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Comment by ExoticPearTree

Oversubcription is the norm for residential customers. And it makes sense in the way that you don’t download at max speed 24/7 content from the internet and you don’t upload either. The usage tends to be: access an article/picture, then read/watch, rinse and repeat. So for those few seconds/minutes you don’t use the internet connection.

When people watch a movie on Prime/Hulu/Netflix, sure, you have constant usage, but 4K streaming is less then 20Mbps…

Most people never use the full amount of even the lowest guaranteed availabke bandwidth per customer.

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