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Sony Launches World’s Fastest Internet Connection for Home Use in Japan
2 Gbps for $51usd/month. Wow.
Google Fiber recently announced that they’re coming to Austin Texas, also. Within 4-5 years I bet that speeds in the range of this and Google Fiber will be pretty common in developed countries. Especially small ones like Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong.
China will continue to be way behind, but at least there should be fiber available to a lot of neighborhoods in Chengdu.
Loveable! …recently Italy launched a new ADSL that guarantee a speed less than 1Mb… obviously at same price of before!
Holy shit…
Quote:but at least there should be fiber available to a lot of neighborhoods in Chengdu……joined together with sticky tape and string.
Speaking of China’s internet, there is a good podcast about it on Sinica this week, (though it tackles the cultural and regulatory angles as opposed to the technical): http://popupchinese.com/lessons/sinica/gady-epstein-on-the-internet.
The guest on the podcast is Gady Epstein, the writer behind the recent Economist special section on the internet in China: http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21574628-internet-was-expected-help-democratise-china-instead-it-has-enabled
Quote:Speaking of China’s internet, there is a good podcast about it on Sinica this week, (though it tackles the cultural and regulatory angles as opposed to the technical): http://popupchinese.com/lessons/sinica/gady-epstein-on-the-internet.I finally just listened to this, very interesting. In addition to the political obstacles to meaningfully improving internet speed in China, the technical hurdles are really significant. It looks like in the US we’re starting to see real change happen with Google Fiber coming to three different cities, which has forced competitors to step up their game. For too long there has been a monopoly of ISPs and telecommunication providers, but it looks like the situation in the US is improving substantially. My sister told me recently that she can get iPhone service in the states without even signing a year long contract – that’s a major improvement.
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