Slow uploading with broadband - why?

[Captain Satellite]

I have Comcast DSL and can download a 3 or 4 mb file in 20 seconds - tops. Yet to upload that same file is taking more than 10 minutes, does anyone know why?

[Cobra]

Is it ADSL? This is Asyncronous Digital Subscriber Line, meaning that the downstream rates and the upstream rates differ. My current connection is 72KB/sec down and 30KB/sec up.

I believe this measure was taken to balance speed out on a line that can support only a certain amount of bandwidth. You don't need upload bandwidth as much as download bandwidth so it stands to reason that your downstream rate is the larger of the two.

[kini]

Most consumer broadband works this way. Fast downloads and much slower up loads.

Two reasons- A. to save bandwidth

and 2. the main reason is to prevent every Tom, Dick and Harry from running a porn server from their living room, or some other type of "commercial" enterprise over consumer broadband.

If you want fast upload speeds you'll likely have to pay 3 to 4 times as much for a "business" class service.

[dukenukem]

well for one comcast only has cable not dsl,all companies upload speeds are slower then download speeds.

[Captain Satellite]

Thanks for replying. It sounds like everything is working as it should. That is a huge difference though.

[makntraks]

well for one comcast only has cable not dsl,all companies upload speeds are slower then download speeds.

Uploads are limited... for reasons unless you $$$

makntraks

[Captain Satellite]

Thanks for educating me, guys. The same file that took 10 minutes in the afternoon only took three minutes a moment ago. Thanks again.