[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:  hacklschorsch
         Type:  enhancement    |     Status:  assigned
     Priority:  normal         |  Milestone:  undecided
    Component:  documentation  |    Version:  n/a
   Resolution:                 |   Keywords:
Launchpad Bug:                 |
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Changes (by hacklschorsch):

 * owner:   => hacklschorsch
 * status:  new => assigned


Old description:

> 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
> >
> > 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.)

New description:

 Greg Troxel suggested an improvement for the Tahoe-LAFS upload helper
 documentation (copy-pasted from the [[https://gitlab.com/tahoe-lafs/tahoe-
 lafs-mobile/-/issues/37#note_2296125315|Tahoe-LAFS Mobile issue tracker]]
 ):

 > 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
 >
 > 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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