1GB…Dreams
Damn!
Internet users in Hong Kong can now browse the internet at speeds that UK residents only dream about.
Hong Kong Broadband Network has launched a new ultra fast service. The symmetric 1Gbps service costs approximately £112 per month, but obliterates the kind of speeds we are used to in the UK. We are eagerly waiting for the rollout of an 8Mbps service and consider that to be fast.
While this kind of speed is unlikely to be available in the UK for some time, the possibilities for its use are immense. Large publishers could offer direct download services for their games, online gaming could be revolutionised and TV channels could be streamed at MPEG-2 DVD quality. It is hard to actually imagine speeds reaching 1Gbps in the UK, but we can dream.
And believe me – I will dream 
I want to go to Hong Kong and check it out man!
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*sarcasm* wow, and for only £112! *sarcasm*
Ok, so maybe I’ll get 1Gbps, but what’s the advantage NOW. I mean, I’m on a (small) 3.3Mbps, but everything works fine for me: pages load as fast as they should (almost instant) and downloads go fast too, but I don’t download that much anyway. Except for p2p maybe, but those speeds depend on the uploaders’ speed, so what’s the use? I agree, maybe in the future… but still not with those prices.
Tibault
One Word: LIVE TELEVISION. Streaming would be seamless man.
£112 for 1gbps broadband is extremely cheap…maybe not in belgium but definately in the U.K. where we can barely get 2Megs for £30 and they’ve still not got 4Megs in most areas, let alone 8Meg which is coming sometime…
wups thats two words