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Self hosting from residential broadband connections is going to become a problem as long as ISPs continue to build highly asymmetric speed last mile connections
by walrus01 5y ago
Self hosting from residential broadband connections is going to become a problem as long as ISPs continue to build highly asymmetric speed last mile connections.
For example a randomly chosen Comcast "gigabit" speed DOCSIS3/DOCSIS3.1 link might speed test at 1000 down, but 16.5 Mbps up.
This is an intentional design decision based on the available RF channels and expected traffic usage pattern of a few thousand customers fed from a particular node.
Same for many WISPs which allocate bandwidth in PtMP radio systems at an 85:15 ratio down/up, or starlink, or most other consumer grade last mile DIA systems.
- ColonelPhantom 5y agoWhere I live, Fiber to the Home is becoming a lot more common, and it's pretty much always symmetric. I hope FTTH will spread more, since it's a great connection type.