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I think this is unrealistic. Very few consumers are going to have high utilization of their bandwidth. The connections are going to be mostly idle. It makes sen

I think this is unrealistic. Very few consumers are going to have high utilization of their bandwidth. The connections are going to be mostly idle. It makes sense from an efficiency standpoint to then share that resource among more customers. That way you can bring down the price. Look at the cost of business internet. It's guaranteed. If it says 100 Mbps then you're going to get it with effectively no interruptions. But you're also paying 5-10x more than a consumer connection, because the ISP can't resell some of that connection that you don't use.

convolvatron 6y ago
all that may be true. but capturing reality and providing sales terms that reflect it is the responsibility of the seller. one that they have clearly abrogated in the interest of extracting more money from the market.
matheusmoreira 6y ago
> Very few consumers are going to have high utilization of their bandwidth. The connections are going to be mostly idle. It makes sense from an efficiency standpoint to then share that resource among more customers. That's okay. What's not okay is suddenly punishing users who for some reason decided to use a lot of bandwidth because they were under the impression that they could.