1 Gbps

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.

Small fact: 1Mbps is around transfer speed of 125kb/s.
Starhub is offering 6.5Mbps for sgd80/mo and M’sia Streamyx speed is 1Mbps for rm88/mo. I don’t really think I will pay usd215/mo for fast connection speed! (unless hosting for warez)