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Old 24-06-2010, 21:59   #22
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Re: Virgin Media already looking to 400Mbps broadband

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Originally Posted by Stuart C View Post
The thing is: That is not in VM's (or any ISP's) interest. Their ideal customer would be some who pays for 50 meg by direct debit and, at most, browses the odd web page. Not someone who canes their connection downloading stuff and watching videos.

I said earlier that Demand has always outstripped supply. If you ignore headline speeds, this is still true in some areas.

However, I can't think of a single application that the average person would need that would take advantage of even a correctly functioning 50 meg connection. Maybe once a few movie download services have started.
Most houses have multiple devices, phones laptops, consoles, pc's even fridges, I think that's where 50meg may be of use.
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