By David Meyer
Published: Thursday 08 January 2009
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Name
Simon
Location
Cumbria
Occupation
IT
Comment
The big problem is one of perception. Too many people see "up to" and read that as "will be close to".
Now, if services were sold on the basis of committed rates (effectively like ADSL in the early days) then market forces would deal with it. I think most people could cope with the idea that ISP A offers them a CIR of 250k for £10/mo while ISP B offers a CIR of 1M for £15/mo and realise that B offers the better value (all other things considered).
It won't happen without it being imposed, and few ISPs want anyone to know just how low their CIRs are (based on backhaul capacity divided by subscribers sharing it)
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