On Thursday 09 December 2010 11:00:58 Christopher Chan wrote: > On Wednesday, December 08, 2010 11:11 PM, Lamar Owen wrote: > > Or would you prefer paying kilobucks per month for a tariffed OC3/12/48 > > or Gigabit provisioned Metro E? (that's all I can get, and it does cost > > kilobucks to get it). > > Is this residential? One can get 1G symmetric fibre from HKBN for less > than 30USD/mnth if you live in a block of apartments. See below. (Please > note troll hat on my head) > > ---------------------- > FibreHome 1000 Basic Plan > - installation fee waiver > > ‧ Basic monthly fee $199 > ‧ Contract duration 24 months > ‧ Maximum bandwidth (local access) 1000Mbps Upload/Download > ‧ Maximum bandwidth (overseas access) 20Mbps Upload/Download > ‧ Installation fee $0 [snip] Sorry, I fail to understand how is this a 1G link? It clearly says that you have only 20Mbps uplink to the rest of the world (I guess that's what "overseas" mean). Granted, the cabling may be able to withstand a 1000Mbps throughput (for whatever "local" network may be). But it's not the same thing as having a real 1G uplink, which would be much more expensive. Especially if it is symmetric. Or have I misunderstood something here? Btw, what part of the world are you in, geographically? That would probably clear up my understanding of "overseas" and "local" accesses... :-) Best, :-) Marko