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by A_Beer_Clinked 3915 days ago
They have sold 100k Porsches on to an information superhighway that has only room for 1000 at a time so they only let each one use it for a relatively short amount of time each month. i.e the do contention management over a month.

Most providers sell consumer broadband access based on headline speed because that's what the fixed line providers do.

When buying "professional" satellite broadband; users can buy un-contented at much lower speeds. A Ford Transit with a dedicated lane perhaps...