View Full Version : Japan is great
revil
09-28-2004, 05:50 AM
I'm getting fiber optic internet soon.... i get 100Mbps download and upload with it.... can you say, "WOOT!"
gear02
09-28-2004, 05:53 AM
how much does it cost?
mwatson
09-28-2004, 06:21 AM
Revil, where in Japan are you? I will be visiting a friend there in the spring. He is near Nagoya.
bachviet
09-28-2004, 09:57 AM
Fiber optic :eek:
Now that's nice. :thumbup:
psycho-
09-28-2004, 10:45 AM
100mbps government subsidised internet connection. For a country with poor broadband penetration and internet usage, Japan is well behind the curve. This is one of those things they're spending billions of dollars on to try to catch up to the rest of the world.
In asia alone, they're behind Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, in broadband penetration.
_=DeltaForce=_
09-28-2004, 12:14 PM
Philly is gonna get Free WIFI....
bachviet
09-28-2004, 05:07 PM
Philly is gonna get Free WIFI....
Cool but it's still not 100Mbps fiber optic. :gle:
kimchicowboy
09-29-2004, 04:17 AM
well, the only way korea got so connected was through government subsidies too. :P
LegendKiller
09-29-2004, 04:45 AM
Enjoy your time there, my boss lived there for 8 years and it seems like he had a lot of fun and wishes he could go back often.
And don't clog the whole country's backbone with the porn!!
LK
InfiniteNothing
09-29-2004, 07:41 AM
Cool but it's still not 100Mbps fiber optic. :gle:
It might be.
revil
09-29-2004, 09:37 PM
The whole shabang is about 7000 yen a month. i got the sign up fee knocked down to 800 yen and installation knocked down to 0 yen (from about 250000 yen). since i am splitting it with all the other english speaking people in my building, it will cost me about 800 yen a month. woo!
Revil, where in Japan are you? I will be visiting a friend there in the spring. He is near Nagoya.
I'm in the tokyo metro area.
kimchicowboy
09-30-2004, 03:16 AM
for people's information, today's $:yen exchange is $1:111yen. :)
gear02
09-30-2004, 05:30 AM
The whole shabang is about $63.33 a month. i got the sign up fee knocked down to $7.24 and installation knocked down to $0 (from about $2261.87 ). since i am splitting it with all the other english speaking people in my building, it will cost me about $7.24 a month. woo!
I'm in the tokyo metro area.
For those who need a conversion. :D
cheapchinese
09-30-2004, 10:12 AM
is it true ....that all the living condition in tokyo are very small
Cause i've only lived in their hotel (vacation)
only thing i remember are their foods very small.. their hamburger's like happy meal in the US
revil
09-30-2004, 11:24 PM
until it gets hooked up, I can leech off one of my neighbors! yay! I just found it and the signal is kinda weak, so i set up an antenna... :shifty:
Blitz
09-30-2004, 11:40 PM
is it true ....that all the living condition in tokyo are very small
Cause i've only lived in their hotel (vacation)
only thing i remember are their foods very small.. their hamburger's like happy meal in the US
Man, theres a few of them places in Tokyo called Oo toya or something rather...Man that place is soo good. I went there and a local katsu place almost every other day. (was in Jimbocho district)
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