Re:100Mbps uploads and downloads should be US broadband stan...
by Dylan16807 on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:54PM
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> -25/3 Mbps is a very reasonable speed for most people. the issue is that its provided on a best effort basis that is never maintained for long, if at all. netflix says thats enough to stream UHD[0]
Even ignoring the "more than one person" issue, 3Mbps makes it very difficult to do things like file transfers and backups and accessing home data from elsewhere.
25/10 per person is a much better minimum bar than 25/3
> all in all, this reeks of regulatory capture to me.
Why? How does this favor entrenched players over newcomers?
The companies I see being disadvantaged by this are incumbent cable companies that need to update equipment to let more frequencies be shifted from download to upload. But that's not regulatory capture by ISPs and should have good effects. And this doesn't seem like some kind of incumbent ISP vs. incumbent ISP regulatory capture either.
Even ignoring the "more than one person" issue, 3Mbps makes it very difficult to do things like file transfers and backups and accessing home data from elsewhere.
25/10 per person is a much better minimum bar than 25/3
> all in all, this reeks of regulatory capture to me.
Why? How does this favor entrenched players over newcomers?
The companies I see being disadvantaged by this are incumbent cable companies that need to update equipment to let more frequencies be shifted from download to upload. But that's not regulatory capture by ISPs and should have good effects. And this doesn't seem like some kind of incumbent ISP vs. incumbent ISP regulatory capture either.