Telus has launched its PureFibre 5 Gigabit Internet plan in Western Canada, offering the fastest symmetrical download and upload speeds.
As the only pure fibre-to-the-home provider in the region, Telus says it is offering this faster internet for customers in Alberta and British Columbia. The plan includes Wi-Fi 6E hardware, bringing fast internet (overkill?) for all your gaming, work video calls and 4K streaming.
What’s the price of the new Telus 5 Gigabit Internet plan? It’s available in select locations from $145/month on a 2-year term ($160 thereafter) for both new and existing subscribers, and includes a $10/month mobility discount.
“With the launch of our PureFibre 5 Gigabit Internet plan, TELUS is setting a new standard for home connectivity,” said Zainul Mawji, Executive Vice-president and President of Telus Consumer Solutions, in a statement to iPhone in Canada on Tuesday. “We’re excited to advance our network capabilities to achieve speeds up to 25 Gigabits, ensuring we can meet the evolving needs of consumers and industries for years to come.”
Telus is testing 25 Gigabit PON access technology with Nokia to meet future high-bandwidth demands for applications such as AR, VR, XR, cloud computing, IoT devices, and immersive collaboration. Telus says it aims to deliver up to 25 Gigabit speeds in the coming years. That should be fast enough for you to browse Facebook.
Telus says it plans to invest an extra $73 billion across Canada by 2028 to develop infrastructure and advance network technology.
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After a certain point (1 Gigabit?) it becomes more about the latency than bandwidth for non-business users.
You’re not wrong, but in my experience when I’ve had Telus, their latency is also very good. (1ms, even with speed test servers not hosted by Telus).
I just find it questionable the value of a high maximum speed (I’m agreeing with you on that part) when the minimum speeds still cost way too much.
Other than businesses, how many residential homes need 5 G speed?!?
Some people work with big files, particularly in industry and engineering, IT, etc. For someone who works with spreadsheets and emails, not so much, but there's a whole world of people out there who work with bigger and bigger data files.
Had 3Gbps symmetrical from Bhell and could not find a reason to keep it… you'd need to have 6+ people in a household or be a small business with heavy online presence (not cloud based).
But the plan was 55$/mth and NOT 145$…..this is a pretty ridiculous price.
I don't remember how much Bhell was charging for symmetrical 8Gbps while they were offering it.
PON has tremendous capacity and potential, however it is similar to cable in being a shared medium. If all your other 31 neighbors on an OLT get 5 Gbps….yea, you're not going to be happy if you run speedtest at the same time 🤣