Sky Remove Fair Use Policy From Max Broadband

The only problem I can see from this is if alot of users start hammering the connection and cause congestion but as Sky said there will be no congestion

[Fatec]

Originally Posted by darthlinux

The only problem I can see from this is if alot of users start hammering the connection and cause congestion but as Sky said there will be no congestion

Wont matter, easynets network is HUGE.

Can hammer it 24/7, wouldnt matter.

[Chrysalis]

Originally Posted by Maggy J

My 'friend' is my sister and our beef as is everyone elses that the supporters of the English cricket team that can't afford to pay Sky's prices were cheated by the system that originally allowed English Cricket to be shown on the available 'FREE' channels until Sky outbid the BBC and others for the rights...This is the danger of a monopoly.

Anyway why would my sister complain to VM?They are not available in Newcastle. It's Sky for the cricket or it's no one.

some would argue the bbc had a effective monopoly, with their superior funding via tax. As setanta have shown sky can be outbid if someone is prepared to do so.

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by Chrysalis

some would argue the bbc had a effective monopoly, with their superior funding via tax. As setanta have shown sky can be outbid if someone is prepared to do so.

Even with their funding they cannot compete with Sky's coffers..mainly because they cannot wantonly throw away the money they get from you and me without finding that their funding will be cut drastically for misuse...

Anyway this is getting well away from the topic now..I would suggest starting a separate thread about these issues except we have already seen enough of them become extremely contentious in the past.

[Chris]

Topic, please.

Feel free to start another thread about the ECB's comments over the weekend, though, I think they deserve an airing, and some scrutiny.

Originally Posted by TraxData2

Wont matter, easynets network is HUGE.

Can hammer it 24/7, wouldnt matter.

So easynets network could handle few hundred thousands customer downloading @ 2mb - 16mb full whack 24/7 dont really think so

[Ignitionnet]

Originally Posted by darthlinux

So easynets network could handle few hundred thousands customer downloading @ 2mb - 16mb full whack 24/7 dont really think so

Quick reminder that unlike cable Sky have no per node limits but per exchange, so doesn't take 2 customers on the top tier to saturate an area.

The routers that Sky use in the core can route 92Tbit/s fully loaded, the transmission network is 80 wavelength DWDM so has a present capacity of 3.2Tbit/s per fibre, and each exchange can be backhauled with multiple 10Gbit/s ethernet if need be going into 40Gbit/slot routers which then go into the 92Tbit / chassis core routers.

All of this apart from the fibre network is scaleable. If an exchange runs out of bandwidth add a new 10GbE backhaul and/or switch, add a new line card and/or router further down the chain, and the fibre network will be in big bundles so is likewise a non-issue.

So if the money's there Sky can do pretty much whatever they want to.