Your future broadband: 50Mbps downstream and upstream
Meet the Man With the Fastest Internet Speed in the Country
ROSEVILLE, Calif., March 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- To the amazement of those watching, Jim Husman zipped around his computer like a Cheetah on the Serengeti as he completely dominated a Quake 3 video game versus other online gamers. The remarkable part was that he did this while simultaneously streaming a high definition movie trailer of Batman Begins, listening to an online radio music stream, checking his e-mail and uploading a massive graphic design file to one of his clients.How was he able to do this? Husman was the first person to sign up for the fastest residential Internet speed in the country -- SureWest Communications' (NASDAQ: SURW) Internet product of up to 50 megabits per second (Mbps) of synchronous hyper-speed. Launched in December 2006 over SureWest's fiber-to-the-premise (FTTP) platform, which reaches nearly 100,000 marketable homes in the greater Sacramento, CA region, it is the only service in the United States that delivers 50 Mbps of residential Internet speed both uploading and downloading.
SureWest is able to offer this unmatched Internet speed by delivering 100 Mbps of bi-directional bandwidth to each customer's home on its FTTP platform, leaving room to bundle video and voice services as well. With over 190,000 total marketable homes over its combined copper and fiber Broadband networks, SureWest can offer the 50-meg product to 52 percent of its Broadband service territory.
Great stuff! And it is 50 Mbps DOWN and UP... While I can't complain about my (now really small) 10 Mbps/2Mbps cable service from TelstraClear, I can only hear the people on Telecom's ADSL service crying...
I really hope TelstraClear comes with a 25 Mbps offering soon... Tomorrow is not soon enough now!
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Comment by Todd, on 21-MAR-2007 18:55
Uhh, he could do all those things with no problem on a regular DSL connection. The reason everyone wants fiber isn't to multitask programs on your desktop, but to download a movie in 2 minutes. Duh. Suck on that, MPAA.
Comment by sbiddle, on 21-MAR-2007 20:57
/dream mode on
Wouldn't it be great if TCL would let you run some fibre to their nearest cabinet for your own FTTH connection! :-)
/dream mode off
Comment by redroman23, on 22-MAR-2007 07:39
As much as I'd like it to happen tomorrow I really can't see TCL changing things until Telecom push out ADSL2.
Comment by brupub, on 22-MAR-2007 10:39
Sounds like it is a teeny bit faster than my (scream) Time Warner Cable (scream) which often reaches the extraordinary depths of 25Kbs. Hate to say I miss "Adelphia"?
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Comment by juha, on 21-MAR-2007 18:45
Hmm, to think TelstraClear could offer customers the same or better here and score a huge, massive PR coup without too much effort...