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Re:Boeing has now lost $1.1B on Starliner, with no crew flig... by jmalicki on Thursday July 27, 2023 @08:27AM (#36892417)
A huge part of it is less about the gigabit download, and more that gigabit fiber is symmetric and has fast uploads... In the age of being remote, several people can be on HD or even UHD webcams without much lag or hiccups. 12Mbps upload of many cable modems is a noticably worse experience.
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Re:Boeing has now lost $1.1B on Starliner, with no crew flig... by throwaway2037 on Thursday July 27, 2023 @08:56PM (#36902022)
Excellent point. I didn't think about video calls needing good upload bandwidth. Many broadband options have terrible upload bandwidth, so you need to buy a ridiculous plan (like 1Gbps) to get reasonable upload bandwidth.
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