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Why are up speeds so abysmal? Is it a problem with infrastructure, or is it throttling because they think most uses for upload is illegal?
by oxalo 12y ago
Why are up speeds so abysmal? Is it a problem with infrastructure, or is it throttling because they think most uses for upload is illegal?
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoISPs sell uplink to businesses. They don't want folks operating a business out of their bedroom and not paying for it.
- jseliger 12y agoGood question, and I don't know the real answer; Ars says that cable providers can offer speeds up to a gigabit per second: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/why-comcast-and-other-cable-isps-arent-selling-you-gigabit-internet http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/12/why-co... but IIRC doesn't specify whether the upload caps are a technical or business issue.
- wmf 12y agoCable networks reserve most of the spectrum for downstream, based on old usage patterns where people didn't upload much.