[tahoe-lafs-trac-stream] [Tahoe-LAFS] #4165: Documentation: Upload-Helper: Wording: Neutral term instead of "consumer"

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#4165: Documentation: Upload-Helper: Wording: Neutral term instead of "consumer"
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 Reporter:  hacklschorsch  |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement    |         Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |      Milestone:  undecided
Component:  documentation  |        Version:  n/a
 Keywords:                 |  Launchpad Bug:
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 Greg Troxel suggested an improvement for the Tahoe-LAFS upload helper
 documentation (copy-pasted from [here](https://gitlab.com/tahoe-lafs
 /tahoe-lafs-mobile/-/issues/37#note_2296125315)):

 > I suggest editing out the word "consumer".   That's a political word
 that labels individuals as existing to buy things from companies, rather
 than a neutral term.  It's also wrong; lots of businesses use cable modems
 that are asymmetric too.   I would suggest just "DSL", but given that DSL
 is fading, and the concept is really "asymmetric", say that instead, as in
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 > Unfortunately, this “expansion penalty” occurs in the upstream
 direction, and many Internet access connections (DSL, cable modems,
 cellular) have much lower upstream capacity then downstream capacity.)

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