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Why are up speeds so abysmal? Is it a problem with infrastructure, or is it throttling because they think most uses for upload is illegal?
ISPs sell uplink to businesses. They don't want folks operating a business out of their bedroom and not paying for it.
Cable networks reserve most of the spectrum for downstream, based on old usage patterns where people didn't upload much.
My service was upgraded a few months back. It was a nice bump in speed and my bill did not go up, surprising. It was at about 35mpbs and now hovers around 110mpbs (though supposed to be around 200mpbs). I am not complaining.
This would be the second upgrade I've gotten from Time Warner, without a price increase. I started at 50 down/5 up (which usually clocked at 70-85 down, 5-6 up), and they upgraded me to 100 down/5 up (usually clocks at 130 down, 5-6 up). The 20 up is what I'm most looking forward to.