Mark.


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