[178480] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Naslund, Steve)
Fri Feb 27 18:07:57 2015
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From: "Naslund, Steve" <SNaslund@medline.com>
To: James R Cutler <james.cutler@consultant.com>, Scott Helms
<khelms@zcorum.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:52:57 +0000
In-Reply-To: <6C2AD229-D571-4220-8D7B-F2F8CC119185@consultant.com>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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What is that statement based on? I have not seen any outcry for more symme=
tric speeds. Asymmetry in our networks causes a lot of engineering issues =
and if it were up to the carriers, we would much rather have more symmetric=
traffic patterns because it would make life easier for us. Remember that =
most carrier backbones are built of symmetric circuits. It would be nice b=
ut the users generally download more than they upload. That is the fact.
Steven Naslund
Chicago IL
>The demand may not be symmetrical, but where demand exists, it is often fo=
r symmetrical speeds.
>
>Side note: Did I not read that asymmetric paths tend to exacerbate Buffer=
Bloat?
>James R. Cutler
>James.cutler@consultant.com
>PGP keys at http://pgp.mit.edu
