Not a very informative discussion. Points of fact...
From Verizon's January filings regarding 2014Q4:
1. Verizon has about eight million FIOS customers. 2. "Fifty-nine percent of FiOS consumer Internet customers subscribed to data speeds of at least 50Mbps, up from 46 percent one year earlier."
From a Verizon press release last summer, all FIOS speeds are now symmetric.
http://arstechnica.com/business/2014/07/verizon-fios-finally-symmetrical-upl... ADSL development proceeded the development of the consumer Internet. The original patent was filed in 1988. DSL was designed originally to deliver video in an ISDN/ATM world. For that reason, it was asymmetric. -- Fletcher Kittredge GWI 8 Pomerleau Street Biddeford, ME 04005-9457 207-602-1134