Any future consumer plan higher than 25 Mbps is marketing hype, generally speaking. Most all Internet "fetches" these days are not "high speed," even on FIOS. Netflix speed index shows Comcast coming in at 4 Mbps (January 2018: Netflix ISP Speed Index is a measure of prime time Netflix performance on particular ISPs)
2011 - Via UK (England, for dummies)
"Almost half of broadband users are now on packages with advertised speeds above 10Mbps but the average broadband speed is 6.8Mbps according to Ofcom.
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UK broadband speeds drop by an average of 35% from their off-peak highs when most people are online in the evening, according to a report."
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UK performance is much better than in USA, even seven years later from above cite, but in USA on Exede 5/12 around June of 2012, myself on Exede5, and Marsh_0x(RIP) on Exede-12 downloaded a Win8 beta, with mine averaging around 15.6 mbps, and his around 18 Mbps. https://www.dslreports.com/forum/r27200750-Exede-File-Download-Windows-8 Even today, I'd venture say these download speeds obtained are few and far between on a large file.
Dec 18, 2017, Over at Tom's Guide, with its suggestions, few people "need" more than 25 Mbps, on satellite. Hello, what has always been needed is more bandwidth...aka bigger buckets.
Slick Willie speak (50 Mbps, 100 Mbps) is a misnomer that people will come to realize is marketing BS. It's the BUCKET SIZE, stupid. Viasat's marketers need to be on a 10 Gig bucket plan, in their homes, with 50 Mbps speeds, on a "Buy More" plan.
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