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Aug 6, 2009
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A contractor measuring signals to ensure they are of sufficient strength. Wired homes will be able to send and receive Internet traffic at speeds of 1 Gbps and higher by next June. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN
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Does higher broadband speed also means more filtering & blockage of websites from PAP?
A HOUSING Board flat in Cantonment Close was hooked up to Singapore's upcoming high-speed fibre-optic broadband network on Wednesday, marking the start of a large-scale roll-out of the new technology. Other residents of the estate who signed up for the service will be connected from later this month.
Located just outside the Central Business District, the estate, which comprises nine blocks of flats, will become the first to be readied for the high-speed network. On Wednesday morning, contractors took two hours to drill a hole and insert a fibre-optic cable in the five-room, 110-sq-m flat belonging to civil servant Yeo Tiong Yeow. The drilling works, done on the wall just above his front door, took 20 minutes. The contractors also tested the cable to ensure the signal was of sufficient strength. 'I'm hoping to pay less when the new network goes live, or at least get more for the same price,' said Mr Yeo, a senior assistant director with Competition Commission Singapore.
He currently pays about $50 a month for broadband access. The wiring up of the island for the high-speed network began about a week ago, when the home of one of Mr Yeo's neighbours became the first to be equipped to receive the service. Homes which have been wired up will be able to send and receive Internet traffic at speeds of 1 Gbps and higher - 10 times faster than that possible today - by next June, when Internet service providers begin selling broadband access plans for it. For now, the cables will lie dormant while OpenNet - a consortium comprising SingTel, Singapore Press Holdings, SP Telecoms and Axia Netmedia which is responsible for laying the cables for the next-generation network - wires up more homes.
An OpenNet spokesman said it expects to have 5 per cent of Singapore covered by next month and 15 per cent by December. Almost all of Singapore will be wired up by 2012.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
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Aug 6, 2009
New high speed network <!--10 min-->
Cantonment Close residents first to be linked to high-speed fibre-optic broadband network <!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Chua Hian Hou </td></tr> <tr valign="bottom"> <td width="330">
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A contractor measuring signals to ensure they are of sufficient strength. Wired homes will be able to send and receive Internet traffic at speeds of 1 Gbps and higher by next June. -- ST PHOTO: TERENCE TAN
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Does higher broadband speed also means more filtering & blockage of websites from PAP?
A HOUSING Board flat in Cantonment Close was hooked up to Singapore's upcoming high-speed fibre-optic broadband network on Wednesday, marking the start of a large-scale roll-out of the new technology. Other residents of the estate who signed up for the service will be connected from later this month.
Located just outside the Central Business District, the estate, which comprises nine blocks of flats, will become the first to be readied for the high-speed network. On Wednesday morning, contractors took two hours to drill a hole and insert a fibre-optic cable in the five-room, 110-sq-m flat belonging to civil servant Yeo Tiong Yeow. The drilling works, done on the wall just above his front door, took 20 minutes. The contractors also tested the cable to ensure the signal was of sufficient strength. 'I'm hoping to pay less when the new network goes live, or at least get more for the same price,' said Mr Yeo, a senior assistant director with Competition Commission Singapore.
He currently pays about $50 a month for broadband access. The wiring up of the island for the high-speed network began about a week ago, when the home of one of Mr Yeo's neighbours became the first to be equipped to receive the service. Homes which have been wired up will be able to send and receive Internet traffic at speeds of 1 Gbps and higher - 10 times faster than that possible today - by next June, when Internet service providers begin selling broadband access plans for it. For now, the cables will lie dormant while OpenNet - a consortium comprising SingTel, Singapore Press Holdings, SP Telecoms and Axia Netmedia which is responsible for laying the cables for the next-generation network - wires up more homes.
An OpenNet spokesman said it expects to have 5 per cent of Singapore covered by next month and 15 per cent by December. Almost all of Singapore will be wired up by 2012.
Read the full story in Thursday's edition of The Straits Times.
[email protected]
