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How is this possible? Most of network hardware is symmetric. It doesn't make sense.
Cable Internet / DOCSIS splits bandwidth in a way that greatly prioritizes download over upload.
I mean network hardware between providers.
It's a last-mile thing. Artificially boosts the download numbers which most customers look at.