Most homes will have Internet access with speeds of 100 megabits per second by 2020, Sina.com.cn reported today, citing an IT expert.

Bandwidth is the foundation of a high-end information society, Zhou Hongren, deputy director of the State Council Advisory Committee for Informatization told the 2010 Digital TV Industry Summit.

He said 100 megabits is a target accepted by most countries. The US plans to give 100 million homes access to the Internet at downstream speeds of 100 megabits and upstream speed of 50 megabits by 2010. Australia's goal is to give 90 percent of homes superfast broadband and the remaining 10 percent access through wireless networks.