SingTel puts two new ultra-fast broadband technologies on trial
Singapore Telecommunications ( SingTel), the state's largest telecom operator, is putting two new ultra-fast broadband technologies on trial.
According to a statement issued by the company Monday, the Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) and the residential Metro Ethernet (ME) technologies will be tested in two local condominiums for six months.
The test of the FTTH, which brings optical fiber directly into a subscriber's home or office, started from last weekend while the ME, an Ethernet network in a metropolitan area, will be tried from Aug. 10.
"The technologies will allow SingTel to offer customers ultra- fast broadband speeds of up to 80 Mbps (megabits per second) that will also enable advanced triple play of voice, video and data services," the statement said. L33tdawg: 80-FSCKING-MBPS-PER-SECOND!!!! When the hell is Telekom Malaysia and all the other profit-hungry telco's in Malaysia going to wake up and give us something better than their 'best effort' 2Mbps rubbish?! The rest of Asia is overtaking us and rolling out networks and serving customers while our telcos are mucking around trying to figure out how they're going to make their ROI in 12-months! Sickening.
