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ian@huth · 13-10-2003, 11:23

The problem with cable in particular is that broadband is running on a system that was not designed specifically for it. The planning and infrastructure was based on the model of a customer that does certain things, but that model is no longer valid. Times have changed and current days applications consume far more bandwidth than the planners ever thought. The more that todays customers use their available bandwidth, the sooner you get to a state of congestion. If NTL was to implement even higher service tiers then the congestion would arrive much sooner and there is a limit to what cablecos can increase the service tiers to without a very radical change in their infrastructure which they cannot afford.

13-10-2003, 11:23	#47
ian@huth Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Huthwaite, Nottinghamshire Services: VM 10Mb, TU, 1xSky HD, 2xSky+ (HD,all packs, sports & movies) 2xDVD PVR's, Freesat Freeview & other Posts: 4,536	Re: Goodbye to a flat rate for broadband? The problem with cable in particular is that broadband is running on a system that was not designed specifically for it. The planning and infrastructure was based on the model of a customer that does certain things, but that model is no longer valid. Times have changed and current days applications consume far more bandwidth than the planners ever thought. The more that todays customers use their available bandwidth, the sooner you get to a state of congestion. If NTL was to implement even higher service tiers then the congestion would arrive much sooner and there is a limit to what cablecos can increase the service tiers to without a very radical change in their infrastructure which they cannot afford.