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		Pelagic on Nov 11, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's next big thing in bandwidth? Symmetric internet links will be a big deal, if they ever happen - right now most places seem to be 8Mbit downstream and 1Mbit upstream - once symmetric high-bandwidth applications become popular p2p technologies can really start taking off.

orib on Nov 12, 2008 [–]

What symmetric high bandwidth applications?

I can't think of any consumers that want to upload as much as they download.

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