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 Message 2119 
 Wilfred van Velzen to Bob Worm 
 Re: UL speed misnomer? 
 09 Jun 24 12:52:47 
 
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Hi Bob,

On 2024-06-09 00:58:52, you wrote to me:

 >> 100, 400 Mbit/s, and 1, 2 and 8 Gbit/s

 BW> Wow, 8 Gbps would mean you're basically getting an entire XGS-PON to
yourself.
 BW> That can't make commercial sense for the operator unless they're charging
you
 BW> a *lot* for that

Prices in Euros/month are:

100  35
400  40
1GB  45
2GB  60
8GB  85

 BW> or just contending the line very heavily.

I think that is the case.

 BW> In practice you could give all the customers on a fibre the full
 BW> speed, their actual usage would be a fraction of that :)

Probably.


Bye, Wilfred.

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