patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to iansltx
Re: I buy the pop density equation said by iansltx:There's the other argument that Hong Kong is a tiny country and thus offering 100 Mbps service to anyhwere in HK (which is what the service offers) is equivalent to LUSFiber offering 100 Mbit peer to peer speeds on all its plans. HKBB is still cheaper per month than an equivalent LUS plan when viewed in that light, but at that point you can add in the density argument and you've got your answer. Its easy and cheap to offer media maximum speeds on your network. What are the speed to websites outside of HK? You mean I can dump 100mbitps continuously onto Level 3 or Sprint or Verizon Business and never see a hickup in speed? |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | No, out-of-HK speeds are limited to 20 Mbps guaranteed I think. |
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nitzanPremium,VIP
join:2008-02-27
kudos:2 | said by iansltx:No, out-of-HK speeds are limited to 20 Mbps guaranteed I think. I don't know about HK - but I'm in Japan right now and have 100mbit service here. To Japanese sites I actually get the promised speed - but for anything outside Japan I'm lucky to get 2mbit.
100mbit sounds nice on paper- but in reality I've had faster service from US ISPs. I guess most Japanese people use mostly Japanese sites so they in essence get the promised speed - but since I use mostly US/international sites - I'm not getting it. |
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iansltx
join:2007-02-19
Golden, CO
kudos:2 | That's the nice thing about US internet. I can get my 22 Mbps to most places in the US...and, with a decent download manager, most places in the world. Though I visit U.S. sites bandwidth-wise 99% of the time. |
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