From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On 2026/1/11 18:31:54, Chris wrote:   
      
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   > I've said for a long time that 99% of domestic users don't actually need   
   > anything more that 50Mbps. What they do need is reliable symmetric speeds   
   > and better latency.   
      
   Well, I'm perfectly happy with my about 40, but there's only one of me,   
   I'm not a gamer, and if I do download video, there's no point in getting   
   more than 1080. Very occasionally if I download a _big_ piece of   
   software, or a full movie, it'd be nice to get them quicker, but that's   
   on average less than once a week.   
   >   
   > Some media or technical people who work remotely from the office may   
   > require a 200-300Mbps connection, but that's a very small number of people.   
   >   
   I can see that maybe also a household with two working parents and two   
   or three teenagers might need similar. Though only at peak times.   
      
   >   
   > It's simply marketing.   
      
   It does seem that way. Though arguably it would also make economic sense   
   to fit maximum capacity for everyone, rather than messing about with   
   mixed technologies/capacities; but that would involve forward planning,   
   which neither the companies nor the authorities are much good at.   
      
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