Don’t forget speed and bandwidth are two different things. I buy the very fastest package I can get my hands on regardless of how many concurrent connections I may have as when I start to download something I want it to happen as quickly as possible. I may only download 2 or 3 large files a month but when I do I don’t want to be tied up on a low speed line.
When FTTP becomes available (they are digging up the pavement outside my house and laying the master cables as we speak) I will sign up for that as well. There is no way on God’s earth I will ever use all the bandwidth that can deliver me however I will certainly make use of the speed it provides as and when I need it.
Even on the current FTTC connection I comfortably exceed the maximum speed Zen think I can get – they quote me 63Mbps and I usually hit 70-80Mbps. Again, even when FBG is gaming and Mrs D is Netflixing and I am working or faffing around we don’t use the bandwidth but we all benefit from the speed…