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On the one hand, it could be a lot for residential use. On the other hand, people vary in their use cases. Personal use for me is not the same as for you. So

On the one hand, it could be a lot for residential use. On the other hand, people vary in their use cases. Personal use for me is not the same as for you. So it comes down to: what does the contract say, with a possible side dish of sales/marketing malpractice.

mjevans 6y ago
It's only unusual because upload has been knee-capped for decades. Let's say you have several 1080p videocamears, and you want to constantly upload their output to an off-site video vault for notary+witness and monitoring services. That could easily approach this workload for a decent home security setup. That's without any other services, like video-conferences or any other form of discourse or work from a residence. (Not as a "business" in the sense of operating one out of a home.)
- _carbyau_ 6y ago
  I too would like to have an equally balanced upload/download ratio. But I accept that on residential consumer plans, it is more economic for business to offer the up/down rates they do, for whatever technical/marketing reasons. Is it good? Well, it isn't what I want but I am not the whole market.
guitarbill 6y ago
except ISPs say/advertise "unlimited", but then turns around and try to limit it. they shouldn't be able to have it both ways. besides, there are several other problems. in many (US) areas, there's no competition. there's no symmetric internet available (otherwise, you could schedule it overnight where network usage is lower). vice versa, you don't save money if you use less data volume. either they bill by bandwidth, or volume. maybe both if they're upfront. too often, it seems like consumers are getting shafted, unless you overpay and under-utilise. it isn't even a ridiculous data volume if you record a lot of video (4k gopro) or pictures.
- _carbyau_ 6y ago
  I think we are in agreement, to clarify: 1. I don't know exactly what the terms were between this person and their ISP. 2. Hence I made only a vague suggestion at impropriety: with a possible side dish of sales/marketing malpractice

mjevans 6y ago

It's only unusual because upload has been knee-capped for decades. Let's say you have several 1080p videocamears, and you want to constantly upload their output to an off-site video vault for notary+witness and monitoring services. That could easily approach this workload for a decent home security setup. That's without any other services, like video-conferences or any other form of discourse or work from a residence. (Not as a "business" in the sense of operating one out of a home.)

_carbyau_ 6y ago
I too would like to have an equally balanced upload/download ratio. But I accept that on residential consumer plans, it is more economic for business to offer the up/down rates they do, for whatever technical/marketing reasons. Is it good? Well, it isn't what I want but I am not the whole market.

guitarbill 6y ago

except ISPs say/advertise "unlimited", but then turns around and try to limit it. they shouldn't be able to have it both ways. besides, there are several other problems. in many (US) areas, there's no competition. there's no symmetric internet available (otherwise, you could schedule it overnight where network usage is lower). vice versa, you don't save money if you use less data volume. either they bill by bandwidth, or volume. maybe both if they're upfront. too often, it seems like consumers are getting shafted, unless you overpay and under-utilise. it isn't even a ridiculous data volume if you record a lot of video (4k gopro) or pictures.

_carbyau_ 6y ago
I think we are in agreement, to clarify: 1. I don't know exactly what the terms were between this person and their ISP. 2. Hence I made only a vague suggestion at impropriety: with a possible side dish of sales/marketing malpractice