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On Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:59:32 +0100 (BST) Gordon Henderson wrote: > On Tue, 27 Jul 2010, Mark Evans wrote: > > >> 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". > > Hate to break it to you, but that's the way it's always been for gas, > water and electricity. > > Your water pipes will only suply so many lires/minute. Most houses > are limited in the current they can draw (and it's 60 amps in newer > builds, 100 in older ones), and gas has a finite flow-rate too. > > Gordon That may be the technical case, but do you see *any* gas/water/electricity supplier actively advertising it? "Sign up with us... you can get UPTO x/litres PER SECOND!" Grant. -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq