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1Gbps broadband rolled out in Hong Kong
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| sandstorm03 |
http://www.pro-g.co.uk/news/nid/676/
from cor
Hong Kong Broadband Network has launched a new ultra fast service. The symmetric 1Gbps service costs approximately £112 per month, but obliterates the kind of speeds we are used to in the UK. We are eagerly waiting for the rollout of an 8Mbps service and consider that to be fast.
While this kind of speed is unlikely to be available in the UK for some time, the possibilities for its use are immense. Large publishers could offer direct download services for their games, online gaming could be revolutionised and TV channels could be streamed at MPEG-2 DVD quality. It is hard to actually imagine speeds reaching 1Gbps in the UK, but we can dream. |
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| madhattared |
hmmmm i wonder what they're gonna use all that bandwidth for?
i guess they can send alot of emails. haha |
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| trunks1022 |
| i'm gonna be there next week... |
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| drizzt81 |
I remember in 2002 a friend of mine -living in HK- had 100Mbps service for less than $30/ mo. Then again, she wasn't a geek, so I might have misunderstood her.
It is much -MUCH- cheaper to provide such service to HK residents due to the huge population density and the fact that HK people -at least a great portion of them- are very technology crazy. Also, houses in HK don't last long (they get demolished and rebuilt often), so the telecomms infrastructure inside of buildings is better than in many other places in the world that have similarly high pop. densities. |
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| sandstorm03 |
| were also stupid, and companies can milk us for every penny |
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