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villalobos · Apr 11, 2005, 09:36 AM

70 euros for a 100Mb/100Mb connection. That will be in Paris only, and should start sometime in May or June. Crazyness.
here is the linkey (in French)

http://www.presence-pc.com/actualite...os-pieds-9337/

Rampant Desire · Apr 11, 2005, 09:49 AM

Holy crap... France... here I come!!

zizban · Apr 11, 2005, 10:16 AM

Originally posted by Rampant Desire:
Holy crap... France... here I come!!

Too bad I can't speak french

tooki · Apr 11, 2005, 10:27 AM

Of course, the cost of rent in Paris will even it out...

tooki

Troll · Apr 11, 2005, 12:12 PM

I don't think these guys can possibly be targeting the consumer end of the market. I'm in Paris and have 20Mbit/s for �30 a month with Free. That includes free telephone calls to French fixed lines and TV over the ADSL 2 box. You can get 14Mbit/s for �15 a month with other providers (Neuf, Alice).

20Mbits/s is already more Internet than I can consume right now. Can't see I'd pay more than double ... although that is a pretty huge amount of bandwidth.

Besides, Paris apparently has more wireless networks than any other city in the world. Easier to leech off your neighbour!

wdlove · Apr 11, 2005, 12:40 PM

Broadband is worth the effort.

villalobos · Apr 11, 2005, 01:52 PM

Originally posted by Troll:
I don't think these guys can possibly be targeting the consumer end of the market. I'm in Paris and have 20Mbit/s for �30 a month with Free. That includes free telephone calls to French fixed lines and TV over the ADSL 2 box. You can get 14Mbit/s for �15 a month with other providers (Neuf, Alice).

20Mbits/s is already more Internet than I can consume right now. Can't see I'd pay more than double ... although that is a pretty huge amount of bandwidth.

Besides, Paris apparently has more wireless networks than any other city in the world. Easier to leech off your neighbour!

What upload do you get right now with 20 Mb?

Oisín · Apr 11, 2005, 04:09 PM

Originally posted by Troll:
I don't think these guys can possibly be targeting the consumer end of the market. I'm in Paris and have 20Mbit/s for �30 a month with Free. That includes free telephone calls to French fixed lines and TV over the ADSL 2 box. You can get 14Mbit/s for �15 a month with other providers (Neuf, Alice).

What the...?

And here I am, paying �53.50 a month for my 1 Mbit connection!!! I want to live in Paris too!

Troll · Apr 12, 2005, 06:17 AM

Originally posted by villalobos:
What upload do you get right now with 20 Mb?

1MBit/s. Not 100MBit/s but I don't run a server. The offer you mention is great, but I'm not sure there are that many people that would pay �70 when the cheaper offerings will do them fine.

Troll · Apr 12, 2005, 06:21 AM

Originally posted by Ois�n:
What the...?

And here I am, paying �53.50 a month for my 1 Mbit connection!!! I want to live in Paris too!

Actually, that offer is available in most of France. In areas that aren't degrouped, you still get 4 or 5MBit/s for �30.

villalobos · Apr 12, 2005, 07:00 AM

Originally posted by Troll:
Actually, that offer is available in most of France. In areas that aren't degrouped, you still get 4 or 5MBit/s for �30.

In most cities.... 1 Mb upload is pretty good. I wish my ISP here stopped increasing my download and did so on my upload instead. I would be nice for iChat video conference.

legacyb4 · Apr 12, 2005, 08:09 AM

Yahoo BB in Japan offers 50mbit/3mbit for JPY1,490 not including phone line (about US$14) a month and fiber for about US65 or so including TV service.

Big Mac · Apr 12, 2005, 04:13 PM

Originally posted by legacyb4:
Yahoo BB in Japan offers 50mbit/3mbit for JPY1,490 not including phone line (about US$14) a month and fiber for about US65 or so including TV service.

Now that's a killer deal.