Why is internet upload speed MUCH SLOWER than download speed?
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In this video, I discuss why the upload speed of your internet connection is much slower than your download speed. For more content on similar topics, check out my YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs-hXDMwqs1Ri9Yh9QRgaqQ If you would like to read about other ways to improve your home network, check out my blog: https://www.network-from-home.com 0:00 What I discovered when running speed tests on my home network 0:48 What is the difference between upload and download speed? 1:23 Why your upload speed is slower than download speed 5:03 Can you improve your upload speed? Why is your upload speed slower than your download speed? If you have a cable internet plan, when you run a speed test your upload speed will be much slower than your download speed. Why is this the case? To answer this question, we need to analyze how internet is delivered with a cable internet plan. In a cable internet plan, internet is provided to your home through a coaxial cable. This cable is the same cable that’s used to provide cable television to your home. These cables and wires that your internet service provider (ISP) use to deliver internet to your home have limited bandwidth. As a result, your ISP needs to make decisions about how much bandwidth they want to allocate to upload and download activities. The vast majority of internet users require much more download bandwidth than upload bandwidth. To account for the internet behavior of their “average” internet users, ISPs allocate more bandwidth to download activities than upload activities. Before you get upset about this, you should understand that these are “data driven” decisions that your ISP is making. They are doing their best to make the majority of their customers happy. In addition, I’m willing to bet you perform much more download activities than upload activities when it comes to your internet utilization. This is why the bandwidth delivered to your home consists of much more download speed than upload speed. Conclusion If you have any questions about why your upload speed is slower than your download speed, please leave a comment below.
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