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Originally Posted by Mr K
My 10 to 20 MB is scheduled for Oct to Jul 2013 too. I think this just means they don't have a clue when you'll be upgraded. It's all marketing cobblers announced way in advance of when anybody will get anything in order to try and retain customers.
tbh i'm not really bothered. 10 to 20MB isn't going to change my life. 10MB is more than enough for what most people would ever want to do. I can download a DVD's worth of data in 75 mins, an album in under 10mins. I've got 4 pc's in the house (including a gaming son), work laptop, Wii networked, mobiles wified, blue ray networked and rarely have any issues. On the rare occasion i get speed managed 2/3MB is ample for most things including HD iplayer. Reliability is far more important, and touch wood i always get a rock solid 10MB. Higher speeds seem to be more hit and miss.
God only knows what people do with 100MB +. Probably exactly the same things, waste of money imho. Think it's lads 'how fast is yours' inferiority complex type of thing. Look at how many saddo's on here put speed test results in there signatures etc, there's is more to life.......
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Originally Posted by Nopanic
He say's as he posts on a cable support forum ..
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Couldn't have said it better myself. Clearly, not everyone
needs those speeds, everyone has different requirements depending on what they do and how many in their house are doing it. Still, even if you yourself don't need the speed, it's pretty silly to say that it's pointless. It's like if someone offered you £5million a year for the rest of your life or £10million for the rest of your life - you could easily say "Well I sure as hell don't need £5million so what's the point in £10million?" but how many people will take the 5? Progress is progress.
People didn't see a need for 20meg when it first came along, but now we have a genuine need and use for it - HD streaming to everyone in your house isn't something reserved to geeks now, even the BBC supply it. For once I'm glad that we're prepared for the future rather than catching up to it.