Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

Fri Feb 27 22:31:06 UTC 2015

> On Feb 27, 2015, at 4:11 PM, Scott Helms <khelms at zcorum.com> wrote:
> 
> My point is not that upstream
> speed isn't valuable, but merely that demand for it isn't symmetrical and
> unless the market changes won't be in the near term.  Downstream demand is
> growing, in most markets I can see, much faster than upstream demand.

The demand may not be symmetrical, but where demand exists, it is often for symmetrical speeds.

Side note:  Did I not read that asymmetric paths tend to exacerbate Buffer Bloat?

James R. Cutler
James.cutler at consultant.com
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