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Kushan · 11-10-2013, 23:56

Agreed on contention ratios not being such a bad thing. If you want 100Mbit of uncontented bandwidth, be prepared to pay about £800 per month for it - and that's still cheap. The speeds we get for the price we pay are unrealistic for purely uncontented bandwidth. Yet as most people never max their connection, it's really not that big a deal. I believe Airlines do the same thing with plane tickets, as about 10% of passengers tend not to show up - hence why you occasionally get asked if you want to get the next flight instead or bumped up a class.

11-10-2013, 23:56	#51
Kushan cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Warrington Posts: 4,737	Re: Looks like Virgin are determined to flush out old modems Agreed on contention ratios not being such a bad thing. If you want 100Mbit of uncontented bandwidth, be prepared to pay about £800 per month for it - and that's still cheap. The speeds we get for the price we pay are unrealistic for purely uncontented bandwidth. Yet as most people never max their connection, it's really not that big a deal. I believe Airlines do the same thing with plane tickets, as about 10% of passengers tend not to show up - hence why you occasionally get asked if you want to get the next flight instead or bumped up a class.