Comments on: Lithuania’s TEO to offer 1 GBPS over fiber http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/ The Business of Technology Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:30:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Peter http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-141774 Peter Mon, 04 Jun 2007 20:17:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-141774 <p>@Om</p> <p>Sure, I will keep you posted. TEO practises some good (Int'l) PR here. E.g we have an office connection (via TEO) 1MB down and 768kbps up and we are being charged roughly USD 175 per month (!), no real alternatives, so what can we do. I really wonder what they will charge for the connection they say they will offer soon....</p> @Om

Sure, I will keep you posted.
TEO practises some good (Int’l) PR here.
E.g we have an office connection (via TEO) 1MB down and 768kbps up and we are being charged roughly USD 175 per month (!), no real alternatives, so what can we do. I really wonder what they will charge for the connection they say they will offer soon….

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140995 Om Malik Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:34:01 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140995 <p>Peter,</p> <p>excellent point. I suspect as the demand increases, there will be more "international" connections. Meanwhile, keep us posted on how things are going there, so we can keep updating the stuff accordingly.</p> Peter,

excellent point. I suspect as the demand increases, there will be more “international” connections. Meanwhile, keep us posted on how things are going there, so we can keep updating the stuff accordingly.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140989 Om Malik Mon, 04 Jun 2007 15:33:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140989 <p>Annonymous, check out the teledensity in the CIA factbook. not much to suggest a massive legacy of copper there. Sure every place has copper, just not as much as in the developed world.</p> Annonymous, check out the teledensity in the CIA factbook. not much to suggest a massive legacy of copper there. Sure every place has copper, just not as much as in the developed world.

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140863 Peter Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:56:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140863 <p>@Myself, the connectivity dissapeared for more than 16hrs, during office hours!</p> @Myself, the connectivity dissapeared for more than 16hrs, during office hours!

]]> By: Peter http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140860 Peter Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:55:20 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-140860 <p>Well, seeing is believing...TEO quotes "that will allow increasing the speed of services provided to the customer up to 1 Gbps", that doesn't imply they actually will provide that speed.</p> <p>@Anonymous The country is roughly 1.5 times The Netherlands, not really that small (okay compared to US...sure...)</p> <p>But to give you some other background: about 1.5 months ago as good as all internet connectivity disappeared when some TEO employee decided to upgrade one of the major mainframes :-(</p> <p>Currently there is only one connection to Telia (via Latvia). As long as we don't get redundant connections to the outside world, what good is it to get potentially 1 Gbps ?</p> Well, seeing is believing…TEO quotes “that will allow increasing the speed of services provided to the customer up to 1 Gbps”, that doesn’t imply they actually will provide that speed.

@Anonymous
The country is roughly 1.5 times The Netherlands, not really that small (okay compared to US…sure…)

But to give you some other background: about 1.5 months ago as good as all internet connectivity disappeared when some TEO employee decided to upgrade one of the major mainframes :-(

Currently there is only one connection to Telia (via Latvia). As long as we don’t get redundant connections to the outside world, what good is it to get potentially 1 Gbps ?

]]> By: Anonymous http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-139761 Anonymous Mon, 04 Jun 2007 07:48:11 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-139761 <p>It's a little bit forced to assume that Lithuania is a country with little copper legacy. However, converting to fiber is easier if the country is small.</p> It’s a little bit forced to assume that Lithuania is a country with little copper legacy. However, converting to fiber is easier if the country is small.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-139495 Om Malik Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:37:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-139495 <p>Thanks for that correction Niklas - appreciate it.</p> Thanks for that correction Niklas - appreciate it.

]]> By: Niklas http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-139487 Niklas Mon, 04 Jun 2007 05:27:53 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/06/03/lithuanias-teo-to-offer-1-gbps-over-fiber/#comment-139487 <p>Telia and Sonera have merged.</p> Telia and Sonera have merged.

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