Since my beginning with Elite, my ISP has been only 1 to 2Mbps. Took multiple nights to download Horizons (and some of the patches). There is hope of higher speed options in the coming year, but it will probably be meaningless as far as downloading Odyssey goes. I've got an older PC, and based on what I'm seeing others post, it won't be giving anywhere near the excellent performance I now enjoy with Elite Horizons.
So I've pretty much accepted that my time with Elite Horizons is going to be forced to end when the Odyssey tech is passed down to Horizons. I can't justify a new PC for one game, especially when the couple of other games I play perform excellently.
To sort of celebrate "the end" for my CMDR, I'm off on an exploration trip. I considered just staying out in the black until the update comes, and then my CMDR will just sit parked on a planet, forever. A fitting end, as exploration was always a high point for me in Elite.