[178717] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: symmetric vs. asymmetric [was: Verizon Policy Statement on Net
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Church)
Mon Mar 2 23:06:46 2015
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: "Chuck Church" <chuckchurch@gmail.com>
To: <nanog@nanog.org>
In-Reply-To: <0EBB3295-1C3C-44C9-9F15-8235372AA57F@delong.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Mar 2015 23:06:36 -0500
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
Since this has turned into a discussion on upload vs download speed, =
figured I'd throw in a point I haven't really brought up. For the most =
part, uploading isn't really a time-sensitive activity to the general =
(as in 99% of the ) public. Uploading a bunch of facebook photos, you =
hit upload, and then expect it to take x amount of time. Could be 30 =
seconds, could be 30 minutes. Everyone expects that wait. Sending a =
large email attachment, you hit send, and then get back to doing =
something else. There just aren't that many apps out there that have a =
dependence on time-sensitive upload performance.=20
On download, of course no wants to see buffering on their cat videos =
or watching Netflix. Thus the high speed download. Honesty, I'm =
willing to bet that even a random sampling of NANOG people would show =
their download data quantity to be 10x what their upload quantity is in =
a day. For average users, probably much more than 10x. Why some folks =
are insisting upload is vital just can't be true for normal home users. =
Those households trying to do 5 simultaneous Skype sessions aren't =
typical. =20
Chuck
