Hi Dave,
Well, less asymmetric down/up ratios are certainly worth fighting for (for one
NTP should work better). And, as I might add, something that is orthogonal to
better router software ;) a fast symmetric link with a craptastic router is
still roughly as much fun as a dial-up connection with the best router software
we can wish for... ;)
Regarding that EFF article, while I think that light over fiber is "the obvious
way forward", I fear that the strategy of asking for 100/100 under the
assumption, it can only be reliably achieved by fiber roll out, ignores the
full duplex technologies that are either ready for deployment (full duplex
g.fast) or a much cheaper plant upgrade away than rolling our new fiber (full
duplex docsis comes to mind, which might require changes to the physical plant
layout with nested/hierarchical amplifiers*). I note that local docsis ISPs in
Germany are aiming for 100 Mbps upload in the next 12-24 months (simply by
switching more upload spectrum to docsis 3.1 coding schemes). In short 100/100
might not be the "only with fiber" speed grade the authors seem to think, and
if the goal is full fiber than it seems best to actually require full fiber.
Best Regards
Sebastian
*) Or not might be possible to run full duplex over some level of hierarchical
amplifiers...
> On Jul 5, 2021, at 20:46, Dave Taht <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> or at least, in more politicking, for fiber.
>
> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/07/future-symmetrical-high-speed-internet-speeds
>
> I emailed the authors and mentioned that better routers might be a
> cheaper start...
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