I have Comcast cable internet.  I’m a non-traditional customer, i’d say that I upload more bits than I download.  I have an asynchronous data rate of approximately 1 megabyte per second download and 60k per second upload. This is what i’ve paid for.  However, when uploading files, I’ve noticed that for the first 5 megabytes or so, I upload as well over this 60k limit, closer to 200k.  Clearly my connection is capable of this higher speed upload, and Comcast has implemented some “speed-boost-esque” speed shaping to ensure that folks uploading puny files get snappy results.  I’m not frustrated that this is the policy, I benefit from the boost just like everyone else.  

What I am frustrated about is the boneheaded business decision to not offer this speed without the shaping as a package to customers.if 1mb/60k is 50 a month and upping that to 1mb/200k would cost me 100 a month, I’d buy it tomorrow.  Why build a network capacity and then decide not to sell it?  GROAN.The options for high-bandwidth upload in our country are amazingly terrible.  If I lived in Korea or Norway or any of several other lovely places, I’d have more bandwidth than i’d know what to do with.

 But no, I live in the great US of A where for whatever reason (stupid politicians, stupid regulations, stupid corporations) we’re still on the bike lane of the internet.

 I’ll get back to pedaling now like a good member of the proletariat.

 Carry on.