Am 26.07.2006 um 15:48 schrieb Xaver Aerni:

"Presence-pc at reports that France Telecom just announced they are offering 2.5 Gb/s internet connection to select cities in the Paris region. For... $85(70 Euros) a month you also get free phone and TV. From the article (in French): "The historical operator opted for a GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) FTTH architecture (Fiber To The Home). This technology allows up to 2.5 Gbits/s download and 1.2 Gigabits/s upload.""

Just to remind everyone drooling here, that GPON is a shared medium, just like Coax (TDM/TDMA), and the bandwidth is usually split to 32 or 64 users, use your bc(1) to figure out what the maximum speed per user is. Just like nobody gets the 40MBits/s on Cable, the Frogs won't get GBits/s.

Of course it is a little bit infuriating. If I lived 10 meters farther south, I'd be getting 20MBits/s for 15 €, instead I'm getting 2MBits/s for 70 CHF from MonpolyCom.

Cheers,

-daniel