[AusNOG] Discussion point: Why aren't the NBNCo tails symmetric in speed?

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Recently, NBN Co made TC-2 AVCs available that do provide symmetrical speeds of up to 40Mbps/40Mbps.  This isn't Traffic Class 4… but it is a symmetrical product provided by NBN Co.

See Page 6 for pricing: http://nbnco.com.au/content/dam/nbnco/documents/sfaa-wba2-product-catalogue-price-list_20140430.pdf  

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On Monday, 7 April 2014 at 8:52 PM, Skeeve Stevens wrote:

> Hey all,
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> I am sure this will spurn a healthy discussion... perhaps with conflicting views...
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> But I was wondering the other day 'Why aren't NBNCo tails sold as symmetric speeds?'  
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> Considering:
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> - The transit the RSP buys is symmetric (nearly always)
> - The network core of the RSP is symmetric
> - The handoff to either NBNCo or an aggregator (and then NBNCo) is pretty much always symmetric
> - The PoI's core is symmetric
> - The fibre to the home is symmetric capable
> - The NTU is just ethernet - symmetric
> - Anything they plug into the NTU is symmetrical - ethernet
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> Google Fibre in the US is 1G/1G in speeds...  
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> So... unless I am missing something obvious (always possible)... Why are NBNCo tails not sold as symmetrical speeds?
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> I am not sure why there is this artificial design in these products to make them asymmetric.  There doesn't seem to be any gain by doing this that I can think of.
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> Gone are the days of DSL like speeds and unbalanced design... even ATM was symmetrical.  
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> Keen for peoples opinions.
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> ...Skeeve
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