Do Upload Speeds Matter? | What Is Symmetrical Internet?
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- Опубліковано 19 лип 2024
- Symmetrical Internet refers to plans that have the same upload speed and download speed. Download speed is a more common number to focus on, but we're going to focus on the importance of considering upload speed for how YOU use your internet.
Upload speeds are usually slower than download speed, somewhere in the neighborhood of 10-30 times slower. Unless you get a "100/100" or "300/300", etc. plan.
To my browsing, shopping, reading, streaming friends- you probably DON'T need symmetrical speeds.
To my business, students, telecommuters, and content creator friends- you probably DO need better upload speeds. I'll also talk about Gamers in a second.
What do we upload?
- Emails
- Files
- Photos
- Audio
- Video (4k video takes longer)
For a 1GB 4k video, here's what you need to know:
- 10 Mbps upload speed- about 15 minutes
- 100 Mbps upload speed- about 90 seconds
- 300 Mbps upload speed- about 30 seconds
If you're a twitch streamer, or doing live episodes on UA-cam (like us, every MONDAY!), you'll need a solid upload connection.
What about video conferencing? You only need 1.3 Mbps of upload speed for that.
HD Twitch Steam? Only 3.6 Mbps of upload speed. You probably get that already!
Really the only people that need to worry is businesses, who have tons of employees using their internet connection simultaneously.
For many of us, 5-10 Mbps of upload speed should be PLENTY!
Now for GAMERS! Don't you need better upload speeds? Not really. Here's what you do need: (check out our video on this- • Is Fiber Internet Real... )
- Reliable connection
- Latency
- Packet loss
- Jitter
In short- DON'T pay a ton of extra money for a symmetrical internet connection. You DON'T NEED IT!
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For anybody doing cloud/offsite backups regularly, a fast upload speed is pretty vital too.
You explained it very clearly, it would seem obvious. But for most symmetrical internet lined you skip over one of the most important advantages. Generally asymmetrical lines have a shared, overcommitted bandwidth. Symmetrical lines have a reserved bandwidth. When you need the most reliable and consistent speed and latency, for example for live streaming or videoconferencing, a slower symmetrical line maybe better than an asymmetrical line even with a higher upload speed.
How many of you were familiar with the term "Symmetrical Internet" before this video? How important are symmetrical speeds to you?
The first time I was “exposed” to this term was way back in the early 90’s. Symmetrical speeds appear to be important for those that really require fast uploads, meaning lots of data. Your video pretty much explains everything that needs to be known about it. Since I am not in the “heavy uploads” industry, and I am not a gamer, a 25 mb cable modem is more than enough for me. My first pc was a Packard Bell I purchased (1993) from a friend that was getting married (yes, fortune comes to those that await patiently) at a cheaper price when he bought it a year earlier, it came with a 2400 bps. Yes, you’ve read it right 2400 bps, or 2.4 kbps. I thought I was flying when upgraded to a 56k. Then, “discovered” DSL...before I was “made aware” of cable modem. The rest is history. Thanks for sharing the video and I look forward to your next review on Disney’s Mighty Tiny Mouse that is to “conquer” all things streaming, even if that tiny mouse doesn’t even exist. Be well!
Thank you kind sir.
Can you make a video on isp throttling? And cellular throttling?
How do i modify my settings to increase my download speed and reduce my upload speed ? Do tell.
3:19 nice prediction bro, that's almost every student nowadays.
Bigger issue is stability and latency. Fiber destroys coax in those 2 areas, on top of destroying it in upload speeds.
Thanks dude
this is the only thing in the internet that answer the exact question in my mind HHAHAHAH Thank you so much
Can i ply steam games? I have almost 6upload and 12 download speeds.
300 down 30 up and 11 ping. but Cox is upgrading so if I don't get a doc 3.1 modem they will change me to 500 down and 10 up don't wanna buy a $150 modern. I just got a $230 wifi 6 router on a payment plan.
How many wired devices can be supported width 5 gig internet
Me, me me! I need 1000! Yes please. I've been sitting here for 3 hours for a 10 minute video to upload. It's ridiculous!!!
I am very, very new to streaming games. I have done zoom conference calls and facebook live at times and those are fine with my slow internet upload. I'm getting more interested in online gaming and streaming. Found out I need OBS Studio to help with streaming on youtube. I have a good computer and the game looks great on the monitor but low quality when streaming. I adjusted settings so it is actually smooth and bad quality. I'm guessing it is my low upload speed. I have ATT Internet 12 which is 12 download and 2 upload. Because of that I had to reduce my video bitrate to about 2,000. Should actually go lower but the quality is bad enough. At $55/mo that is all I can afford for now. Maybe in a year I can upgrade. Uploading video isn't too bad after I use Handbrake and lower the file size and still maintain a decent quality. It is just the game streaming that I'm trying to figure how to make better.
I have a upload speed of 0.05-0.3 rn usually 40
So when I upload videos to UA-cam or watch stuff in 4k my internet speed tanks. Why is that
Simple, you don't have enough bandwidth. Wire your PC directly to the modem (bypassing the router) and see if your speeds are better. If not then your ISP's field technician needs to come to your home. Otherwise, the issue is your router has outdated software/hardware or you need to need to adjust the wifi channels in your router's set tings to get around the interference.
@@97GoldDust I think it's the router. I changed internet provider and it's a lot better now. When upload stuff it doesn't tank the internet. It does cut out way more often but it's not a big deal
Faster upload speeds can also be important for hosting your own personal cloud (NAS)... Keeping your remote device(s) synch'd with your NAS could be very annoyingly slow if your NAS didn't have access via reasonably fast upload speeds.
Yup. Created a couple of a couple of disk image backups on my Synology and want to get them up to the cloud just to be thorough. Doing that with a 2 Mbps upload speed is not fun!
The original reason for asynchronous internet speed was to keep consumers from running their own servers.
We see a lot of these in europe more than the usa.
I am total rookie here so thanks for the up and down speed and yes it is part of my bill , but you also pay for the data allowance and I do not see that imput here.
got 300mbps download speed and less than 1 mbps upload...just browsing youtube are slow...
...3.something/1.something mbp is the average? Mines 387kbp... wtf
Australians chilling with 0.6 ups
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I need pretty much the 100/100 but that upload speed I need it! Fiber is supposed to be 1000 Mbps up and down but it's only 940 down and 820 up
Mine is 5mbps upload speed and I get a very bad ping in games
Do you have fiber? Are you connected through Ethernet? Are any more devices using internet while you are playing? A lot of factors can affect only play but yeah 5mbps upload is pretty slow
@@walterbarth2116 yeah it’s harsh, I only got decent internet on 2020 and fiber this year. I was stuck with max 5mbps speeds since 2010z
I live in Mexico but not every city has fiber.
Dude. You really should have mentioned remote desktop/remote play. If I want to stream a 1440p signal to a separate location it's 20-80mbits per second. Also UA-cam uploads, p2p file sharing, or NAS storage. Ever heard of Plex or other media servers? Honestly, upload speeds are sad these days. As more people start teleconferencing we'll see this bottlekneck hard. If my girlfriend and I are both taking online classes and one of us shares a file or uploads a media project one or both of us are kicked off of zoom.
And then along came 2020...
Try using www.fibertest.net to check the Gigabit speed test because
it gives accurate internet speed test results anywhere in the world.
My internet upload is only 500kbps
Mu download speed is 10 mbps and my upload is 20. Wtf
Don't try gaming you'll be a disadvantage to people with bell fiber cogeco uploads caps at 30mb and bell is rocking up 800 something mbs so if your a gamer better get bell fiber. True story.
60/60 Mbps
bad info doesnt explain bitrate for streams
US need higher upload speed for all internet services. pain to upload video at youtube. and 1080p 60fps streaming need 6.5mbps or higher.
So I use the thousand up and 1000 down internet for one year and it is smooth for gaming. I've used under a hundred megabytes per second upload speed for years and it is not as smooth for gaming 10 MB and you start to lag you at least need 30 upload to be comfortable in fast-paced games. Don't get caught up on download make sure you have a good upload
I do understand legacy packet loss an jitter. So your saying we do not upload into a fps that it's all downloaded. My fps dropped here too
My upload speed is 0.40 mb lol
Is that slow or fast ?
@@commanderharris2519 bruh
0.32mbps 😒
Sorry, had to downvote this one. Too many inaccuracies.