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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by paxys on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:25PM (#38104574)
Fiber is symmetric, coax is not. This isn't some grand conspiracy, just how the underlying engineering works.
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Re:FCC to propose a minimum 100mbps to qualify as broadband,... by orra on Wednesday November 01, 2023 @04:38PM (#38104810)
In the UK, Openreach FTTP is heavily asymmetric. Network operators aren't entirely at the whims of asymmetric standards: network operators want asymmetric services.
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