<story><title>China Mandates Fibre For All New Homes</title><url>http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-01/09/content_16099801.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>donaldc</author><text>From the article:&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;The standards will take effect from April 1, 2013, and will also require residences to offer equal connections to services from various telecom companies allowing customers to choose which service they want.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Amazingly, this means that China is now ahead of the U.S. regarding net neutrality.&lt;p&gt;Now, if they&apos;d just do something about the Great Firewall..</text></comment>
<story><title>China Mandates Fibre For All New Homes</title><url>http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2013-01/09/content_16099801.htm</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>objclxt</author><text>Well, not &lt;i&gt;all&lt;/i&gt; new homes - homes in neighbourhoods where fibre is already available. The article says that China is aiming for 40 million households to have fibre connections by 2015, which is just under 10% of the total households (if you go by Wikipedia&apos;s figures).</text></comment>