It's not about service to customers (dhuh) it's all about profits
“For 8K, we have found you need 115 Mbit/s"
Seriously ? they're worried about 8K streaming?
http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution_chart.html
We went through that same crap with 3D TV's and that fad is dead now.
8K HiDef TV's are not, and will never be mainstream, so there's no need to worry about
bandwidth for them, and if you're still on a low end connection (1.7 megs ?) you shouldn't expect
to watch anything at all...