Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections

[Josh Luthman <josh () imaginenetworksllc com>]

Why does it have to be non-US?

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On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 9:20 AM Livingood, Jason via NANOG <nanog () nanog org>
wrote:

> > I think the 10:1 ratio might have been great 5 years ago, when usage was
> more asymmetric. The last 5 yrs. have definitely changed the profile of a
> typical home user. A 4M upload pipe, will hit bottlenecks with all the
> collaboration that is happening remotely.
>
> 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.)
>
> JL