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Originally Posted by peanutkp
They prefer you to be umetered as it's more expensive, there's only always a limit to what you can use anyway but it is your choice, either pay more to have what you like when you like or pay less to only what you use, that makes perfect sense.
A metered broadband, well it is effectively that already now isn't it.
But broadband is classed totally different, people pay £37 a month to be able to download what they like, do they really care about Joe Bloggs down the street, is it their fault the system can't cope because VM over subscibes without upgrading their systems?
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Isn't that the whole point, though, the system was never ever designed to cope with simultaneous full speed downloads (and more especially uploads) - I agree VM have made a rod for their own back by using the 'unlimited' term, but it was designed as a contended system, and that is what it remains.
- I take the point about over-subscription, but it isn't only people in oversubscribed areas who get STM applied - if anything they are lucky to hit the limits
The fundamental seems to be the idea put in subscribers heads that they can download (and upload) 24/7. While I agree that is due to poor marketing, it doesn't change the situation wrt the capacity of the system. Upgrades have been done - but not to the extent it would allow that scenario to be possible, and while the money they owe remains so high, seems unlikely ever to happen???