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[sine24]

I suspect that the 'minimum 10Mb' requirement is just to ensure you have the bandwidth to properly stream 4K content if required

10Mb is not enough to properly stream 4k

 

[MikeSh]

I have a personal domain and web hosting for £37.62 pa (as at this year). The web hosting gives me loads of alias email addresses (I have 50 at the moment). I use Thunderbird which allows me to set multiple From addresses.
Although I appreciate I am 'stuck' with the web hoster, at least I have no problem if/when I change my ISP. For this reason I feel it is money well spent.

I have basically the same though I'm sure I pay more, and I have several domains.

But my domains are not specific to the web hoster, so I am not stuck with them. In fact I've considered moving on a few occasions as I no longer really need most of the non-email services now, but never found a deal that was significantly cheaper.

Having been with them for 20+ years and being happy with the reliability, etc, I suppose in a way I am stuck.

 

[trog]

Is this fibre to the premises? Very few of us have that. We have fibre to the cabinet, and struggle to get 40Mbps.

As for BH, you kidding?

Fibre to the cabinet, its about 100ft down the road.

 

[trog]

I just read that Thailand has the fastest internet speeds and Romania are 4th yet we are ranked 47th in the world, it was quite a surprise to see some of those who are beating us and who is even worse off that you would expect to be better. https://www.speedtest.net/global-index

 

[Black Hole]

Being an early adopter is a disincentive to incremental improvement. All the money goes on kit while it is expensive and low performance, then when the cheap high-performance kit comes along (a) there's nothing in the kitty; (b) it's a massive job to rip out the old and install the new; and (c) there is reduced demand because there is some provision even if it isn't world-beating provision. Also, the "developing" countries might well be recipients of foreign largess - suppose we applied for a UN grant (or whatever) to upgrade our national telecoms infrastructure?

I do wonder what people want 100Mbps Internet for - other than pure time-wasting entertainment.

 

[Deleted member 473]

The minimum, median and average internet speed in a country are better indicators than the maximum. If Virgin has the highest speed in the UK, you have to factor in that for 35% of us it isn't even an option to get virgin cable, let alone their fastest service. Similarly FTTH.