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Originally Posted by ray_uk
USAGE ALLOWANCE  , well I wasnt expecting something for nothing, But then again lets hope that this go's the same way as which telephone deregulation has by brining in ever decreasing prices due to competition, thats what's really needed for broadband, competition.
Remember back when NTL 1st introduced the 1mb service at £49.99 sure that sounded good at the time but when you consider the sort of speeds available elsewhere at the time for example in Japan, North America and the Scandanavian and Benelux area's 10mb, 100mb or dedicated fibre optic home use connections for around the $30.00 a month. Yeah we were getting a real good deal  .
Well in retrospect "to me it seems" that they'll try to make anything fly or get away with what ever they can, just enough, Dont get me wrong its not that im complaining or even saying that its bad, on the contrary id be more then willing to pay for what I use since its the fair thing but regaurdless were still not getting a fair deal. Not when you look around and see whats available elsewhere.
P.S. this isnt a attack on anybody, Just my Opinion.
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It is quite easy to sit at home using Google and find examples of high bandwidth connections and low prices across the globe but do you see the full picture?
Many of the prices you see are introductory prices, but what will they be after the offers end? Many of the high speeds are only available in certain urban areas and you get nothing like them once you are outside of them. Bulldog in central London and Dolphin Squares 10Mb with NTL are examples.
What is the service like for users of these very cheap, very high bandwidth connections? Do they actually give you the full whack all the time? Do those on 10Mb connections actually get to use this speed or are they just toddling along at a fraction of it as there is nowhere to connect that enables them to use it to the max? Do they have congestion? Do they have caps?
In the UK we have broadband delivered mainly by telephone line or cable. Most of the infrastructure used is years old and cannot supply the higher speeds craved by some. Even cable which is not that old is running in some areas on infrastructure that is way out of date. When the first cable companies in the UK began laying cable they were not considering TV with hundreds of channels and internet connections with massive bandwidth. The systems they put in were quickly running at the limit of their capabilities and couldn't easily or cheaply be upgraded. Parts of London, parts of Leicester and other places are prime examples of this.
In some countries some areas are using cable carried overground on poles which is cheaper and more easily upgraded. Some areas have cable which was installed in a manner that is more easily upgraded than ours here is. Some areas overseas have had massive government assistance in building the network. What we have in the UK is not easily changed and is costly to change. Who is going to pay for this change? The tooth fairy isn't going to pay for it so it must be the user that pays, but are you, the users, prepared to pay? Could you afford to pay?
It is very easy to look at what is available elsewhere and what it costs, but the stark reality is that you live here in the UK.