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So why don't they advertise it like the datacentres do? "512kbps burstable to 16mbit" or some such.

• wmf 17y ago
  Because that would make it sound worse than all their competitors' services. The only way to get truth in advertising is going to be regulation, and even if that happened lots of people would ask why their speed "went down" (when it really didn't).
  • enneff 17y ago
    'lots of people would ask why their speed "went down"' I don't see that as a problem. It's just an education issue. Besides, better products thrive in a marketplace with educated consumers. If broadband providers were required to advertise their offerings in a consistent way (as they are here in Australia, although not in the way I describe upthread) choice for consumers would be a lot easier. The only people that lose are the big companies with big marketing budgets and inferior products.