OT Internet wars

[Christopher Chan]

steve wrote:
> Christopher Chan wrote:
>>> Wow, 1.5GB/sec for a total of $15.00/mth - now that is a bargain!!!
>>>
>> Meh, I feel sorry for you guys in the States. I get 10mb/10mb UNLIMITED 
>> for 15USD/mnth. If I wanted, I can get 200mb/200mb for less than 40USD/mnth.
>>
>> How long are you people in the States goi200 meg 200 meg internet connectioninternet connectionng to allow them crooks to 
>> fleece you?
> 
> 200meg? thats insane fast, if true, i doubt anything like that would be
> available residential, you sure you got the numbers right?? thats like
> 20 times faster than what I have in NY with time warner and I get
> 800-900 kbps download speeds, maybe 50 up, I thought that was pretty
> decent for $40 a month.
> 

I live in Hong Kong. It is about 20meg (200mbits) and yes, it is 
residential. I am definite I got the numbers right. You can even get 
1Gbit residential but at a rather hefty premium. I routinely get 1.1xx 
mbps download speeds from the local Ubuntu mirror (ftp.hostrino.com).

I do however need to make a retraction with regards to the fees...either 
things have changed in the past year or two or the online information 
does not include deals you get on the streets. Eg: I pay 15USD/mnth for 
a 10mbit connection but the fee shown online is 21.5USD/mnth. The fees 
are all for unlimited...we don't have bandwidth caps. Also, 
international bandwidth is a maximum 20mbits (2megs). I divide all the 
numbers I see by 7.8 for forex.

HGC Broadband
100mbit (10meg)residential = 30USD/mnth
http://www.hgcbroadband.com/superbroadband.html
Old page but in English: http://www.hgcbroadband.com/Landing page_Eng.html


HKBN
Fibre:
1Gbit (100meg) residential = 215USD/mnth
200mbit (20meg)residential = 88USD/mnth
DSL:
100mbit (10meg)residential = 34USD/mnth
DSL also available without contracts at a higher fee
100mbit (10meg)residential = 51USD/mnth

http://www.hkbn.net/bb1000/offer_ftth_bb1000.html
http://www.hkbn.net/bb1000/offer_ftth_bb200.html
http://www.hkbn.net/bb1000/offer_basic_bb100.html
http://www.hkbn.net/bb1000/offer_no_contract.html