Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| reply to cdru
Re: Not much improvement over docsis 2.0
said by cdru  :said by jadebangle :Its always 10/1, 20/2, 30/3 massive on the download side, pathetic on the upload side Please give an example where 2 or 3mbit upload isn't adequate for a residential connection. Yes, you may be uploading all those 8megapixel images to flickr or posting your kids 2 hour birthday party video to youtube. All those things can benefit from faster speeds and would be nice, but 2 or 3mbits is adequate. Don't get me wrong, faster is always nicer, but the overwhelming majority of users barely use their upstream now. bittorrent |
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anony501
@comcast.net
| said by Eat Me : bittorrent
Bittorrent for personal use (e.g. sharing a home video with friends and family) or bittorrent for commercial use, allowing 3rd parties to use (for profit) the ISP bandwidth to share to people you have no relationship with. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
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| My comment was tongue in cheek.
On a serious note, a lot of people are telecommuting these days and they need the upload to upload large files quickly.
They probably should be using a business account but I doubt that a telecommuter would be able to afford an OC connection to their home.
Cable commercial accounts are out because they use DOCSIS. |
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cdru
Go Colts
Premium,MVM
join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| said by Eat Me :On a serious note, a lot of people are telecommuting these days and they need the upload to upload large files quickly. They probably should be using a business account but I doubt that a telecommuter would be able to afford an OC connection to their home. You don't need an "OC" connection to have a fast connection, but yeah, it's not necessarily going to fit under the definition of a residential connection.
Even with telecommuting, the necessity to be uploading large files frequency can be minimized with some planning. And if you are constantly needing to transfer large files, maybe telecommuting isn't the best fit for the job. |
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Eat Me
join:2002-09-25
Sussex, NJ
·PenTeleData
·Future Nine Corpor..
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| said by cdru :Even with telecommuting, the necessity to be uploading large files frequency can be minimized with some planning. And if you are constantly needing to transfer large files, maybe telecommuting isn't the best fit for the job. Try working in video or audio production.
There are people doing that from home and who need all the upload they can get.
In any case the problem is not a broadband class warfare between "residential" and "business" connections because business connections are often based on the same limited DOCSIS and ADSL standards. |
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tshirt
Premium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA | Then those people (relitively few of the general population) may need a faster "business grade" ($$$) connection.
for the purpose of residental broadband DOCSIS (and in some cases ADSL2) are just fine and will be for years to come. |
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pspcrazy
Anime Freak
join:2008-02-06
San Diego, CA
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| What a smart idea! Unfortunately you have conviently seemed to have forgot that they dont offer a faster "business grade" connection, business connections simply just have a better SLA, the speeds are the same for 2x the cost, stupid imo.
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My Anime Site - AnimeCrazy.net |
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tshirt
Premium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
 ·Comcast
| I didn't say it would be from ComCast. Those users may need to pay for a dedicated line from their telco or other provider.
Then they'll see the true cost of a real High speed business connection.
ComCast business is starting to offer higher speed commerial lines to traditional core business areas, but it may be a while before they offer that in all residental areas. |
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Skippy25
join:2000-09-13
Hazelwood, MO
| reply to Eat Me
I would be willing to be the company they work for wouldnt be providing them that bandwidth to benefit anyway so your argument is moot.
I work for a multibillion dollar worldwide company and we do not even provide this kind of bandwidth to our remote users. I don't see it being very wide spread amongst much smaller companies with a remote work force not even close to ours. |
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