[General Maximus]

that may be the case but at least we know 500mbits will be available as standalone once 1gbit becomes available. Atm they are probably doing two things in order to decide how to proceed in the future. You have got to remember that 500mbits is still being run on docsis 3. I think they have edged on the side of caution and deliberately restricted 500mbits to the oomph bundle knowing that it will only appeal to a minority of customers. This way the tier is available across all areas geographically and they can assess the load and impact on the network. Secondly, it is a bit of a trial for them to see how many customers they can pull into an expensive bundle just because they want 500mbits. It is all about $$$. If it has worked out well for them I imagine they'll continue to do it with future tiers and if it hasn't hopefully they'll make 1gbit available to everyone. The capacity will definitely be there for it on 3.1.