Upstream bandwidth usage

Thu Jun 9 21:08:42 UTC 2022

* mike at mtcc.com (Michael Thomas) [Thu 09 Jun 2022, 22:46 CEST]:
>If it's so tiny, why shape it aggressively? Why shouldn't I be able 
>to burst to whatever is available at the moment? I would think most 
>users would be happy with that.

As SBC Global's peering policy roughly two decades ago stated,

"No requirement for a balanced traffic exchange ratio due primarily 
to the asymmetric nature of current broadband metallic transmission 
systems such as ADSL and cable modems."

	-- Niels.