I wasn't able to find an answer online. Is this the expected "ok" upload speed? 7-12Mbps seem low for typical WFH usage like video conferencing and sharing your screen.
The download speeds dramatically falling over the last year have been a major annoyance when it comes to updating games via Steam or stuff like Microsoft Flight Sim, but streaming video has been perfectly fine the whole time.
Seeing the speeds drop is a bit of a disappointment, but given the reliability of the connection versus our previous ISP, it's 100% worth it for now.
Additional question, do you get any connection degradation in bad weather events (if you have them)? Things like snow and storms.
We've noticed some slower speeds and satellite obstruction during heavy snow and super heavy intense thunderstorms, but otherwise it's been fine in most of the weather events we experience out on the eastern plains of Colorado.
It's a little slow, but it's not bad.
It is, however, dramatically better than the <1 Mbps upload speeds (and <5 Mbps download speeds) that a lot of rural customers are getting now.
720p is half the size, so it should be half that rate = 4 Mbps.
I have no doubt that modern image compression algorithms can bring that down a bit further without too much impact on quality.
So with a median of 7.2 Mbps, that's probably enough for 2 users to have an acceptable video conferencing experience. But if that's the median, then half of their customers have a lower upload speed than that and may only be able to get away with a single user streaming at a time.
Same with most screenshares.
I had a 15/1 connection for a while and found no issues with Zoom calls. Maybe an issue if you’re a professional cammer though.
I mostly work on CRUD virtualized apps (effectively screenshares) all workday long and will use well under 1gb in a day.
My biggest beef with Zoom and the like is being unable to restrict resolution/camera quality of myself and others (other than setting the others into small sizes).
I’m in Canada where mobile data is expensive, and therefore very fast. The provider is happy for you to chew your handful of gb per month at full speed and then you top-up with more or get hit with overages.
So a little less than half but definitely not a quarter. And neither dimension is actually halved.