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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by jwells89 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:07PM (#38104237)
Upload being low is frustrating. In my area Comcast sells “gigabit” service that’s 1000Mbps/20Mbps which seems like it’s explicitly designed to hook less technically aware customers who know “gigabit” is good but not exactly how.

Thankfully there are alternative ISPs here that sell symmetrical gigabit, but that’s definitely not the case everywhere.

Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by bscphil on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:26PM (#38104597)
In my case Comcast is 800/20 or 1000/35, but they refuse to even advertise the upload rate so you don't know when you're signing up. There's a somewhat outdated, very hard to find page that lists these [1] but many tiers (including mine) don't seem to be shown.

[1] https://www.xfinity.com/networkmanagement

Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by linsomniac on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:33PM (#38105646)
ISTR, and this was ~3+ years ago now, that Xfinity/Comcast is quite hard to even find out what the upload speed of the different offerings is. I even was chatting with their support and asking and they were cagey, like "why do you want to know?"
Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by bscphil on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:14PM (#38106085)
Currently, at least in my area, after you've purchased a plan (potentially with a term agreement), you can log onto the Xfinity website and see what your expected upload speed is. Mine says 800 / 20, although I think it's possible that the 800 is really 900 and they undersell download speeds to avoid customer complaints. I regularly max out a Gbit line in iperf tests to nearby servers.
Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by m463 on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @05:46PM (#38105766)
I wonder what at upload speed will the acks be congested and prevent full download speeds from occurring.
Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by tga_d on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @06:16PM (#38106110)
Is that even possible with SACK?