Uploading vs. Downloading: Are they the same?

[CompGee]

Hi. First post in a while. My parents say that uploading counts as downloading. Is that true? I only need a simple answer. Thanks!

 

[USAFRet]

Hi. First post in a while. My parents say that uploading counts as downloading. Is that true? I only need a simple answer. Thanks!

In what context?
Uploading - I copy or move something from my system to somewhere else
Downloading - I copy something from elsewhere to my internal system

Data usage - generally, both count, up + down

Speed - usually, your Download speed is quite a bit faster than your Upload speed

Phone - it depends

So...in what context is this?

 

[CompGee]

Data usage. So, if I upload a 1297MB video to my YouTube channel, it'll use about 1297MB?

 

[USAFRet]

Data usage. So, if I upload a 1297MB video to my YouTube channel, it'll use about 1297MB?

Generally, yes. Depends on your ISP, but that's usually the way it works.

 

[CompGee]

Verizon is the ISP.

 

[USAFRet]

Verizon is the ISP.

DSL, FiOS, wireless?

 

[CompGee]

FiOS

 

[USAFRet]

FiOS

There is no cap on FiOS data usage, as far as I know.
I have FiOS as well.

So it doesn't really matter.


OK, there is, kinda. But it is a soft cap, and it is WAY more than you'll ever see.
77TB in a month
http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2013/05/fios-customer-discovers-the-limits-of-unlimited-data-77-tb-in-month/

"An IT professional who manages a test lab for an Internet storage company, houkouonchi has been providing friends and family a personal VPN, video streaming, and peer-to-peer file service—running a rack of seven servers with 209TB of raw storage in his house."