dra6o0n join:2011-08-15 Mississauga, ON |
What people need and want, is a affordable, decent high speed internet for dirt cheap prices.
10 Mbps down/up for $10 a month for instance. Dirt. Cheap. Prices.
Not 1 Mbps stuff for $15~20 a month.
Upstream is especially costly, whilst people don't seem to 'need' it, having a larger upstream helps offset the downstream so you have a more stable internet.
A downstream that is very high, with a super tight upstream, results in packet latency issues, like you recieve data sooner, but the server won't respond for quite a while.
In video games, upstream of under 1Mbps may not seem to impact some games, but wait until streaming technology are used, then you'll notice.
You'll also start using up a bit more upstream the moment you run additional applications and programs that utilizes VOIP and Video.
Since more and more people are turning to VOIP based phone services, upstreams is extremely vital to have those services be functional 100% of the time... I have a 28/1 and my VoIP has issues simply because of limited upstream. |