Apologies, I did amend my post above to reflect that. I just think that it is not unreasonable to see fibre optic installed to the local cabinet, the cost would be just a fraction of what would be required to FTTC but the benefits would be massive. Obviously, it would beneficial just for the consumer so I guess it's never going to happen...
Again, I stress that in my case I'm not talking about a village which is miles away in the hills; we're a few hundred metres from the metropolis of Yuen Long.
Also, let's say it is too trouble to get fibre to the cabinet; you could still upgrade the local exchange to support ADSL2+ which means sync up to 24Mbs which is still a huge leap over 8Mbs DS. I'm looking at the router stats right now, our Downstream attenuation is 2dB which means we're pretty much next door to the damn exchange!!
Last edited by dcwt2010; 11-01-2013 at 01:17 PM.
How much more time will you waste in this thread instead of simply calling the telco oligopolies and asking??
There are sufficiently many buildings within the city that are not fully serviced with what you're asking. Maybe that's why the "villages" don't have the service yet.
It's not like HK will be finding anymore space anytime soon. What with housing costs and rising population density the "farm village" is not the same as before. More housing estates are being built in what were rural locations. It's slightly short sighted to think in t digital age only people that live in "the city" need fast broadband speeds.
I'm Staying in mongkok (one of the most denstly packed areas) next to the mtr and the only option also for me is 8mbps adsl with pccw.
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i live in sheung wan and my bldg only had 8mbps connection available until july 2011. before that i called pccw to inquire when will faster connection speeds be available in my bldg.
it seems that they took note of my interest and early 2011, they sent me a letter and said they were upgrading the connection to only 5 floors in my bldg and one of them was mine! i got the fiber-to-home package. so try and give them a call
Last edited by blueagles; 11-01-2013 at 07:36 PM.
Seriously though why is fast Internet access such a big deal to you? You're not going to be moving here for another few years.