This is going to be very painful and difficult for a number of DOCSIS3 operators, including some of the largest ISPs in the USA with multi-millions of subscribers with tons of legacy coax plant that have no intention of ever changing the RF channel setup and downstream/upstream asymmetric bandwidth allocation to provide more than 15-20Mbps upstream per home.
On Thu, 26 May 2022 at 16:59, Jeff Shultz <[email protected]> wrote: > I think we have a winner here - we don't necessarily need 1G down, but we > do need to get the upload speeds up to symmetrical 50/50, 100/100 etc... > there are enough people putting in HD security cameras and the like that > upstream speeds are beginning to be an issue. > > On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 4:37 AM David Bass <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The real problem most users experience isn’t that they have a gig, or >> even 100Mb of available download bandwidth…it’s that they infrequently are >> able to use that full bandwidth due to massive over subscription . >> >> The other issue is the minimal upload speed. It’s fairly easy to consume >> the 10Mb that you’re typically getting as a residential customer. Even >> “business class” broadband service has a pretty poor upload bandwidth >> limit. >> >> We are a pretty high usage family, and 100/10 has been adequate, but >> there’s been times when we are pegged at the 10 Mb upload limit, and we >> start to see issues. >> >> I’d say 25/5 is a minimum for a single person. >> >> Would 1 gig be nice…yeah as long as the upload speed is dramatically >> increased as part of that. We would rarely use it, but that would likely >> be sufficient for a long time. I wouldn’t pay for the extra at this point >> though. >> >> On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 8:20 PM Sean Donelan <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Remember, this rulemaking is for 1.1 million locations with the "worst" >>> return on investment. The end of the tail of the long tail. Rural and >>> tribal locations which aren't profitable to provide higher speed >>> broadband. >>> >>> These locations have very low customer density, and difficult to serve. >>> >>> After the Sandwich Isles Communications scandal, gold-plated proposals >>> will be viewed with skepticism. While a proposal may have a lower total >>> cost of ownership over decades, the business case is the cheapest for >>> the first 10 years of subsidies. [massive over-simplification] >>> >>> Historically, these projects have lack of timely completion (abandoned, >>> incomplete), and bad (overly optimistic?) budgeting. >>> >> > > -- > Jeff Shultz > > > Like us on Social Media for News, Promotions, and other information!! > > <https://www.facebook.com/SCTCWEB/> [image: > https://www.instagram.com/sctc_sctc/] > <https://www.instagram.com/sctc_sctc/> > <https://www.yelp.com/biz/sctc-stayton-3> > <https://www.youtube.com/c/sctcvideos> > > > > > > > > **** This message contains confidential information and is intended only > for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not > disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify the sender > immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and > delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be > guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, > corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. > The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions > in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail > transmission. **** >
