Re: World's Fastest Internet™ in Canadaland
Constantine A. Murenin
mureninc at gmail.com
Fri Jun 26 18:59:42 UTC 2015
On 26 June 2015 at 11:04, Hank Disuko <gourmetcisco at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Bell Canada is apparently gearing up to provide the good people of Toronto with the World's Fastest Internet™.
> http://www.thestar.com/news/city_hall/2015/06/25/bell-canada-to-give-toronto-worlds-fastest-internet.html
Only 1Gbps?!
LOL, but US Internet offers 10Gbps!
http://fiber.usinternet.com/plans-and-prices/
https://lobste.rs/s/mv7bzs/us_internet_to_offer_higher-speed_10gbps_connections_in_minneapolis_for_400_usd
Yes, residential; yes, 10000Mbps; yes, only 399,00 USD/mo, which
amounts to 39 bucks per gigabit.
Bell's 1Gbps is by no means the world's fastest internet.
Not even in Canada:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/small-alberta-town-gets-massive-1-000-mbps-broadband-boost-1.1382428
http://montrealgazette.com/technology/canada-can-learn-from-olds-ab-the-city-with-the-fastest-internet-speed
>>>> While homes in cities like Vancouver, Montreal, and Toronto are toiling with maximum speeds only up to 100 megabits per second, in Olds Alberta – 90 kilometres north of Calgary – they have access to one Gigabit per second connections, and at the bargain basement rate of $57 per month, with no data caps.
Also, is Bell any different from AT&T and Verizon in that it doesn't
peer with like anyone? Will most Canadian traffic still go through
Chicago or New York?
C.
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