Thread: *ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please (Part 2)
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Old 17-02-2005, 20:00   #17
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Re: *ALL* Speed Upgrade Discussion In Here Please (Part 2)
The way I read it, is that they will not be actively pushing the 750k to 2Mbit upgrade, because additional hardware will be required.

Stupid really - if they taken the middle tier to only 1Mbit instead or 2, then that would also leave a more worthwhile difference between the middle and top tier.

Any stats on the relative percentages of people on different tariffs?
I'm guessing the the top one will be the least popular, it looked overpriced when they started talkin caps, and it looks even more overpriced for the difference between 2 and 3 Meggabit (no increase in quota)

You cannot seperate the speed from the cap, especially if we are looking at the prospect that it will be enforced other than for gross abusers.

Some peple may look at 1Mbit/3Gb and call it a good deal compared to "dialup replacement broadband" from other providers with a 1 or 2 Gb cap - well, I suppose it is, and in this case, it's NOT an "abuse" cap, but the definition of a Lite service... don't know about anyone else, but I'd be more than happy with 1Mbit.

Actually, we have seen TWO reductions in quota from what we all saw in that leaked PDF.
The 1Mbit falls from 5Gb to 3Gb, and certainly drops it below the radar of anyone who was juggling the figures for 5Gb.
(I was banking on making it down to 3Gb, with 2Gb for exceptionals).

The 3Mbit falls from 40Gb to 30Gb so the only thing you get extra for £13 more a month, is now just 50% more speed, instead of 100%

If they don't throw at least the 40GB (preferably a pro-rata 45GB) quota back in, or take the speed up to 4Mbit - their "flagship" tier has to be left for people with too much money and too little patience.
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