Mr. Marcus Matthews:

A 4K ultra high-definition live stream, such as Netflix, requires a stable download speed of 25 Mbps. Normal high-definition live stream requires 5 Mbps. If these figures are considered in the context of an average Irish family of two parents and two children, and it is assumed that all are watching on separate screens at the same time, the total peak download requirement is 40 Mbps.

RISPA members who supply fibre optic broadband connections of at least 100 Mbps report that the 30-day rolling average for peak-time download demand, which is from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m., is just 3 Mbps for 95% of customers on fibre optic connections. If this figure is representative of all Irish households - I believe it would be - it means that 95% of residential Internet connections are already being oversupplied by 97% in respect of the capacity of their 100 Mbps-plus fibre optic connections.