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?

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On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 9:20 AM Livingood, Jason via NANOG <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