Now here’s something you don’t hear every day: Hong Kong Broadband Network, a wholly owned subsidiary of City Telecom (HK) Limited, says it’s proud to be a “big, fat, dumb pipe” provider.

The operator claims to handle average bandwidth consumption of more than 100GB/month per user across its 600,000-plus FTTH/B customer base, noting 100GB “is enough data to overflow the memory of 6 brand new Apple 16GB 4S iPhones every month.” It also compares with the 5GB/month "fair usage" cap whereby wireless carriers in Hong Kong typically start to limit throughput in their unlimited data plans.??

"At HKBN, we embrace over-the-top (OTT) content providers who help fill up our excessively big, fat, dumb pipes. We happily co-exist with OTT providers, as together we create value for our customers,” crows CTO Lo Sui Lun. “Our superior bandwidth capability is the ‘legal unfair competitive advantage’ that drives our industry-leading 17.5-percent return on equity.” ?

The Daily

Subscribe
Wednesday–June 18

Doing Good

Fifteen rising college juniors are set to get $20,000 scholarships each as part of the Spectrum Scholars program. It’s the fifth class since Charter introduced the program in 2020, having awarded $1.8

Read the Full Issue
The Skinny is delivered on Tuesday and focuses on the cable profession. You'll stay in the know on the headlines, topics and special issues you value most. Sign Up

Calendar

Sep 11
2025 Faxies Awards Faxies Nominations Open! Final deadline: 4/4/25
Full Calendar

Jobs

Seeking an INDUSTRY JOB or hiring for one?
VIEW JOBS

In conjunction with our sister brand, Cynopsis, we are offering hiring managers a deep pool of media-savvy, skilled candidates at a range of experience levels and sectors. The result will be an even more robust industry job board, to help both employers and job seekers.

Contact Carley Ashley, [email protected], for more information about posting a job on the website and our Jobs newsletter, sent twice weekly to 85,000 media professionals.