I think going to other countries gets us a different market (ie less video content/quality, probably significantly less upload due to 384k rates, etc). I suppose if you're trying to push an agenda it might be a good idea, but I can't imagine a reason we'd want to compare other countries *_*usage_ to the US. Just my opinion and thoughts. The only "definition of broadband" we get is from the FCC which trickles down to the states. 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 12:14 PM Livingood, Jason < Jason_Livingood@comcast.com> wrote:
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> 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