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Originally Posted by Kushan
I don't think the number of downstreams versus the number of upstreams has any impact.
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Given each downstream channel requires a certain amount of upstream bandwidth to work, it does.
Considering one downstream channel uses up to 5-10% of the upstream channel capacity to run, fully utilizing 8 downstream channels with one upstream could result in up to 80% of the upstream capacity being utilized just to operate the downstream, while nobody is uploading anything. That leaves very little upstream capacity left over for actual uploading, especially given congestion issues can begin at above 70% upstream utilization
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Originally Posted by Kushan
Yeah, but that's load balancing of the network, not of the down streams the guy has. There may be an over-utilisation of the upstream he's on, but even if he was only on one downstream it wouldn't be any better is what I'm saying.
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However if the network only had one downstream (aside from downstream congestion issues) that would leave at least 90% of the upstream capacity available, compared to the ~40-50% left over with 8 downstream channels in use.