Government Spells Out Plans For UK-Wide Full Fibre By 2033 (bbc.co.uk)

The UK government has set out a plan to roll out full fibre networks across all of the UK within 15 years by introducing laws to speed up the installation of fibre and subsidizing investment in very rural areas. From a report: The proposal comes as part of a new national telecoms strategy drawn up by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Under its targets, all of the UK will have full-fibre broadband coverage by 2033, replacing the copper wire network that currently delivers the service. It proposes legislation to encourage more private infrastructure investment. Earlier this month, research was published indicating that the UK has slipped from 31st to 35th place in the global broadband league tables, behind 25 other European countries. The data was collected by M-Lab, a partnership between Google Open Source Research and Princeton University's PlantLab, and the results compiled by UK broadband comparison site Cable.

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Re:Bandwidth Joneses

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There are a couple of use cases you forgot:

1. - Downloading games via Steam/PS Store/XBOX store/etc. Many AAA titles are 40-60gb
2. - Downloading movies via Netflix and other services for mobile devices

Sorry, but the "few power users" thing doesn't cut it anymore when it comes to downloading. That was 15 years ago before the industry actually caught up with legitimate download sources.