Very high speeds for some people.
My broadband is now 2mb, pretty much an increase of 4 times what it was when I first got it. Now if I was out in the sticks in the middle of nowhere, I could understand it, I'm not I'm in Milton Keynes a supposedly modern, purpose built town, I can't even get Virgin cable in the part I'm in.
It's going to be a very long time before I'm in a position to download full HD movies.
I downloaded the beta client for The Old Republic (Star Wars MMORPG, for those that may not know
) it was around 20-25gb, I had to download it over a couple of days. The only advantages I can see for download is if it's instant or near enough instant. I think, "hey, I've got an urge to watch..." I go online and I can be watching it within a short while. If I've got to wait a couple of days, or even a more than a couple of hours, I may as well take a trip to Blockbuster, 10 minute round trip.
I do use Sky Anytime Plus on occasion, with SD movies, I can start the download and it's downloaded enough for me to start watching in around 10 minutes or so for a normal length film, which is quite acceptable. HD is a different matter, that can take anything up to an hour or more depending on movie length and that's just 1080i with DD 5.1.
So still a long way to go yet for films. I do download music though, because for me portability is more important than top quality, because music for me is just something I have on in the background while I'm doing something else. Movies, I want the best picture and sound quality I can get, because I'll sit and give it my undivided attention.
Maybe when I'm getting 100mb broadband and I can download a 1080p, full HD sound movie and have it ready to start watching pretty much instantly, I'll embrace the whole download thing, but I don't think I'll be seeing that anytime soon