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Originally Posted by General Maximus
I doubt it, we all suggested that years ago when they introduced stm on 50mbit (top tier at the time) and everyone who worked for VM said it was not feasible and people wouldn't pay for it bla bla bla. If think there is enough demand for it and customer would pay for a truly unlimited service then that shows customers want it and VM should make it the norm/standard and scrap stm altogether.
What I can see them doing though (and what they do in the USA which ties in with VM's parent company) is having monthly usage allowances. 100mbit will be the new lowest tier which they can advertise as being faster than BT et al and it will be £10/month with a 30gb data allowance.
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General, bandwidth became cheaper, customers still didn't want to pay more
Regarding VM's parent, they are of US heritage but have no operations in the US cable market. I suspect
http://www.upc.ie and the rest of the family are a better place to look for comparisons
