Yes, I know, people use download bandwidth far more than they need upload bandwidth. But I don’t get why it isn’t comparable anyway. Why is it always so much lower?
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You ISP sets this configuration for user experience. They could set if, if they wanted, to be symmetrical but in the days of coaxial there are many people with speeds like 30mb/s or 50mb/s and as you can imagine, getting your download speed cut in half for an upload speed 99% of customers are almost never using is just a waste of cable. Instead they give you around 75-90% download speed to 10-25% upload speed ratio. This makes a better user experience for streaming and downloading new files. There are other configurations and plans at most(if not all) companies for people that run servers and host games that need the faster upload speeds instead of just a consumer configuration.
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