[178511] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Tinka)
Fri Feb 27 23:54:47 2015
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Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2015 06:54:39 +0200
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka@seacom.mu>
To: nanog@nanog.org
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On 27/Feb/15 19:27, Naslund, Steve wrote:
> That statement completely confuses me. Why is asymmetry evil? Does th=
at not reflect what "Joe Average User" actually needs and wants? The stat=
ement that the average users *MUST* have the same pipes going UP as he do=
es going DOWN does not reflect reality at all. Do a lot of your users wa=
nt to stream 4K video to their friends UHD TV? Given that all transmissi=
on media has some sort of bandwidth limit it would seem to me that asymme=
try is actually more fair for the user since he gets more of what he need=
s which is download speed. There is no technical reason that it can't be=
symmetric it is just a reflection of what the market wants. As an ISP I=
can tell you that a lot more people complaint about their download speed=
s than their upload speeds. Do you think that you (or the average home u=
ser) would be happier with 27.5 down and 27.5 up vs your 50 down and 5 up=
you have today? Don't tell me you want 50 down and 50 up because that i=
s a different bandwidth total that requires a faster transmission media.
The person at the other end of my Facetime call was frustrated that they
couldn't see me when I took the call from my house (320Kbps up, ADSL)
yet I could see them perfectly (4Mbps down, ADSL).
Would I like for them to have been able to see me as I did them?
Mark.
