[Matth]

In the context, "broadcast" traffic means things directed at 255.255.255.255 - such as initial DHCP requests and replies, though my own test revealed that ARP (address resolution protocol) is the major component of the 0.7k background.

To pick up the on topic thread again, it looks like (if nothing alse changes, or turns out to be a false rumour).

1. 300k users have the choice of staying at 300k and "normal" limit, or moving to 1 Mbit / 3Gb per month
2. 750k users can have the upgrade to 2Mbit, but only with a hardware update if currently using a PACE STB for broadband
3. 1.5Mbit users go up to 3Mbit, but it's a poor value tariff compared to the 2Mbit, with no increase in quota

"Normal" limit - is still uncertain as to 1Gb/day soft, 1Gb/day hard, or 30Gb/month - and a rigidly enforced cap would represent a real-terms downgrade in quota over just picking on the gross abusers, and not that many of them, but the place for that is the other thread - point is, the proposed "upgrades" are not all positive - the most favorable deal goes to the £24.99 lot, but they may be getting nervous that the top and bottom tiers got bumped up by £3, and they did not.