@idol+the+bear
That's correct, because it's based both on somewhat illogical wholesale pricing and sales psychology: for example having 500Mbs as a cheaper option then permits upselling to gigabit at the end of the initial minimum contract term as a renewal.
Openreach/BT Wholesale are incentivising ISPs to resell as much fibre as possible because this pushes the national rollout along and helps towards the huge infrastructure investment required. Incremental speed increase on an existing fibre circuit actually only has marginal (if any) additional cost to the supplier.
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Sky Glass 55" (on ethernet) & two Stream Pucks (one ethernet / one WiFi)
BT Halo 3+ Ultrafast FTTP (500Mbs), BT Smart Hub 2
