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HK Broadband offers 100% Fiber Optic service to residents of Hong Kong
Next time you pay your broadband bill, consider what you are getting for your money.
Then consider Hong Kong residents can now buy 1,000Mbps symmetrical broadband service for $26 per month. Symmetrical broadband offers identical upstream and downstream speeds, so transferring large files back and forth becomes an afterthought, not a nuisance.
This week Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) introduced wide availability of its mega-fast 1/1 gigabit per second service at prices that most American broadband providers won’t match for slow “lite” or “budget” tiers. The new gigabit service joins an even more affordable 100/100Mbps broadband service HKBN sells for $13 a month.
“Symmetric 1 Gbps broadband at US$26/month (HK$199) is a global breakthrough service, and is by far the best value in terms of cost per Mbps in Hong Kong. We are pleased to contribute towards making Hong Kong a global Fibre Oasis,” said June Lam, Associate Director, Marketing, HKBN.
And the USA continually keeps going to the back of the line…15th in the world in speed but dropping fast!
If the baby boomers who run the U.S.A. don’t wake up soon, America will be irrelevant technology-wise in less than a decade.
You read my mind….
America, it seems, is too busy looking back at the Super Power we were rather than looking forward at how to maintain that position. It’s good to keep one eye on the past so you don’t make the same mistakes again. But to look away from the future like we have done, is sending us off course.
This applies to far more than broadband speed, coverage and price.
Cable companies here spend all their money on executive salaries instead of upgrades
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Here in USA Comcast, At&t, Verizon, Frontier and others try to limit us with Meter Caps and super high fees every day. They love Cap! So Sad!