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by exelius 4420 days ago
Because they didn't have 50% of their users trying to view 6 mbit/s video streams.

EDIT: Just wanted to clarify that 50% is a number I pulled out of my ass. The general point is that the percentage of users who stream video online on a regular basis is increasing more quickly than the economics/logistics allow the ISPs to perform network upgrades.

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> The general point is that the percentage of users who stream video online on a regular basis is increasing more quickly than the economics/logistics allow the ISPs to perform network upgrades.

This is another citation needed point. Bandwidth consumption has always increased over time, as has the performance per dollar of routing equipment.