GreenLantern22
ULTIMATE Member
Thanks to @Mark.J for adding the Multi-gigabit broadband packages page. It’s a great resource to compare the top of the line packages.
Can I just say that it will be great to move away from the argument that “home users don’t really NEED” this much bandwidth. First and foremost people don’t know what other people are doing in their homes so generalising sounds like patronising to me. But more importantly most people are constantly buying things they don’t need. They do it when they buy unlimited data SIM plans and only use a few gigabytes a month. They do it when they buy a luxury car and could well buy a cheaper brand and get from A to B in the same way. They do it when most cars can go faster than the motorway legal speed limit. Or when they buy a £50k purse in Harrods or 25 pairs of trainers. Or the latest iPhone or Samsung phone. And yet we don’t hear constant arguments that you don’t need these things and people are fine with that.
So I really wish people moved away from this argument since it’s pointless. I could be a clueless user and buy a 10Gbit broadband plan and not even realise all my kit is 1Gbit and WiFi can barely get over 1Gbit currently. But all that is irrelevant. Products are not based on needs but on demands. Sometimes companies want to stimulate that demand and get ahead of the market. But that’s about it. Multi-gigabit plans are here to stay and in a few years time they will be the plan most people buy. So discussing whether a home user needs it or not it’s pointless. Mark my words, ISP will start to create an artificial gap between the low bandwidth plans and the high bandwidth plans to force people to go for more expensive plans. So before you know it the people saying they don’t need mult-gigabit plans will be buying them too!
So let this thread be the end of this discussion and a reference point when yet another “you don’t need that speed” person comes along.
Can I just say that it will be great to move away from the argument that “home users don’t really NEED” this much bandwidth. First and foremost people don’t know what other people are doing in their homes so generalising sounds like patronising to me. But more importantly most people are constantly buying things they don’t need. They do it when they buy unlimited data SIM plans and only use a few gigabytes a month. They do it when they buy a luxury car and could well buy a cheaper brand and get from A to B in the same way. They do it when most cars can go faster than the motorway legal speed limit. Or when they buy a £50k purse in Harrods or 25 pairs of trainers. Or the latest iPhone or Samsung phone. And yet we don’t hear constant arguments that you don’t need these things and people are fine with that.
So I really wish people moved away from this argument since it’s pointless. I could be a clueless user and buy a 10Gbit broadband plan and not even realise all my kit is 1Gbit and WiFi can barely get over 1Gbit currently. But all that is irrelevant. Products are not based on needs but on demands. Sometimes companies want to stimulate that demand and get ahead of the market. But that’s about it. Multi-gigabit plans are here to stay and in a few years time they will be the plan most people buy. So discussing whether a home user needs it or not it’s pointless. Mark my words, ISP will start to create an artificial gap between the low bandwidth plans and the high bandwidth plans to force people to go for more expensive plans. So before you know it the people saying they don’t need mult-gigabit plans will be buying them too!
So let this thread be the end of this discussion and a reference point when yet another “you don’t need that speed” person comes along.























