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brundles · 07-08-2008, 16:33

Perhaps my maths is out but isn't 50meg down to 10meg an 80% drop rather than 90%?

I can see the logic for regularly breaking the current thresholds with gaming, streaming, etc, but given that 50meg will get close to an 8GB DL DVD sized file in 20 odd minutes, unless you can find an HD streaming service, what other uses are there for regularly breaking the threshold? I can't help but think (again) VM will start to push XXL (or whatever it gets called) based on capacity rather than speed. (OK, that's perhaps slightly OT so to keep it on-topic - this would help push people onto higher packages increasing the ARPU again whlie moving them to the lower cost/maintenance (I believe) DOCSIS 3 network improving overall profitability).

07-08-2008, 16:33	#24
brundles Inactive Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Berkshire Posts: 1,266	Re: Notification of Second Quarter 2008 Results Perhaps my maths is out but isn't 50meg down to 10meg an 80% drop rather than 90%? I can see the logic for regularly breaking the current thresholds with gaming, streaming, etc, but given that 50meg will get close to an 8GB DL DVD sized file in 20 odd minutes, unless you can find an HD streaming service, what other uses are there for regularly breaking the threshold? I can't help but think (again) VM will start to push XXL (or whatever it gets called) based on capacity rather than speed. (OK, that's perhaps slightly OT so to keep it on-topic - this would help push people onto higher packages increasing the ARPU again whlie moving them to the lower cost/maintenance (I believe) DOCSIS 3 network improving overall profitability).