I know that internet providers gives you a limited bandwidth for uploading and download and most of the times they divided with more download speed than upload. How does this division work? Is it a hardware thing , like the cable is specifically made for download/uploaded speed ? Is it possible to have a flexible division between these two, for example if I wanna download I have 90/10 division and if I wanna upload 10/90? (Excuse my English, it’s not my mother language).
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In short: Whatever medium is being used to transmit the connection is divided into multiple “channels”, like TV or radio channels. Each channel can transmit data in one direction at a certain speed. When you connect to your ISP’s network, your network hardware negotiates with the ISP’s hardware and they decide which channels are used for upload and which channels are download and reserve enough channels for your use so that the combined speed of the channels is the connection speed you pay for. Usually the upload channels are grouped together and the same for download channels, and the group for upload channels is smaller than the group reserved for download.
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