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Originally Posted by TraxData2
6)50MBit is set to launch with STM, they are just undecided on the limits, are you seriously going to pay a high price for a premium product which your only allowed to use for 20 minutes?
Then there is the poor upload rates which they are going to supply with it, making them have the worst down/up ratio in the whole of the UK!
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I think those are the key points here - 50meg is going to be very expensive, so only people who really want to download a lot will bother with it, only you are not going to be able to download a lot with it...
Some people will argue that outside of STM times you will be able to hammer it, but as already pointed out the upload speed to too low to make it a realistic option. It also misses the point that many people will want it to do HD streaming at peak times, or that I'd say the chances of actually getting 50meg when VM struggle to supply 20 are pretty low.
The worst thing about all this is that it will be taken as a sign that no-one wants higher speed broadband in the UK. Well, to be fair, I think a lot of people want no STM and a better upload speed before they want a higher download speed. If I lived nearer to the exchange I'd switch to Be in an instant - as it is I'm thinking of trying it anyway. 2.5meg upload sounds nice.