Hong Kong Broadband Launches 1 Gbps Home Service For US$215/month

digerati · Apr 25, 2005, 05:55 PM

"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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Source: Converge_Digest

suloea · Apr 25, 2005, 06:31 PM

avoid HKBN at all costs. When I was living in HK a few years back, I heard HKBN is notorious for its crappy performance in its 10Mbps services.

caqde · Apr 26, 2005, 12:19 AM

other than the point that I could not afford it nor do I live there. I would love to have that fast of an internet connection. Although with suloea point I would just read/wait and see how they implemented their current service. Because if they had crappy performance they might have fixed it in time. Otherwise they would/will go out of business in due time. Few bitchy customers = not so bad. Mass amounts of bitchy customers = little to no customers.

>GSXR<mrbusa · Apr 26, 2005, 12:36 AM

man that would rock to have that connection throughput here in the states.that type of speed in the us would kill hollywood revenue ,and the riaa would be like the fbi or cia or whatever.later

Apr 25, 2005, 05:55 PM	#1
digerati Everyones life has worth Join Date: May 2003 Location: My Yellow Bug Posts: 3,779 Rep Power: 61	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." _______________________________ Source: Converge_Digest

Apr 26, 2005, 12:19 AM	#3
caqde HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: US, IL Posts: 502 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	other than the point that I could not afford it nor do I live there. I would love to have that fast of an internet connection. Although with suloea point I would just read/wait and see how they implemented their current service. Because if they had crappy performance they might have fixed it in time. Otherwise they would/will go out of business in due time. Few bitchy customers = not so bad. Mass amounts of bitchy customers = little to no customers. __________________ AMD Phenom II X4 925 AM3/ Giga-byte MA790XT-UD4P XFX HD5770 1GB / 2x2GB of GSKILL DDR3 10666 8-8-8-23 Samsung SH-S182D DVD-RW drive / Sony Optiarc BD-5300S BD-RW drive Western Digital WD1501FASS(Primary)/Western Digital 15EADS(Secondary)/Western Digital 7500AACS(Secondary)/Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320gb(Secondary)/Western Digital 3200KS 16MB 7200rpm SATAII HD(Secondary) Antec TP-550 / CoolerMaster CMStacker Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty Professional / Creative Inspire 6600 6.1 speakers Samsugn T200HD 20" LCD Monitor / Logitech Internet 350 Black Keyboard Logitech MX510 Mouse

Apr 25, 2005, 06:31 PM	#2
suloea DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Bath,UK Posts: 41 Rep Power: 0	avoid HKBN at all costs. When I was living in HK a few years back, I heard HKBN is notorious for its crappy performance in its 10Mbps services.

Apr 26, 2005, 12:36 AM	#4
>GSXR<mrbusa im a FREAK Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 2,107 Rep Power: 55 System Specs	man that would rock to have that connection throughput here in the states.that type of speed in the us would kill hollywood revenue ,and the riaa would be like the fbi or cia or whatever.later