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Meanwhile in other parts of the planet...
I was in Hong Kong recently where 1Gbit/s both ways is the norm and many buildings have three fibre networks vying to get your business - and the customers complain bit rates drop to 700Mbit/s. I was getting over 100Mbit/s wifi for free 
In Singapore last week I experiences wired access at over 100Mbit's both ways whilst in Korea and Japan it seemed faster. But all three had vastly different mobile network and philosophies. In Japan for instance you see a lot of VoD movie watching on the Metro in a morning and evening - and that takes bandwidth and connectivity.
In the EU you have to visit/live in Jersey (Channel Islands) to see 1Gbit/s as the standard for business now being rolled out to all homes with open wifi and 3G at every termination.
And as you travel you see countries dominated by mobiles for internet access, whilst others have a big population of Tablets and Pads or laptops. For sure the PC is on the wane!
Oh - and wireless can only do it if there is a dense optical fibre network down to the last/first km
In Singapore last week I experiences wired access at over 100Mbit's both ways whilst in Korea and Japan it seemed faster. But all three had vastly different mobile network and philosophies. In Japan for instance you see a lot of VoD movie watching on the Metro in a morning and evening - and that takes bandwidth and connectivity.
In the EU you have to visit/live in Jersey (Channel Islands) to see 1Gbit/s as the standard for business now being rolled out to all homes with open wifi and 3G at every termination.
And as you travel you see countries dominated by mobiles for internet access, whilst others have a big population of Tablets and Pads or laptops. For sure the PC is on the wane!
Oh - and wireless can only do it if there is a dense optical fibre network down to the last/first km
Posted by peter@...
27th Aug
