Does not need to be – just a suggestion based on the thinking that these locales may have more dense populations and thus perhaps higher FTTH penetration for a longer period of time. But the data from any network will certainly have some interest. From: Josh Luthman <josh@imaginenetworksllc.com> Date: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 11:36 To: "Livingood, Jason" <Jason_Livingood@cable.comcast.com> Cc: Abhi Devireddy <abhi@devireddy.com>, "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: New minimum speed for US broadband connections Why does it have to be non-US? Josh Luthman 24/7 Help Desk: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 9:20 AM Livingood, Jason via NANOG <nanog@nanog.org<mailto:nanog@nanog.org>> wrote:
I think the 10:1 ratio might have been great 5 years ago, when usage was more asymmetric. The last 5 yrs. have definitely changed the profile of a typical home user. A 4M upload pipe, will hit bottlenecks with all the collaboration that is happening remotely.
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.) JL