2.5Gb/s Internet For French Homes

Erick Lionheart at www.gamersloot.net writes "Presence-pc at reports that France Telecom just announced they are offering 2.5 Gb/s Internet connections to select cities in the Paris region. For ... $85(70 Euros) a month you also get free phone and TV. From the article (in French): 'The historical operator opted for a GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) FTTH architecture (Fiber To The Home). This technology allows up to 2.5 Gbits/s download and 1.2 Gigabits/s upload.'"

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And look here:

[gcnaddict]

In france and other countries, people get insane connections (like the one listed in TFA)

Here in the states, what do we get? We get shit. 15mbps for 50 bucks a month is crap, and I know that we're the lucky ones getting that speed in the first place. Other spots in the US get barely a meg for that price.
Now who said we don't need Net Neutrality again?

Re:they could upload there whole culture

[Anonymous Coward]

As opposed to uploading the US culture which would take less then a second