Thread: 120M Can someone explain why cable suffers on upload?
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Old 31-10-2013, 20:47   #20
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Re: Can someone explain why cable suffers on upload?
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Originally Posted by Dark Fiber View Post
I think the OP is asking "why is cable asymmetric?" The answer is surely because it started out as a television distribution system with little need for a back-channel and has subsequently been bodged to carry internet. Most if not all of the problems listed by expert commenters above could have been designed out if the growth of home internet had been anticipated.
I don't see how it's,"Bodged" like you say? The CATV system always had a return path and was designed for it. The Plain Old Telephone,(POTS) was just that when invented but has now evolved into providing an Internet service, Data, ect
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