Hong Kong Gets Gigabit Adsl

[The Coder]

This is astonishingly well done in all respects! If Thailand needs direction, look no further. From PC PRO:

Hong Kong Broadband Network has launched a symmetric 1Gbps service for a wholly reasonable $215 per month. The company already offers symmetric 100Mbps and 10Mbps services at $34 and $16 respectively.

It is also deploying new hardware that will enable the convergence of voice, data and TV services; it will be able to deliver up to 200 pay-TV channels at MPEG-2 DVD quality.

[Khutan]

ohhh ohhh, how do I get an extra long extension cable from H/K to BKK ???

[h90]

Want want want want!!!!!!

If Taksin can make for me, I'll never tell something bad about him........

pleeeeaaaseee

[astral]

The advantages of only having a small geographic area to cover!!

Singapore offers 4Mb adsl

[bkk_mike]

The advantages of only having a small geographic area to cover!!

Singapore offers 4Mb adsl

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So does Bangkok...

[aqua4]

Singapore has alot of transit traffic so they can afford to do it. As for Thailand they go via Korea, or Singapore. More expensive when you are not a supplier of transit bandwidth.

[Hikage]

HK is the ICT King of Asia now. As you can see, TH has a lot of catching up to do.

Hong Kong top e-ready state in Asia Singapore

Hong Kong has overtaken Singapore as Asia's most electronically-savvy economy and is well ahead of Australia, South Korea and Japan, a global business survey shows.

The annual "e-readiness" rankings by the London-based Economist Intelligence Unit said Hong Kong was tied at sixth place with Finland behind the top five: Denmark, the United States, Sweden, Switzerland and Britain.

Hong Kong vaulted over Singapore, which fell to 11th place, "thanks to innovative development of e-business services, a positive legal and policy environment and advances in mobile services," an EIU statement said.

"For perhaps the first time since the technology bubble burst, the global economy is beginning to feel comfortable in a digital skin," it said.

"Spending on information and communications technology (ICT) is growing again with some buoyancy in developed markets."

In the 2004 survey, Singapore stood at seventh place and Hong Kong at ninth. Denmark was the topnotcher in 2004 as well.

countries "remain the best in class in key areas of connectivity, such as mobile penetration and internet use," the EIU said.

The United States in turn recovered the number two global position this year, from sixth place in 2004.

"Not only has the US seen broadband penetration surge forward, but the country remains a global leader in secure Internet server penetration and ICT spending," the EIU noted.

Among the other Asia-Pacific economies in the 65-market survey, Australia was at 10th place this year, followed by New Zealand at 16th, South Korea at 18th, Japan at 21st and Taiwan at 22nd.

South Korea remains the world's most developed broadband access market but a closer analysis "revealed weaknesses in that country's e-readiness armour, such as internet security."

Apart from Singapore, Southeast Asian nations fared poorly, with Malaysia at 35th place, Thailand at 44th, the Philippines at 51st and Indonesia at 60th, just five places above bottom-dweller Azerbaijan.

India, a hotbed of technology, was at 49th place, and China, Asia's most dynamic economy, was at 54th place.

The economies were ranked based on six criteria: infrastructure, business environment, consumer and business adoption, social and cultural environment, legal and policy environment, and supporting services.

[Merlin]

Hong Kong vaulted over Singapore, which fell to 11th place,

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that surprises me.

I remember several years ago asking the travel agent if I could get a flight with a long wait at the SG airport - so I could use the free fast net connection there!!!