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Powerline Broadband in Hong Kong

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the price-sounds-fine-to-me dept.

DBordello writes "After a successful two year trial run, Hutchison Global Communications (HGC) has commercially launched a broadband over power line service in selective areas in Hong Kong. According to CNET news, the service offers 1.5 megabit per second speeds at a monthly cost of HK$138 (US$17.70), but users are forced to sign a seven month contract."

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  1. Forced to sign a 7 month contract? Boohoo. by yobbo · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    I pay the equiv of 55 US per month for a 512k ADSL connection with a monthly download cap of 11.5 GB. The minimum contract length I could sign was 6 months.

    Welcome to broadband in Australia. If your household can actually get it, it's not even worth getting.