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2.5Gb/s Internet For French Homes

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the gentlemen-start-your-envy dept.

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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  1. Define "free"? by etherlad · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For... $85(70 Euros) a month you also get free phone and TV.

    Ummm.... if it's $85/month, it isn't really "free," is it?

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  2. The weakest link by blantonl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    For some reason, when I read news releases like these, I get all excited about the possibilities of a tremendous amount of bandwidth available to me in the home -- then realize the reality.

    You are only going to get the bandwidth that you are being served.

    With that said, if I'm downloading a huge ISO or other multimedia file from a site on my 2.5GB connection, and the remote site is sitting on a 256K upstream cable modem, then I'm going to get no more than 256K.

    While YOU might have 2.5GB of downstream available to you, most providers these days serving upstream content don't have anything close to that availability.

    And furthermore, I seriously doubt that many PCs today even have the ability to CONSUME 2.5GB of bandwidth. Are they making 10GB ethernet cards for the consumer market? Ummm... no.

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  3. Covering all France would cost less than you think by OlivierB · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's expensive with FTTH is the termination of the fiber to the homes, not so much the backbone.
    French experts agree that getting all the homes connected in France would cost approximately 30bn (with an average cost of 1500 per house).
    That may sound like a lot but in fact it's only the price of 500KM of new highway.

    I think that this infrastructure should be paid for by the state and allowed access to private companies against a fee for TV, Internet and phone services.

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  4. Re:You mean? by OlivierB · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Get over it man. That whole "surrendering" thing is getting old.
    I'm not even sure that you know what started it all, nevermind who helped the pilgrims settle in the US and fight for their independence against England.

    So do us a favour, pick up a history book and learn something for a change.

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