[Neil Jones]

The problem with that is many of the people who use free sat live in areas wheee broadband speed and reliability is not yet fast and reliable enough to provide a like for like replacement for Freesat.

I could probably argue if you can stream YouTube even in potato vision then you can sustain a TV stream.

Anyway according to this:
labs.thinkbroadband.com 

98% of UK homes have access to " superfast internet" of some sort even if its only 10Mbps.

If we're going to keep catering to the lowest common denominator and holding things up for the last man standing to shift his arse, we'd still be watching 405 line TV in black and white and discussing the latest tweak to the Batwings.