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> To replace all of that would be difficult Not particularly. Symmetry is totally arbitrary. It's having the same amount down as before, while having more up t
by thomastjeffery 9y ago
> To replace all of that would be difficult
Not particularly. Symmetry is totally arbitrary. It's having the same amount down as before, while having more up that is the problem.
> and the large players in the existing system -will- have economic motivations for fighting any change.
That's the real problem. The solution is to give them an economic incentive to change. Average users wanting more bandwidth/symmetry is an effective way to do that.
- toast0 9y agoSymmetry isn't totally arbitrary. In many deployed access technologies, scaling head end send speed is easier than scaling user end send speed; sometimes there are settings to increase upload speed at the expense of download speed (ex annex M for adsl2), but sometimes it's an inherently asymmetric system.
- thomastjeffery 9y agoEven so, it would be a good thing for ISPs to change that infrastructure. That won't happen until there is a fiscal incentive for them to do so, so let's not be afraid to give them one.