Friday, November 19, 2004
Hong Kong: 100 Megabit service for US $35/mo
It is just a few short years from 2000, when I explained to a rapt Hong Kong audience how HK would be the perfect environment for the roll out of metro Ethernet. Merrill Lynch had me back to Hong Kong just a few weeks later to regale its clients further.
Last Tuesday's press release shows that I was not too far off base. Despite the burst bubble, and the collapse of once-mighty PCCW, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited is rolling out 100 megabit per second symmetrical service for as little as US$35 a month.
The entry level service promises 100 megabits only within Hong Kong; international service is available at a rate characterized as 20 megabits per second. Full-speed international access will be much higher -- US$254 a month.
Symmetrical gigabit service will arrive in mid-2005. The gating factor is arrival of GigE-over-copper technology.
Last Tuesday's press release shows that I was not too far off base. Despite the burst bubble, and the collapse of once-mighty PCCW, Hong Kong Broadband Network Limited is rolling out 100 megabit per second symmetrical service for as little as US$35 a month.
The entry level service promises 100 megabits only within Hong Kong; international service is available at a rate characterized as 20 megabits per second. Full-speed international access will be much higher -- US$254 a month.
Symmetrical gigabit service will arrive in mid-2005. The gating factor is arrival of GigE-over-copper technology.
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