Upstream bandwidth usage

Michael Thomas mike at mtcc.com
Thu Jun 9 23:35:05 UTC 2022


On 6/9/22 4:31 PM, Mel Beckman wrote:
> Adam,
>
> Your point on asymmetrical technologies is excellent. But you may not be aware that residential optical fiber is also asymmetrical. For example, GPON, the latest ITU specified PON standard, and the most widely deployed, calls for a 2.4 Gbps downstream and a 1.25 Gbps upstream optical line rate.

Why would they mandate such a thing? That seems like purely an operator 
decision.

Mike



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