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AndyCalling · 28-09-2011, 23:04

With regards to this debate about 'unlimited', I don't think the term should be used in advertising because we are not paying for an unlimited service. Technically. We are paying for an unmetered service, as I do with my water supply. The amount of bandwidth available is a communal resource and with 50meg we can pretty much use it for normal use type purposes without concern, as I do with water. If I left all my taps on all day, which may compromise the resource for my neighbours, I would expect a letter telling me to wind my neck in. Same with broadband.

That said, it is the responsibility of the company to ensure enough supply to cover normal use without problem (occasional breakdowns not withstanding). Once Youview gets started next year, which I am hanging out for, all broadband suppliers are going to have to change their definitions of normal usage. Combined with the new Onlive service for gaming, the internet landscape in the UK is about to evolve bandwidth wise. I hope and expect that VM is getting the infrastructure in place to cope or there will be a serious butting of heads with the community as a whole. In that one, VM will lose.

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AndyCalling cf.addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Southampton (Switch PT2) Services: Fixed phone service (inclusive weekend calls) & internet service (200/12meg) Posts: 493	Re: Should i worry? With regards to this debate about 'unlimited', I don't think the term should be used in advertising because we are not paying for an unlimited service. Technically. We are paying for an unmetered service, as I do with my water supply. The amount of bandwidth available is a communal resource and with 50meg we can pretty much use it for normal use type purposes without concern, as I do with water. If I left all my taps on all day, which may compromise the resource for my neighbours, I would expect a letter telling me to wind my neck in. Same with broadband. That said, it is the responsibility of the company to ensure enough supply to cover normal use without problem (occasional breakdowns not withstanding). Once Youview gets started next year, which I am hanging out for, all broadband suppliers are going to have to change their definitions of normal usage. Combined with the new Onlive service for gaming, the internet landscape in the UK is about to evolve bandwidth wise. I hope and expect that VM is getting the infrastructure in place to cope or there will be a serious butting of heads with the community as a whole. In that one, VM will lose.