Hong Kong Broadband Network (HKBN) recently introduced 200 Mbps symmetrical broadband service to home users. Actually, the broadband services of HKBN is divided into 10M, 25M, 50M, 100M, 200M and 1000M. I don't think there is a need to divide into some many transmission speed levels. 10M, 100M and 1000M would be more logical steps.
One question I have about 200M service is that Ethernent cards work with 100M and most home PCs are not equipped with a gigabit network card. If a user wants to enjoy 200M broadband service, my logical thinking is that he/she has to buy a gigabit ethernet card.
Intuitively, I don't think users can perceive the difference between 100M and 200M in normal web browsing and email activities. If the broadband connection is used for BT and other bandwidth demanding applications, then it would be a different consideration.
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