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Originally Posted by AbyssUnderground
People have been asking this for a long time, and the only response people seem to give is its either:
1. Too expensive, since upstream costs VM a lot more than downstream
2. The technology isn't capable of it (rubbish, DOCSIS1 can do 11Mbps just fine)
3. They just don't want to
From what we have heard, the 50Mbps tier will have 2.5Mbps upload which is outrageous. It should be at least 5Mbps and better still, 10Mbps.
As a web developer I do a lot of uploading to my server and I find it a huge struggle with such a poor upstream speed. Unfortunately due to my distance from the exchange (3.5KM) ADSL would be even worse so I'm best off on VM for the time being. If they would just get rid of STM and double the upload speed I'd have no complaints.
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DoCSIS 1 can do 10Mb/s channels in the upstream.. However you share this channel with around 100 other users.. So if you were given 2Mb/s Upstream.. You would just have a very congested port!
It is not until VM go to DoCSIS 2 and/DoCSIS 3 that there is any chance of increased upstream speeds.
If they got rid of STM, doubled your upstream speeds. .Would you pay double the price
