internet - Xi'an first WiFi-city in China
Andrew Lih points at some messages that suggest that not Shanghai but Xi'an is going to be the first Chinese city with wifi-access in the whole city. The US company Along is going to set up 1,000 hotspots in the city. Shanghai is doing a little pilot in far-away Jiading, but that is not going to help me here. For the time being it would already be something when we would get real broadband according to the international standard.
Did I share this little experience. I met last week an telecom specialist from Japan and we discussed the possibilities of getting IPTV (TV over internet) in China. He did not stop laughing. According to him is what in China is called broadband disgracefully small and already for pure technical reasons the Chinese 'broadband' cannot deliver IPTV.
So, that is another illusion down the gutter.
1 comment:
hmm.....
In my small hometown of 100k ppl in southern shandong, my parents have been paying 120RMB per year, yes per year for 'Broadband' for 3 years. I can watch movies online and download speed can be as high as 3-5mbps. Accessing foreign websites can be a pain. Comparing with the comast high speed internet i am using in us, i dont feel much difference except that i pay 50 usd per month and conncetion speed to chinese websites faster.
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