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    From August Abolins@2:221/1.58 to All on Sat May 25 08:47:00 2024
    I recently subscribed to fibre. The promise was 25Mbps UL/DL.
    So far so good wrt download speed. But when I needed to SFTP a
    few large files to my server, the max transfer rate I could get
    was 300KiB/s which translates to 2.5Mbps. So, I assume the UL
    speed limitation is placed at the server? Fast.com reports
    30+Mbps bidirectional.

    Anyone else here experience limited/reduced UL speeds during
    ftp transfers?

    What services provide unrestricted UL speeds?

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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to August Abolins on Sat May 25 17:55:46 2024
    Hi August,

    On 2024-05-25 08:47:00, you wrote to All:

    I recently subscribed to fibre. The promise was 25Mbps UL/DL.
    So far so good wrt download speed. But when I needed to SFTP a
    few large files to my server, the max transfer rate I could get
    was 300KiB/s which translates to 2.5Mbps. So, I assume the UL
    speed limitation is placed at the server? Fast.com reports
    30+Mbps bidirectional.

    Even 25Mbps sounds slow for fibre connections.

    They will be installing a fibre connection in my house next week. I haven't decided on a subscription with a provider yet. But speeds I can choose from are:

    100, 400 Mbit/s, and 1, 2 and 8 Gbit/s


    Bye, Wilfred.

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  • From August Abolins@1:153/757.22 to Wilfred van Velzen on Sat May 25 12:56:47 2024
    Even 25Mbps sounds slow for fibre connections.

    They will be installing a fibre connection in my house next week. I haven't decided on a subscription with a provider yet. But speeds I can choose from are:

    100, 400 Mbit/s, and 1, 2 and 8 Gbit/s

    Yeah.. the minimal offering from acanac.ca is 500Mbps at just about what I am paying for now, but I got roped into an "upgrade" from DSL at 40$/mo, which was limited to 5Mbps. The sales pitch was "get 5 times the speed and unlimited for the same price as your current DSL."

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to August Abolins on Sun May 26 10:05:00 2024
    I recently subscribed to fibre. The promise was 25Mbps UL/DL.
    So far so good wrt download speed. But when I needed to SFTP a
    few large files to my server, the max transfer rate I could get
    was 300KiB/s which translates to 2.5Mbps. So, I assume the UL
    speed limitation is placed at the server? Fast.com reports
    30+Mbps bidirectional.

    Anyone else here experience limited/reduced UL speeds during
    ftp transfers?

    What services provide unrestricted UL speeds?

    Hey Aug,

    So it's could be governed by the server side most so than your fibre
    provider. What are you using as your SFTP/FTP server? Are there
    Policies/rste limiting on your router for the S/FTP service?

    25MB UL/DL is an interesting speed, where in the world are you? In NZ residetial speeds are a minimum of 300Dl 100 UL, and go upto 10gb.

    Nick

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to August Abolins on Sun May 26 10:05:00 2024
    I recently subscribed to fibre. The promise was 25Mbps UL/DL.
    So far so good wrt download speed. But when I needed to SFTP a
    few large files to my server, the max transfer rate I could get
    was 300KiB/s which translates to 2.5Mbps. So, I assume the UL
    speed limitation is placed at the server? Fast.com reports
    30+Mbps bidirectional.

    Anyone else here experience limited/reduced UL speeds during
    ftp transfers?

    What services provide unrestricted UL speeds?

    Hey Aug,

    So it's could be governed by the server side most so than your fibre
    provider. What are you using as your SFTP/FTP server? Are there
    Policies/rste limiting on your router for the S/FTP service?

    25MB UL/DL is an interesting speed, where in the world are you? In NZ residetial speeds are a minimum of 300Dl 100 UL, and go upto 10gb.

    Nick

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to August Abolins on Sun May 26 10:05:00 2024
    I recently subscribed to fibre. The promise was 25Mbps UL/DL.
    So far so good wrt download speed. But when I needed to SFTP a
    few large files to my server, the max transfer rate I could get
    was 300KiB/s which translates to 2.5Mbps. So, I assume the UL
    speed limitation is placed at the server? Fast.com reports
    30+Mbps bidirectional.

    Anyone else here experience limited/reduced UL speeds during
    ftp transfers?

    What services provide unrestricted UL speeds?

    Hey Aug,

    So it's could be governed by the server side most so than your fibre
    provider. What are you using as your SFTP/FTP server? Are there
    Policies/rste limiting on your router for the S/FTP service?

    25MB UL/DL is an interesting speed, where in the world are you? In NZ residetial speeds are a minimum of 300Dl 100 UL, and go upto 10gb.

    Nick

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  • From Nick Mackechnie@3:772/210 to August Abolins on Sun May 26 10:05:00 2024
    I recently subscribed to fibre. The promise was 25Mbps UL/DL.
    So far so good wrt download speed. But when I needed to SFTP a
    few large files to my server, the max transfer rate I could get
    was 300KiB/s which translates to 2.5Mbps. So, I assume the UL
    speed limitation is placed at the server? Fast.com reports
    30+Mbps bidirectional.

    Anyone else here experience limited/reduced UL speeds during
    ftp transfers?

    What services provide unrestricted UL speeds?

    Hey Aug,

    So it's could be governed by the server side most so than your fibre
    provider. What are you using as your SFTP/FTP server? Are there
    Policies/rste limiting on your router for the S/FTP service?

    25MB UL/DL is an interesting speed, where in the world are you? In NZ residetial speeds are a minimum of 300Dl 100 UL, and go upto 10gb.

    Nick

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  • From Bob Worm@2:250/3 to Wilfred van Velzen on Sun Jun 9 00:58:52 2024
    Re: Re: UL speed misnomer?
    By: Wilfred van Velzen to August Abolins on Sat May 25 2024 17:55:46

    Hi, Wilfred.

    100, 400 Mbit/s, and 1, 2 and 8 Gbit/s

    Wow, 8 Gbps would mean you're basically getting an entire XGS-PON to yourself. That can't make commercial sense for the operator unless they're charging you a *lot* for that or just contending the line very heavily.

    In practice you could give all the customers on a fibre the full speed, their actual usage would be a fraction of that :)

    BobW
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  • From Wilfred van Velzen@2:280/464 to Bob Worm on Sun Jun 9 12:52:47 2024
    Hi Bob,

    On 2024-06-09 00:58:52, you wrote to me:

    100, 400 Mbit/s, and 1, 2 and 8 Gbit/s

    Wow, 8 Gbps would mean you're basically getting an entire XGS-PON to yourself.
    That can't make commercial sense for the operator unless they're charging you
    a *lot* for that

    Prices in Euros/month are:

    100 35
    400 40
    1GB 45
    2GB 60
    8GB 85

    or just contending the line very heavily.

    I think that is the case.

    In practice you could give all the customers on a fibre the full
    speed, their actual usage would be a fraction of that :)

    Probably.


    Bye, Wilfred.

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