1 gigabit internet, but I no longer live there

Wouldn't you know it. Just when I'm feeling quite pleased about upgrading to a 2 megabit connection, a company in my home town named Hong Kong Broadband Network has announced a 1 gigabit connection. Essentially they are installing gigabit ethernet in apartment blocks, so it's currently only about a third of the total households in Hong Kong. Discussion on Slashdot here, and although some of it is pure ignorance Slashdot reader xstein astutely noted that the 1 gigabit speed only applies to local traffic within Hong Kong, overseas bandwidth is capped at 20 megabit (warning: Chinese language page, plus humongous flash advert).

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