A Canadian startup says it will be offering fibre Internet at a speed of one gigabit per second - 60 times faster than the Canadian average - with no bandwidth caps for a competitive price. Sounds promising - and experts say "there's no reason why it can't work".
Article by Emily Chung for CBC News:
A new Vancouver-based internet provider says it will be offering fibre internet at a speed of one gigabit per second ? 60 times faster than the Canadian average ? for a comparable price to that lumbering average connection.
OneGigabit, a small start-up launched by computer networking and telecommunications
specialist Eric Kuhnke, says that for $45 to $65 a month, he will be offering speeds comparable to those offered by Google Fiber, and also with no bandwidth caps. Google's blazing-fast internet service caused a buzz in the U.S. when it first launched last summer in Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo., for a modest $70 a month.
A recent report from internet metrics company Ookla showed the average monthly Canadian internet bill is $54 for an average download speed of just 16.6 megabits per second. A gigabit per second is the equivalent of 1000 megabits per second.
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