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> Why is upload always so low? Is it expensive for upstream bandwidth? Nah. Sometimes it's due to the last mile access technology being asymmetric (ADSL, cable
by amazon_not 11y ago
> Why is upload always so low? Is it expensive for upstream bandwidth?
Nah. Sometimes it's due to the last mile access technology being asymmetric (ADSL, cable, PON), but mostly it's to differentiate consumer products from business products.
- tired_man 11y agoThat's not the issue with FiOS. Their asymetric bandwidth offering is configured that way on purpose, it isn't the hardware. They offer symetrical bandwidth if your line a business connection. I've had FiOS residential and business over the _same_ line (different times, of course) and it goes to the same CO.