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Seiji
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 Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2006 8:42 pm Post subject: Japan Feels Strain of Cheap 100Mbps Broadband |
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For a mere $36/month Japan residents are getting 100Mbps fiber-optic broadband and free VoIP. 5.5m have now added the faster service, in addition to 23m homes which already have 8Mbps service. But the increased demand is starting to take a toll on the tubes, which hit 158Gbps at major exchanges.
Rest the story for those interested in this sort of thing:
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/081006-no-analog-phone.html
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J0nn0
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 9:05 am Post subject: |
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WOW,wish we could get that speed for that dollar here in the UK,i pay £35 a month for (up to)10MBIT un-metered.I'm very happy with it,but you can never have too much speed..........
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| Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2006 12:43 pm Post subject: |
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| J0nn0 wrote: | | WOW,wish we could get that speed for that dollar here in the UK,i pay £35 a month for (up to)10MBIT un-metered.I'm very happy with it,but you can never have too much speed.......... |
ditto 
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herk
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| Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:31 pm Post subject: |
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| man, I am jealous. I am living with a lousy 6mbit cable connection for $40 US/month. and the up speed is crippled to 384kbs only. |
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daripper
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| herk wrote: | | man, I am jealous. I am living with a lousy 6mbit cable connection for $40 US/month. and the up speed is crippled to 384kbs only. |
hehehehe I'd be happy to get that speed myself I only have 3mbit down
and 256kbs up and pay the same as what you're paying. 
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Seiji
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Japan certainly knows what they're doing in the technology depart. They always seem a few years ahead of everyone else.
You should some of their cell phones (keitai). They're pretty crazy!
Oh, and I've just got 1.5 dsl for $19.99 a month. I'm on a deal they had going for a year. I think $40 is too much for just a 1.5mb connection, and that's what they charge for regular service. I would glady pay $30-35 a month for 100mb connection, or even 10mb. Maybe as the faster lines get going they'll lower prices for slower connections 1.5-3.0mb connections.
It'll be intresting to see what happens. One things for sure, I can't handle 56k...haha!
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johncap
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Yea, yea, so who cares? They're paying $45 a pound for beef and what, $9 a gallon for gas? So let them have their cheap broadband. I'm sure they're paying for it somehow.
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hondaMC
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| Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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You can get that speed for the same prize as Japan here in Sweden too.
At the moment I got 25Mbps for 195 SEK (about $20) but I can get 100Mbps for 350 SEK (about $35) |
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Seiji
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Let’s do the math…
155 yen / liter * (3.7854 liters / 1 gallon) = 586.737 yen per gallon
And then converting the Japanese yen to US dollars we get:
586.737 yen / 1 gallon * ($1 / 114 yen) = $5.09 per gallon
Tokyo is one of the most exspenvie cities in the world, yes, but their wages are also pretty good. A teenager cleaning fish can make $9 an hour, grunt work... Also public transportation is more widely used. I have a friend living in Sapporo Japan (north Japan) who is also getting this service. I'll have to ask her if there is a significant prince range between the two cities.
Not sure about average beef costs. I know Kobe beef is like $300 a steak, though!  ...must be pretty darn good, right!
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