Originally Posted by Simes
I'm very much with the ISP's on this one...
Yes they have shot themselves in the foot with the 8Mb and unlimited marketing guff, but iplayer could easily put them out of business.
The ISPs should never have sold something they couldn't deliver. Unlimited means there are no limits, therefore they need to plan for customers using their capacity for much of the time.
Now it is well known that most people don't use all their capacity, hence contention rations.. they oversell, but they have oversold by too much and now they can't deliver.
The real problem in this country is that no-one is willing to invest in the proper infastructure required.. why do BT still install copper in the local loop? every new connection should be fibre, every new build fibre. Upgrade the coper to the local junction boxes to fibre and once that is done give users the option to buy the last link in fibre too.
Selling the copper would put a big dent in the cost at current rates and being able to sell decent speed broadband will make it worthwhile in the long run.