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04-24-2005, 05:36 PM #1Web Hosting Master
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Hong Kong getting 1Gbit home connections!
Hong Kong Broadband Launches 1 Gbps Home Service for US$215/month
Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) officially launched its 1 Gbps symmetric service for the residential market. Approximately 800,000 households, out of a total of 2.2 million households in Hong Kong, are wired to receive the service. The 1 Gbps symmetric service is priced at US$215 per month.
HKBN noted that its 1 Gbps service is up to 166x faster downstream and 1,950x faster upstream than the advertised bandwidth of the incumbent's ADSL service.
HKBN Premium bb1000 service is being offered on the same metro Ethernet infrastructure that delivers the company's Mass Market bb100 (symmetric 100 Mbps for US$34/month) and Entry Point bb10 (symmetric 10 Mbps for US$16/month) services.
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I would be more than happy with the 100Mbit for $34
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04-24-2005, 05:52 PM #2Web Hosting Master
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In reality it's only local, so nobody really needs that much speed.
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04-24-2005, 07:05 PM #3Junior Guru Wannabe
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W00T i want that speed
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04-24-2005, 07:07 PM #4Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by snapya
W00T i want that speed
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04-24-2005, 07:20 PM #5Web Hosting Master
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And soon hong kong will have a 20 fold increase in closet datacentres=p
I dont get why a home user would need 1 Gbps.. i mean - how many hosts even offer upload speeds that fastwww.Yekaroo.com - Your Chinese Radio Online!
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04-24-2005, 08:08 PM #6Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Rob83
Why? Hardly any server can support those speeds for you d/l from and those that can, are very few and I doubt you'd be d/ling the same thing everyday.
What seed can the majority of ISP servers handle??
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04-24-2005, 08:23 PM #7Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by TheDoctor
What seed can the majority of ISP servers handle??
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Anything higher than 15mbps download and 2mbps upload for a residential line is worthless. You won't notice a diff. in browsing on a 2mb line and a 10mb line.
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04-24-2005, 08:25 PM #8Web Hosting Master
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Apparently you guys don't use much BT, ED2K, Usenet..
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04-24-2005, 08:27 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by TheDoctor
I hadn't thought of that side of the equation before. Here in Australia some ISP's are installing there own DSLAMS into Telstra's exchanges so they can offer ADSL2 and ADSL2+ at speed of 24000K/1000K. Telstra have there own DSLAM's set to a max of 1500k
What seed can the majority of ISP servers handle??
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As for hong kong as far as I know they have limited external connectivity so I don't think they'll be able to pull down anywhere near 1gbps or even 100mbps to the US.
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04-24-2005, 08:28 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by westcan
Apparently you guys don't use much BT, ED2K, Usenet..
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04-24-2005, 08:29 PM #11Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by westcan
Apparently you guys don't use much BT, ED2K, Usenet..
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04-24-2005, 08:31 PM #12Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by fortress
lol. I'm just wondering though, what keeps them from running this connection as a business connection for a home datacenter, or such?
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04-24-2005, 09:40 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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wow thats crazy ;o can they really sustain it?
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04-24-2005, 09:44 PM #14Web Hosting Master
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Originally posted by Lord
wow thats crazy ;o can they really sustain it?
They have 1 big lan network that supports 1GB Speeds. Everyone is connected to 1 big LAN. Now the actually Internet speeds are not 1GB, but the users computer to the server of the ISP is 1GB.
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04-25-2005, 04:11 AM #15Web Hosting Master
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Depends on how you look at it. Most people would say that a 10Mbit D/U would be more than enough!
Let’s look at that.
You can store your personal music, movies, files etc. etc. etc. and access them when you go to your friends.
Now I have the problem of burning a DVD-RW or taking my 1GB memory stick with me
But still 10Mbit would be to slow
@10Mbit upload 5GB would take 70minutes at maximum speed! In really it might take 2 hours.
But 3 years from now 5GB is nothing. With Blue-Ray being 50GB(and more) and harddisk having 1TB (and more) in 2008. I would say, sharing 35GB of personal files (personal video, audio etc etc etc) would be more like it
@100Mbit upload 35GB would take 50 minutes at maximum speed! In really it might take 1.5 hours.
So looking at the future I would say that 100Mbit+ connections for home users would be a must!
I currently share more than 2GB of personal video and files with family and friends over the world. A quality 2 hour vacation video + pictures take up around 700Mb alone!!! With every device having a camera and the need for people to share their world with their friends and family will increase!
1Gbit is still an extreme speed. 54Mbit - 100Mbit would be more like it in 2008.
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04-25-2005, 05:04 PM #16Newbie
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Interesting, I'd love an internet that fast.
Won't this mean that there will be a lot more attacks on servers though?
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04-25-2005, 06:12 PM #17Web Hosting Master
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Question is
How will this effect webhosting?
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04-25-2005, 06:50 PM #18Disabled
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dam and im still on my 1mbit line
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04-26-2005, 09:16 AM #19Web Hosting Master
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Let's move quickly to HongKong. Where can I order 5 of them?
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04-26-2005, 10:59 AM #20DigitalPunchCardMaker
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Originally posted by Johnburk
Question is
How will this effect webhosting?
it is only in Hong Kong, and even if gets popular worldwide, it won't effect web hosting business imho.
Only having a huge connection won't make anyone a DataCenter.
I mean, you can buy any ingredient from markets, internet. Any professional kitchen gadgets. There are zillions of free recipies, websites, TV radio programs about cooking food etc. Is it effects restaurant business? nope.
It requires skills...
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04-26-2005, 04:01 PM #21Newbie
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Only $215 a month? Is that all?
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04-26-2005, 04:05 PM #22Eternal Member
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You will NOT get those same speeds to the USA or another country though. I bet the ISP has very poor routing so it will probably be less than 5mbits to other countries. Perhaps, it will be 1Gbits for local places but, I still see that as something not quite possible.
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04-26-2005, 04:43 PM #23Web Hosting Guru
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You think YOU have it bad?!Last edited by drucey; 04-26-2005 at 04:47 PM.
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04-27-2005, 03:46 AM #24Aspiring Evangelist
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let go and stay in hongkong
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04-27-2005, 04:21 AM #25Web Hosting Master
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if one can download at 1gbit speeds from his neighbour or friend 5 streets away then what you will see is more of the torrents and kazza like programs popping up around that will just increase piracy.
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