On March 1, 2015 at 09:46 marka@isc.org (Mark Andrews) wrote:
Home users should be able to upload a content in the same amount of time it takes to download content. It doesn't matter if they only do this occasionally. Without symetric speeds they can't do this. They are being given a slow path.
Arguing otherwise is like saying that their time is not important.
Yes, that capacity is sitting idle most of the time but so what! We really should be delivering connections where link speed is not the limiting factor.
Yes, good point, the "occasional" argument would better apply to asymmetric up/down monthly bandwidth caps than bandwidth limitations. But I still think it's push/pull. I remember when downloading still images (dial-up days) was considered bandwidth hogging and only something very few people did. Of course no one did it, it took minutes to download even a rather small image and there was little market for image-oriented software (other than porn.) -- -Barry Shein The World | bzs@TheWorld.com | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 800-THE-WRLD | Dial-Up: US, PR, Canada Software Tool & Die | Public Access Internet | SINCE 1989 *oo*