China Unveils Plan to Tie Hong Kong, Macau Closer to Mainland

Re:China Unveils Plan to Tie Hong Kong, Macau Closer to Main... by spacehunt on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @09:54AM (#19199291)

Interestingly the plan mandates the use of IPv6 pretty much everywhere, as well as FTTH to all homes in all cities across the PRD. It doesn't give the reason why these specific technologies are mentioned in what's meant to be a strategic plan though.

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Re:China Unveils Plan to Tie Hong Kong, Macau Closer to Main... by morpheuskafka on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @10:03AM (#19199367)

Too bad everyday citizens and businesses can't access the services they want with it, most of the bandwidth will probably be used for surveillance and control.

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Re:China Unveils Plan to Tie Hong Kong, Macau Closer to Main... by xvilka on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @12:15PM (#19200640)

They actually can. IPv6 support was recently enabled by many ISPs, online services and mobile applications.

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Re:China Unveils Plan to Tie Hong Kong, Macau Closer to Main... by spacehunt on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @10:24AM (#19199531)

I don't see anything that implies extending the Great Firewall to cover the SARs, so fingers crossed on that one.

FWIW I already have 1Gbps FTTH dual-stack Internet at home here in HK.

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Re:China Unveils Plan to Tie Hong Kong, Macau Closer to Main... by therealforsen on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @05:23PM (#19203490)

I would bet the reason it was mentioned was to make China sound technologically advanced. Similar to when they spread the lie about being a leader in green technology around when the Olympics were hosted there. They established faux solar panels on street lights and then took them back down 2 years later. There's no reason to believe China about that detail or anything really.

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