[178510] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Thomas)
Fri Feb 27 23:47:48 2015
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Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:47:36 -0800
From: Michael Thomas <mike@mtcc.com>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 02/27/2015 02:52 PM, Naslund, Steve wrote:
> What is that statement based on? I have not seen any outcry for more symmetric 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 but the users generally download more than they upload. That is the fact.
>
Average != Peak.
Why is this so hard to understand?
Mike
