why should internet’s upload and download speed be different? Isn’t it the same connection?

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why should internet’s upload and download speed be different? Isn’t it the same connection?

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You got a road. There is enough room for a total of 4 lanes. You know that there is WAY more traffic going north than going south. So as a smart road designer, you decide to put 3 lanes going north and 1 lane going south. That way you keep traffic fluid most of the time.

The road is the cable, the lanes is the bandwith, north is download and south is upload.

The total bandwith on a certain cable is limited, so the smart move is to put more of it on what is more often used: Download.

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