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Originally Posted by OhReally
Living in the UK as you do else you wouldn't be a VM customer, I've never experienced a brownout. Last power cut was in the early 70's during the miners strike and the 3 day week.
You get the point though.
VM aren't supplying internet in some backwater 3rd world country are they?
If they could supply 90% of the rated speed and stick to it, that would be absolutely fine, heck even 80% all the time would be acceptable.
Between 5%-15% isn't.
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It was slightly contrived, but it makes the point though.  |
It's also a terrible example and makes no point.
During peak time and times of high stress (Kettles during the world cup/Corrie specials come to mind) the National Grid has to put inefficient and expensive power plants into use (See here:
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30545091) to meet demand. This results in higher bills, and is also why the Eco 7 tariff exists.
If your analogy was correct, we would have 2 charges for Virgin Internet, off and on peak, and pay an extra amount for peak time bandwidth.
As we don't, your point is a little moot.
Your issue with local congestion is a valid one, but if VM only supplied 5-15% of advertised speed to everyone, Ofcom would've slapped them long ago.