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Chrysalis · 17-05-2004, 18:20

ok to answer points made since my last post

its been pointed out that 1mbit users are supposedbly the least profitable, I am basing my figures on guidelines been stuck to, its not my fault ntl allow people to download 250gig/month.

someone else made a calculation based on kbit/sec speed instead, this is a false valuation as it isn't a unmetered service.

to answer the confusions again 1mbit=300 gig is quite simply what you can download on 1mbit of bandwidth in 1 month if maxed out, what it is capable off, most metered products around the world are calculated like this. However because upload is still unmetered I didnt take that into account so the 1mbit users are getting better value for money on the upload bandwidth.

to answer a few more points, I doubt many people will spend 37.99 on a top tier service just so they can browse a fraction faster, the difference between 600kbit and 1mbit on 90% of websites is probably less then 10%, once you reach the higher speeds the advantage is gained with stuff that uses sustained traffic rather then bursty traffic such as downloading and streaming.

I am not going to argue that ntl are probably making the least out of the top tier package because it is probably true, but thats down to ntl's own mistakes, and how the packages are made up.

17-05-2004, 18:20	#578
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: [merged] Price increase ok to answer points made since my last post its been pointed out that 1mbit users are supposedbly the least profitable, I am basing my figures on guidelines been stuck to, its not my fault ntl allow people to download 250gig/month. someone else made a calculation based on kbit/sec speed instead, this is a false valuation as it isn't a unmetered service. to answer the confusions again 1mbit=300 gig is quite simply what you can download on 1mbit of bandwidth in 1 month if maxed out, what it is capable off, most metered products around the world are calculated like this. However because upload is still unmetered I didnt take that into account so the 1mbit users are getting better value for money on the upload bandwidth. to answer a few more points, I doubt many people will spend 37.99 on a top tier service just so they can browse a fraction faster, the difference between 600kbit and 1mbit on 90% of websites is probably less then 10%, once you reach the higher speeds the advantage is gained with stuff that uses sustained traffic rather then bursty traffic such as downloading and streaming. I am not going to argue that ntl are probably making the least out of the top tier package because it is probably true, but thats down to ntl's own mistakes, and how the packages are made up.