New minimum speed for US broadband connections

Tue Jun 1 13:24:54 UTC 2021

On 6/1/21 15:20, Livingood, Jason via NANOG wrote:

> I'm not sure ratio is the right thing to focus upon - especially as asymmetry has grown the last few years due to the rising using of streaming video services and greater availability of 4K-resolution content. Ratio seems like more a reflection of current applications and usage patterns. (It would be fascinating to see a non-US FTTH provider that was 1G/1G or greater share their actual usage ratio.)

Symmetric services on GPON are usually mostly marketing, on the basis 
that even in 2021, most customers will have a higher download profile 
than an upload one.

Selling 1Gbps/1Gbps bleeds the shelves faster than 1Gbps/5Mbps.

Mark.