Is this a re-run from 2005? Are we really talking about 20M/5M or less still being an option and being adequate?
On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > That could be part of it. I work from home with 3m/1m. It's not uncommon > to have a kid watching cartoons on Netflix while I'm working. > > The thing is, most of what I'm doing across the network is remote > terminals and remote desktops. And I'm clever enough that when I need to > transfer a large file to the office I'll use WinSCP and put a speed limit > on the transfer so I can keep doing other things. Some people might start > the big file transfer and then call IT because nothing else works now. > > I'm aware that there are people using some Autodesk cloud > storage/versioning thing that integrates with AutoCAD....they were told to > *try > *to get 10meg upload *if they can* and I believe they might really use it. > > > > On 11/2/2016 12:25 AM, Mathew Howard wrote: > > I think a lot of it is just lazy IT guys not wanting to deal with people > causing problems by watching Netflix on six TVs while they're trying to > work, so they just tell them they need five times the speed they actually > do. > > We've had customers that were told they needed something like 3Mbps > upload, but were able to do their jobs perfectly fine on a plan with 1Mbps > upload. > > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 11:03 PM, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nope... Getting more common... My daughter needs good upstream to upload >> medical scans she does for several clinics and private doctors from house >> or retirement places. She had to upgrade plan from TWC to accommodate >> her. >> >> On Nov 1, 2016 9:52 PM, "Ken Hohhof" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Twice in the past few weeks I’ve had prospective customers say they >>> needed a minimum of 20M/5M per company IT dept to work from home, emphasis >>> on the 5M upstream. >>> >>> >>> >>> This is a lot more than I’ve heard in the past, and seems high to me. >>> In many cases even in town on cable Internet, they will need at least a >>> plan with at least 50M download to get that much upload. My experience in >>> the past has been that even our 3M/1M plan is actually sufficient for most >>> people to work from home (assuming they aren’t contending with the rest of >>> the family trying to watch Netflix and Youtube). >>> >>> >>> >>> Is this some kind of a trend, people needing that much upstream to work >>> from home? Or just a coincidence I’ve had 2 requests like that in as many >>> weeks. >>> >> > >
