Ultra—high speed connectivity by 2012
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Ultra—high speed connectivity to cover more than half of S’pore by 2012
SINGAPORE: More than half of Singapore homes and offices are expected to have ultra—high speed broadband access by 2012.
ThatÂ’s a requirement of the bid for what is called SingaporeÂ’s Next Generation National Broadband Network, which was thrown open on Tuesday.
Ultra—high speed of up to 1 gigabit per second — or 10 times faster than the maximum speed currently available on broadband.
ThatÂ’s the connectivity speed the Next Generation National Broadband Network will have and which the next generation will certainly appreciate.
Three out of four homes in Singapore already have broadband access, with an increasing number opting for wider bandwidth.
And, the benefits of this ultra—high speed network will pervade all areas of life — from online trading to e—learning.
"These may include close to real—life high—definition video conferencing, high—speed online transactions and graphics—based data visualisation. For example, the healthcare sector will be able to process and share high volume and complex medical data, including tele—radiology and MRI, to provide more timely and better medical care to patients," said Dr Lee Boon Yang, Minister for Information, Communications & The Arts.
The government will provide grants of up to $750 million to the company or consortium which wins the bid to build the island—wide infrastructure.
The successful bidder will have to ensure that the ultra—high speed network will be available to more than 50% of homes and offices in Singapore by 2012.
It will also be held to the wholesale prices it sets out in its bid.
ThatÂ’s one of the parameters to ensure an open market for what would be a natural monopoly.
Potential bidders include SingTel, StarHub and M1.
M1 has partnered Hong Kong Broadband Network to bid as a consortium.
The Next Generation network will be available nationwide by 2015. — CNA/ir -
I wann see what M1 has up in it's sleeves.
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I'm putting my hopes on M1.
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Me too. M1 has some really top military-grade communications equipment.
If Wireless@SG was done by M1, we'd be using 3G networks for connection instead of limited coverage wireless-G hotspots.
Still, I'll brace for the extra ERP gantries required to fund the Gigabit broadband.
*I cannot imagine ISPs will cheaply allow us to have such high speed connection to overseas sites though*
Btw, who owns the existing fibre optic infrastructure now? Singtel? -
singtel so rich
sure get 1 lah -
Singtel. Starhub may have their own.Originally posted by Shotgun:Me too. M1 has some really top military-grade communications equipment.
If Wireless@SG was done by M1, we'd be using 3G networks for connection instead of limited coverage wireless-G hotspots.
Still, I'll brace for the extra ERP gantries required to fund the Gigabit broadband.
*I cannot imagine ISPs will cheaply allow us to have such high speed connection to overseas sites though*
Btw, who owns the existing fibre optic infrastructure now? Singtel? -
ok......i never see singnet name there.....will i get it?
cos i dun wan to share bandwith with others like starhub....me veri selfish
with 1gb/s it means tat dling ahem from torrent= faster -
er.....Originally posted by MyPillowTalks:ok......i never see singnet name there.....will i get it?
cos i dun wan to share bandwith with others like starhub....me veri selfish
with 1gb/s it means tat dling ahem from torrent= faster
starhub is using cable... and singnet is phoneline....
so what are you talking about?
if you want, go for vpn lor.... or use a T1 line.......
and even the torrent has 0 seed, give you 1gb/s also no use....?
the thing is, why you need such high bandwidth for? not as if you have your own server... or a ftp server? to be honest, none of us need such high bandwidth
singtel = singnet...................................................... -
i too tired, dunno wad i toking osoOriginally posted by allentyb_v2.01:er.....
starhub is using cable... and singnet is phoneline....
so what are you talking about?
if you want, go for vpn lor.... or use a T1 line.......
and even the torrent has 0 seed, give you 1gb/s also no use....?
the thing is, why you need such high bandwidth for? not as if you have your own server... or a ftp server? to be honest, none of us need such high bandwidth
singtel = singnet......................................................
so....the the ultrahighspeed is open to dedicated bandwidth users onli? or cable users also?
yar, i means if there are seeds, low ping, and the ultrahigh internet can upload @ high speed then i can be happy -
Yeah, StarHub has their fibre-optic network for businesses, and also for backbone communications. The price for the service is out of the world also.Originally posted by ndmmxiaomayi:Singtel. Starhub may have their own. -
Looks like Starhub plans in future may not be cheap.Originally posted by ^tamago^:Yeah, StarHub has their fibre-optic network for businesses, and also for backbone communications. The price for the service is out of the world also. -
Finally.
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i remembered the govt say that every household has internet connection using the electrical socket... and it can run in high speeds
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Anybody remember the Singapore ONE project by the IDA (was a failure)? Man, I miss uploading anime openings at fun.s-one.net.sg
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Yeah, they tested that in NTU or NUS. Cant remember.Originally posted by manyu882:i remembered the govt say that every household has internet connection using the electrical socket... and it can run in high speeds
True, it can achieve very high speeds. BUT, very unstable. You lose connection whenever there are surges, etc. -
2012?? still so long...
i wan fast speed.. with low cost!!!