Is your internet speed rigged? They want us consuming, not participating!
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I should say, check your local laws.
USAmerican here.
Business accounts usually have better uptime because that might mean money lost.
Some business ISP agreements have in them that they will give you money back if your internet is down over the rate they mentioned.
Home user agreements basically say they can cut your internet if they choose to do so for any reason.
Also business accounts can ask for a static IP address.
I don't actually know any consumer laws that protect home users more than business users. Which laws are you referring to?
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I guess technically, yes
Jesus Christ
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Upload does not match download. This helps centralisation, not us.
It's not really "rigged". Most people don't have any use for that much outgoing bandwidth because they're not uploading that much data. They're usually downloading a lot more, though, so it makes sense to prioritize the bandwidth based on how people will actually use it. It's more than sufficient for HD video calls, which is probably the most upload-intensive task your average user is going to conduct. Giving your entire neighborhood gigabit upload speeds is a waste of resources, unless your entire neighborhood is running media servers from home.
You're still getting the bandwidth you're paying for, it's just not balanced in a way that suits your fringe use-case. Your ISP very likely has options that rebalance that bandwidth prioritization if you actually need and will use more upload bandwidth, but those are typically going to be business accounts.
Also not sure what this has to do with the Fediverse.
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Upload does not match download. This helps centralisation, not us.
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It's not really "rigged". Most people don't have any use for that much outgoing bandwidth because they're not uploading that much data. They're usually downloading a lot more, though, so it makes sense to prioritize the bandwidth based on how people will actually use it. It's more than sufficient for HD video calls, which is probably the most upload-intensive task your average user is going to conduct. Giving your entire neighborhood gigabit upload speeds is a waste of resources, unless your entire neighborhood is running media servers from home.
You're still getting the bandwidth you're paying for, it's just not balanced in a way that suits your fringe use-case. Your ISP very likely has options that rebalance that bandwidth prioritization if you actually need and will use more upload bandwidth, but those are typically going to be business accounts.
Also not sure what this has to do with the Fediverse.
Also not sure what this has to do with the Fediverse.
Upload = decentralisation (federation)
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Also not sure what this has to do with the Fediverse.
Upload = decentralisation (federation)
What exactly are you wanting to host at home that you need super fast upload speeds, and how much traffic are you even expecting to see?
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Upload does not match download. This helps centralisation, not us.
That’s most likely due to the fact that docsis dedicates most of the spectrum on the cable for download not upload since that’s what most users want. Now if those are fiber speeds maybe you have a different argument but cable networks are designed to give the most people the best experience and dedicating spectrum to upload would be a waste.
If you want to pay more, I’m sure your cable provider would give you a symmetrical cable plan for $400 a month
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I guess technically, yes
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I guess technically, yes
holy fuck what are you running, a space station?
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holy fuck what are you running, a space station?
He's slacking off at the office, obviously.
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That’s most likely due to the fact that docsis dedicates most of the spectrum on the cable for download not upload since that’s what most users want. Now if those are fiber speeds maybe you have a different argument but cable networks are designed to give the most people the best experience and dedicating spectrum to upload would be a waste.
If you want to pay more, I’m sure your cable provider would give you a symmetrical cable plan for $400 a month
To add to this, DOCSIS (aka what cable modems use) basically has a finite number of "slots" related to the way they transmit on the line. The slots can be allocated towards either download or upload. Most ISPs weight it heavily towards download since that's what most users care about.
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Both my Google and At&t gigabit fiber plans have been symmetric and post about 850-900mbit both ways.
Cable (DOCSIS) customers will always have lower UL because of the limited shared upload channel compared to multiple bonded download channels.
Cellular customers will always have lower UL because of handset power/antenna limitations and transmit power ranging.
The A in ADSL literally stands for "asymmetric". If you want matching upload you'd use SDSL. But generally you don't want that, because it sacrifices some download speed.
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Upload does not match download. This helps centralisation, not us.
You’re trying to make some kind of societal statement based on your upload speed?
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Get a business account with your ISP and get one of those weird plans that gives you more up speed than down speed.
Cox won’t give them out to residential addresses.
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Upload does not match download. This helps centralisation, not us.
That’s just how modems are designed. DOCSIS consumer cable modems allocate about 10× download bandwidth vs upload. Many cable companies further cap upload speeds, probably because most people don’t demand that much. People aren’t complaining, so they aren’t giving more.
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I guess technically, yes
Bro can you host a server for me?
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Also not sure what this has to do with the Fediverse.
Upload = decentralisation (federation)
Just ask your ISP for more upload speed (and pay for it). It's a thing you can do.
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