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On 27/07/10 01:02, Julian Hall wrote: > > 'Britons are not getting the broadband services they are being sold, > suggests a government report. Ofcom's analysis of broadband speeds in > the UK shows that, for some services, 97% of consumers do not get the > advertised speed.' Probably because the only way it would even be possible to get this speed would be to connect the modem and DSLAM with a cat5 cable of less than 1 metre :) > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10760069 > > The phrase 'tell me something I don't know' springs to mind. The real > question is how many of these identical reports are we going to see > before they actually DO something about this? In any other industry, > e.g. gas/electric suppliers the company(ies) would have been fined for > misselling their products months, if not years ago. If these companies sold the same way as broadband gas and water would be "up to X litres/second" and electricity would be "up to X watts".
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