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Chrysalis · 16-09-2008, 13:58

sky can afford to do so, first off when they got hold of easynet there was an aweful lot of spare capacity, from what I hear even with the customer count they got now there is still tons of spare capacity. A few areas have congested local VP's to the dslam but I believe it only to be a few.

The other difference is, sky are not bothered about making money on broadband, its simply a way for them to retain tv customers. They expect losses and are happy to subsidise it.

Sort of like asda's new payg package, it is the most competitive on the market, if its making a profit it will be small but it attracts people to their stores.

16-09-2008, 13:58	#16
Chrysalis Inactive Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: Sky Remove Fair Use Policy From Max Broadband sky can afford to do so, first off when they got hold of easynet there was an aweful lot of spare capacity, from what I hear even with the customer count they got now there is still tons of spare capacity. A few areas have congested local VP's to the dslam but I believe it only to be a few. The other difference is, sky are not bothered about making money on broadband, its simply a way for them to retain tv customers. They expect losses and are happy to subsidise it. Sort of like asda's new payg package, it is the most competitive on the market, if its making a profit it will be small but it attracts people to their stores.