1Gbps Broadband Service for Hong Kong

Limax Maximus writes "Hong Kong is planning to launch a 1Gbps broadband home service. Although the idea of using shared infrastructure is nothing new for TV/phone/data this appears to be the first to do this over IP at such high speed. The cost is high - 215 USD a month. Per megabit, however, this is a very cheap service. This kind of solution only really works in town blocks where cat5 cabling is a realistic option."

Comments

Re:shouldnt it be

[SithGod]

Actually you can run 1 Gb/s over Cat5e cabling. Cat6 is just better suited for it

This already exists in Sweden.

[pomac]

In sweden www.bredband2.se offers 1 Gbit connections for 118,60 USD. This is without limits.

For more information and so forth (in swedish) see www.labs2.se

Re:Firewall of China?

[0x461FAB0BD7D2]

No, our net access is not regulated or monitored by China. China has to maintain some distance from us until 2047, and any action that reeks of Beijing's hand would be met with massive resistance in HK.

Hong Kongers love their market economy and freedoms, often citing it as an example of why HK is a better place to live and work than other rivals in the region like Singapore and Shanghai.

Re:Ok, since people insist America isn't "behind"

[AtariAmarok]

"The whole reason we're "Behind" is because we have to update old technology, whereas most of the Aisan countries weren't as technologically advanced as we were until recently. Then they could go on making new technology, whereas we have to spend money to replace older stuff."

I don't "get it". How does "not having anything in the first place" make it cheaper and easier? I'd guess that there would be no difference either way, and it might be a little easier to upgrade in the US if you have cable conduits all over the cities and wiring in the house for it.

Re:Conquer Taiwan

[AtariAmarok]

"Why doesn't China entice Taiwanese with special offers? Because the Taiwanese block spam from China too."

Which leaves those Taiwanese to shake their heads in envy as they look across the Straights of Formosa to China, where they see the men standing on the shore taunting them by waving their prodigious giant penises and making 1/2 km jumps with their super HGH-herb-enhanced powers. They say to themselves "See? If we could get Chinese spam, we'd be just like that!"