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You are a minority 1% user who doesn't really show up in the statistics. Most likely your upload is classified as file sharing and you are probably seen as abus

You are a minority 1% user who doesn't really show up in the statistics. Most likely your upload is classified as file sharing and you are probably seen as abusing your connection. There is a reason why uploads are so limited for consumers. You should get a business connection if you really need it for conduction serious business. If you do online backups you better get the backup plan that will be coming soon from a range of supported backup providers. /s

leesalminen 7y ago
Comcast Business operates on a 10:1 dL/uL ratio, at least here in Colorado. We have 300/30mbps, no option of 200/100 etc.
- std_throwaway 7y ago
  Could you get a dedicated fiber connection for your business? Those things cost a bit more.
Ajedi32 7y ago
Video conferencing isn't the only use for upload bandwidth. There are lots of other use-cases which are much more mainstream, like streaming, YouTube uploads, backups (lots of phones these days do photo/video backups automatically), photo sharing, etc. Downloads are still more common of course, but these days I'd say upload bandwidth gets used far more than it ever has in the past.
- wil421 7y ago
  Every use case you’ve given are minority use cases or power users. I’d say less than 5% of subscribers do the above and most do not use a lot of upstream bandwidth. Most phones do the backups at night when most people are sleeping.
sigstoat 7y ago
> There is a reason why uploads are so limited for consumers. and that reason is that DOCSIS allocates more channels for down than up. and DOCSIS does that because that's what most consumers want.
- std_throwaway 7y ago
  Over copper it's easier to provide asymetric connections because the provider can better manage interference between different cables. When there's no interference problem it's only a question of allocating the bandwidth. Ideally the connection would auto-adjust and provide up to the full bandwidth in both directions instead of constant half/half or 0.9/0.1.

leesalminen 7y ago

Comcast Business operates on a 10:1 dL/uL ratio, at least here in Colorado. We have 300/30mbps, no option of 200/100 etc.

std_throwaway 7y ago
Could you get a dedicated fiber connection for your business? Those things cost a bit more.

Ajedi32 7y ago

Video conferencing isn't the only use for upload bandwidth. There are lots of other use-cases which are much more mainstream, like streaming, YouTube uploads, backups (lots of phones these days do photo/video backups automatically), photo sharing, etc. Downloads are still more common of course, but these days I'd say upload bandwidth gets used far more than it ever has in the past.

wil421 7y ago
Every use case you’ve given are minority use cases or power users. I’d say less than 5% of subscribers do the above and most do not use a lot of upstream bandwidth. Most phones do the backups at night when most people are sleeping.

sigstoat 7y ago

> There is a reason why uploads are so limited for consumers. and that reason is that DOCSIS allocates more channels for down than up. and DOCSIS does that because that's what most consumers want.

std_throwaway 7y ago
Over copper it's easier to provide asymetric connections because the provider can better manage interference between different cables. When there's no interference problem it's only a question of allocating the bandwidth. Ideally the connection would auto-adjust and provide up to the full bandwidth in both directions instead of constant half/half or 0.9/0.1.