4/6/2024 0 Comments Internet upload speedsIn the UK, 65% of UK broadband packages can achieve 30Mbps download or better. The UK’s Universal Service Obligation (USO) sets a download threshold of 10 Mbps and an upload threshold of 1Mbps. The Digital Agenda for Europe (2010), which defined objectives for connectivity in 2020 set a download speed target of 30Mbps for 100% of the European population but made no mention of upload speeds or any other performance measures. But, when making a video call, you use the same amount of bandwidth in both directions. That all changed early this year when suddenly we were working from home and using videoconferencing more frequently. When watching Netflix, almost all of the traffic goes in one direction only – from a Netflix server to your TV. Normally, we download a lot more than we upload. Latency, bufferbloat and upload speed were mentioned and this time we would like to look at upload speed. Some comments on social media and from Tessares team members pointed out that download speed is not everything and may not even be the most important measure of Internet connectivity. If you missed it, you can find it here: The EU’s Digital Agenda 2020 (30Mbps) is needed more than ever before In our last blog post we talked about the importance of implementing the EU’s 2020 goal of 30 Mbps for all European citizens and why this was more important than ever given the pandemic lockdowns.
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