Thread: 5/6 mpbs
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Old 20-05-2004, 17:24   #3
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Re: 5/6 mpbs

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Originally Posted by paulyoung666
at a price though

could you really get the maximum benefit out of it in the real world
I agree with you... the biggest bandwidth use is with p2p software, and while people still have slow uploads (256k being the max residential i have seen offered in the uk) i don't see much point in increasing downstream like this. Ok, so people in other countries do have higher upload, but hardly any with connections as fast as 5mbps up. IMO until upstream is increased, i don't see much point in a substantial increas in downsteam, and because of the costs and logistics, i don't see the upstream increasing much in the near future.
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