What? 20/5 (or less) is still very adequate for *lots* of users. On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 10:46 AM, Roger Timmerman <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. >>>> >>> >> >> >
