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Frank Bulk wrote: > Here's timely article: "KDDI says 900k target for fibre users 'difficult'" > http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=20215&email=html KDDI isn't the only ftfth provider... NTT east/west (flets), usen, softbank/yahooBB and others all play in that space. 100/100 from softbank appears to be ~7200 yen while 50/12 dsl is about 4500 yen if you have a phone line as well... ;) Obviously if you live out in the boonies like Jared, even in japan your options are pretty slow. The Onsen I visited in fuji-hakone 2 years ago had only 3Mb/s for example. > Frank > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > David Andersen > Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007 9:21 PM > To: Leo Bicknell > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Internet access in Japan (was Re: BitTorrent swarms have a deadly > bite on broadband nets) > > On Oct 22, 2007, at 9:55 PM, Leo Bicknell wrote: >> Having now seen the cable issue described in technical detail over >> and over, I have a question. >> >> At the most recent Nanog several people talked about 100Mbps symmetric >> access in Japan for $40 US. >> >> This leads me to two questions: >> >> 1) Is that accurate? >> >> 2) What technology to the use to offer the service at that price >> point? >> >> 3) Is there any chance US providers could offer similar >> technologies at >> similar prices, or are there significant differences (regulation, >> distance etc) that prevent it from being viable? > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/ > AR2007082801990.html > > The Washington Post article claims that: > > "Japan has surged ahead of the United States on the wings of better > wire and more aggressive government regulation, industry analysts say. > The copper wire used to hook up Japanese homes is newer and runs in > shorter loops to telephone exchanges than in the United States. > > ..." > > a) Dense, urban area (less distance to cover) > > b) Fresh new wire installed after WWII > > c) Regulatory environment that forced telecos to provide capacity to > Internet providers > > Followed by a recent explosion in fiber-to-the-home buildout by NTT. > "About 8.8 million Japanese homes have fiber lines -- roughly nine > times the number in the United States." -- particularly impressive > when you count that in per-capita terms. > > Nice article. Makes you wish... > > > > -Dave >
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