network limitations
20MB block / 10 min = 2MB/min = 0.033MB/s, common even on very very basic household connections.
No, that's not true. Not in the US, at least. Even high-end connections have caps of less than 400 GB/mo. 2MB/min is 84 GB/mo,
per connection. That means your node gets four peers, maybe.
True , but just to place this in context-
... This math assumes 20MB blocks , which is unlikely to be seen for years as this hardfork just raises the limit so we can process temporary spikes in traffic or have unrestricted apps like lighthouse, twister/open bazaar. Some of those soft caps will charge overage when exceeded and some will simply slow down the connection.
The biggest issue is users who stream a lot of video and torrent probably shouldn't become nodes if the current caps remain in place and aren't increased and if traffic substantially grows where 10-15MB blocks become the norm(unlikely to happen for years)
So the bottom line is that normal broadband users would not be effected immediately but may be effected in the future or not ...
No one would be effected until it would be at the point of where we would all be effected if we didn't fork. It is mind boggling there is such a resistance by some.