Singapore to invest up to S$100M to boost fibre network to 10Gbps

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/broadband-fibre-network-upgrade-10gbps-imda-4138006

by qsi • 2 years ago

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bert64• 2 years ago

Singapore has had 10Gbps services available for many years already, for instance see this article from 2016:

https://www.straitstimes.com/tech/pcs/viewqwest-is-latest-to...

Very few people use it because 10gbps equipment carries a pretty hefty price premium over 1gbps and wireless standards could not get anywhere close to it until recently.

Even today with wifi7, you will be hogging a LOT of the available wireless spectrum. In a country like Singapore where most people live in dense apartment blocks the level of congestion is going to mean that you never see anywhere close to the theoretical maximum throughput on any wireless network.

The money would be much better spent helping them catch up to other countries with IPv6 deployment. Singapore has much less IPv6 deployment then its closest neighbor Malaysia, and even lags behind Myanmar:

Source: https://stats.labs.apnic.net/ipv6/XD

WarOnPrivacy2• 2 years ago

The money would be much better spent helping them catch up to other countries with IPv6 deployment.

I don't understand why so many Fiber providers are IPv6 reluctant. Our last fiber provider (Frontier) abandoned it before it started. I'm on a fiber provider now w/ a choice of 8+ ISPs. Zero of them offer IPv6. I'm reading up on getting my own IPv6 AS.

snowpid• 2 years ago

" so many Fiber providers are IPv6 reluctant." This depends on the country. Usually "late internet countries" have more open to turn into IPv6. One German university has more IPv4 addresses than whole China.

Which country are you from?

jesterson• 2 years ago

If they have proper planning/rollout, they don't need IPv6. Not sure why you are bringing it up.

Excellent point on potential wifi speeds. When I was living there, wifi speeds were horrible, even with tuning of channels, TX/RX power/sensivity and sorts. The spectrum is just incredibly jammed with uncontrolled amount of devices.

Singapore to invest up to S$100M to boost fibre network to 10Gbps

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