That wasn't what was said at all... what was said was that a family home could cope on 20Mbps just fine...

Someone losing speed often means a quality issue and thats unacceptable...

What was also said is that most households won't pay more for a speed upgrade - given that takeup of FTTC is currently still under 30% (from last I saw) then most people are choosing not to upgrade from ADSL. The "market" in general is not willing to pay more unless their current service is causing them serious grief.

oh yes sorry forgot that part

It's so true aswell!

Average family is still 2.2. Let's say 4 for sake of argument.

20mbps / 4 = about 5mbps / person.

More than enough.

How much does anyone need as opposed to like?

I am getting a shade under 10Mbs with ADSL2+ and a standard PN router. This seems quite adequate and although I may download a TV catchup it provides HD streaming for occasional football.

For what I pay its steal!

I think you forget about when people are multitasking, that can soon use bandwidth.

With technology we are supposed to have more time to do things but people seem to need to watch catch up TV while carrying out other tasks.

If the programme is not worth concentrating on then why have it on at all?

Some people like to have the radio on to provide a little 'background distraction' while doing other things (I assume this is still the case - my mum used to turn on the valve wireless while doing housework). Nowadays people are just as likely to use the TV for the 'background distraction' and with 4K broadcasting over internet becoming a possibility increasing 'bandwidth wastage' is going to happen IMO.

Edited by deleted (Wed 06-Apr-16 10:36:46)

You keep repeating this. It is not what was said at all.

Either you are deliberately distorting what you read, or you really don't understand what you were told. Either way, you should stop.

It is true that most family homes find 20Mb/sec fast enough. And you'd be rather untypical to "need" fast internet all the time - if ever!