Re: Verizon Policy Statement on Net Neutrality

[Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>]

On 27/Feb/15 19:27, Naslund, Steve wrote:
> That statement completely confuses me.  Why is asymmetry evil?  Does that not reflect what "Joe Average User" 
> actually needs and wants? The statement that the average users *MUST* have the same pipes going UP as he does going 
> DOWN does not reflect reality at all.  Do a lot of your users want to stream 4K video to their friends UHD TV?  Given 
> that all transmission media has some sort of bandwidth limit it would seem to me that asymmetry is actually more fair 
> for the user since he gets more of what he needs which is download speed.  There is no technical reason that it can't 
> be symmetric it is just a reflection of what the market wants.  As an ISP I can tell you that a lot more people 
> complaint about their download speeds than their upload speeds.  Do you think that you (or the average home user) 
> would be happier with 27.5 down and 27.5 up vs your 50 down and 5 up you have today?  Don't tell me you want 50 down 
> and 50 up because that is a different bandwidth total that requires a faster transmission media.

The person at the other end of my Facetime call was frustrated that they
couldn't see me when I took the call from my house (320Kbps up, ADSL)
yet I could see them perfectly (4Mbps down, ADSL).

Would I like for them to have been able to see me as I did them?

Mark.