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Before cables modems everything was symmetric. Cable modems were bandwidth constrained and they decided to offer more download then upload. One could also argue
by detourdog 3y ago
Before cables modems everything was symmetric. Cable modems were bandwidth constrained and they decided to offer more download then upload.
One could also argue that the phone companies as network companies and wanted to make connections and cable companies just wanted to provide content. Offering symmetric bandwidth could be seen as competition by cable companies becuase anyone can publish.
Finally the phone companies started to offer asymmetric bandwidth when DSL was introduced. One could subscribe to asymmetric DSL or symmetric DSL.
- yencabulator 3y ago> Before cables modems everything was symmetric. Late 1990s V.90 modems were asymmetric, higher download speeds caused upload speed to deteriorate, and often up traffic would be shunted into a more limited analog channel to keep it from interfering with the down speed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem#Standardized_56k_(V.90/V.92) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modem#Standardized_56k_(V.90/V... I remember something in the earlier 14400/28800/USRobotics era being asymmetrical too, but can't find a reference. Where I've lived, ADSL also predates cable modem, and the A there is for Asymmetric.