Comments on: North American Vs. Japanese Internet [PIC]

By: victor French

victor French — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 07:17:57 +0000

Very nice information. Thanks for this.

By: cleeon

cleeon — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:27:19 +0000

this site is awesome. Please post more stories about Japan.

By: indo

indo — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:04:57 +0000

jakarta, indonesia

download: 366 kb/s
upload: 36 kb/s

US$30/month

http://www.speedtest.net/result/383793020.png

suxish right,
ping local only 435ms.
eat sh!t this internet.

By: ed

ed — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:00:58 +0000

Mexico, Mazatlan

Download: 1982 kb/s
Upload: 640 kb/s

$29 Dlls / month

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Wed, 24 Dec 2008 23:40:41 +0000

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By: Todd

Todd — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 15:07:21 +0000

@ Jack, yes. I think there’s something like 12 or 14 Metropolis in Japan. It’s still not close to America’s. In any sense the density in which the countries have is still vastly different.

They also tested a slower connection, FIOS is available with home plans I believe up to 50mbps with 100mbps plans in the works being tested. However that isn’t fully available to all US.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 13:41:07 +0000

@Todd You do realize there is more than one city in Japan, right?

By: kuhsay

kuhsay — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:32:02 +0000

The US Government gave telecommunications companies $200+ Billion to build high-speed fiber-optic internet connections to every home in America. Instead of spending it on infrastructure, they spent it on million dollar parties on exotic islands for their executive board members.

See for yourself: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/2007/pulpit_20070810_002683.html

By: ElightenedOne

ElightenedOne — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:07:19 +0000

It’s because the us government feels the need to approve all new technologies before they’re publicly available here. For tax, control, and public safety reasons.

By: rabbitspade

rabbitspade — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:03:34 +0000

Internet is NOT free in Japan (I mean there’s no download limit, but you must still pay a monthly fee for connecting). Also, I’m only getting a 1/3 of the speeds you mention ( I’m living in Yokohama – next to Tokyo). Plus, the net drops out here quite frequently, often for a few hours. Still, its better than anything I could get in Australia.

That said, I’ve found that Korea has the fastest, cheapest and most reliable internet connections in my experience.