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[-] uis@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

How is this possible? Most of network hardware is symmetric. It doesn't make sense.

[-] austinfloyd@ttrpg.network 14 points 1 year ago

Cable Internet / DOCSIS splits bandwidth in a way that greatly prioritizes download over upload.

[-] uis@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean network hardware between providers.

[-] botengang@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

It's a last-mile thing. Artificially boosts the download numbers which most customers look at.

[-] loudambiance@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Doesn't DOCSIS 4.0 support 10gbps down and 6gbps up?

[-] mild_deviation@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

The biggest benefit of DOCSIS 4.0 is the ability to dynamically reallocate bandwidth between upload and download.

[-] irotsoma@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago

In addition to cable being the primary means of providing service in the US which does allow for this, there are two reasons for doing it. First, down is all that is advertised. Up is only mentioned in small print usually. And second, the major ISPs and the content companies have merged so it's an anti-"piracy" measure. It significantly impacts torrent seeding and hosting sites using residential Internet service.

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