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>Mandating technical decisions that cause waste ... What you mean waste? The same infra that lets you download, lets you upload. Also, if only you knew the c

• dahfizz 4y ago
  > The same infra that lets you download, lets you upload. Not really. The DOCSIS protocol that runs the cable internet and GPON TDMA which runs fiber both dedicate more channels / bandwidth to download than upload. We could come up with new communication protocols that are symmetrical, but this would lower download speed in order to increase upload speed. It's a physical limitation of the universe we inhabit. That tradeoff is not worth it for most people.
  • moralestapia 4y ago
    That's a protocol, not a hardware thing so no waste in the physical realm. Also, backbones are nowhere close to exhausting their capacity. One could even argue that the change in topology to a more distributed network could actually reduce deployment/maintenance costs. Source: Worked at an ISP for 2 years.