The ISP is only responsible for the connection up to their ISP modem.
If the engineer is nice, he might setup your router for you.
The ISP is only responsible for the connection up to their ISP modem.
If the engineer is nice, he might setup your router for you.
Usenet mostly. The advantage of Gbit is that I can download 4k movies on Usenet while still being able to watch 4k Youtube, while the missus is watching 4k Netflix without buffering. It's difficult to constantly max out Gbit doing just one thing, but it allows everyone at home to use the internet without reduction in speed.
I might even consider this plan (2.2 Gbps for $218), if it's cheaper than my 500 Mbps plan (Currently paying $149...but may revert to $298 upon expiry...see what discount's are available at expiry):-
https://www.hgcbroadband.com/en/broa...le-connections
Then you compare plans and find out how much Mr Li charges....
https://www.netvigator.com/eng/info/list-price.html#
Having been a PCCW/Netvigator//NowTV/Eye Home Telephone subscriber for over 20 years, I am happy they no longer have my business....
You can now get a 1GB for $152 / Average per month for a 3 yr contract ($228/month with 1 year free) from netvigator.
At that price 1Gb becomes the new default.
There's advertised prices and then there's actual prices: As written above I just signed up on a 1GB/s contract for $152 / Average per month for a 3 yr contract ($228/month with 1 year free) from netvigator.
Buy your own router (Mine was $550) - TP-Link AC1750 (best budget router 2020) and you can't complain...
I'm typically getting 550-600mb/s through wifi DL Speed.
That was then, this is now, supply and demand for sure. HKT or I-cable would have done the exact same thing if they had a monopoly (that's business for you and why we can't trust the free market to protect out environment, but I digress....)
Like Aramis alluded to, it's a bit like the 'supersize me' game theory; not very expensive for just a bit more - except that you really don't need that 'bit more' at the point you purchase it, that extra investment is literally thrown away in many cases.
But in the longer term, many people having 'that bit more' unused bandwidth encourages developers to be more bandwidth hungry with their content.... and so the cycle moves on.