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In North America: Download Speed; 9343 kb/s, Upload Speed; 776 kb/s for 60$/month. And in Japanese: Download Speed; 77732 kb/s, Upload Speed;12915kb/s for free. But it’s cause they’re densely populated. Hmm, Wait, What?
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49 responses to “North American Vs. Japanese Internet [PIC]”
You know, that’s not entirely fair. Canadian internet access is much worse than American Internet. Of course the japanese are going to be better anyway, but I bet USA would give better results than CAN.
Just a thought.
Internet Canadá Vs Internet Japonés [eng]…
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Actually, Canada has better internet speeds than the US.
Global Stats:
Canada
Download: 4560 kb/s
Upload: 939 kb/s
United States
Download: 6116 kb/s
Upload: 1379 kb/s
Sweeden
Download: 10799 kb/s
Upload: 3839 kb/s
Japan
Download: 16630 kb/s
Upload: 7473 kb/s
Germany –
Download: 29467 kb/s
Upload: 1984 kb/s
netmusme that Canadian stat clearly doesnt make sense as the one above it is about 9000+
Canadian Internet speeds used to be great, but now it’s lagging behind a bit. We have very high adoption rates though, and it’s cheap.
Oh and $60 for internet access in Canada, what province are you in? I pay around 30 in Alberta.
To be perfectly honest, speedtest only has info from people who did the tests. From my experience people who use computers just to check their e-mail, like my grandparents, will not go to speedtest. They are also the majority of the population, who just get the cheapest deal. Read the pdf below and pay close attention to the second number.
US = 4.9 Mbps average down
Can = 7.6 Mbps average down
I have used speedtest before and I have achieved more than 10 Mbps down.
@john – don’t state your opinion as a fact and don’t add “just a thought”
@netmusme…learn how to find credible sources
http://www.itif.org/files/2008BBRankings.pdf
…Just a thought!!!
I get about 60,000kb/s down and about 20,000kb/s up for 65$/month
I guess living in nyc makes a difference after all.
Spain
Download: 5109 kb/s
Upload: 248 kb/s
42€ / month (58,50$ / month)
Sigh…
Spain: 4998 download
198 upload
For 40€ /month
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why is this?
Alex:
one person’s internet connection (image) != average country connection
slavster:
advertised speed != real speed
dont forget that everything is monitored and censored in japan…I’ll take my 12 mpbs for 60$ a month and go where ever I please
Come on, folks, this one is not hard. Ranking US, Canada, and Japan from lowest internet speed to highest gives their rankings from most military spending to least and least infrastructure spending to most.
Of course Japan will outperform just about any other nation technologically; they have a defense-only military.
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I think that most of us in the US don’t get anywhere near 6 meg speed, and if we did, it would cost a lot more than $60/month.
netmusme: thanks for the reply…would you happen to know why technically??
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Spain December 08
Download: 9109 kb/s
Upload: 748 kb/s
35€
@netmusme
To be perfectly honest, that is the first place I went to to get my information, but after seeing that the report was from 2006 I did not want to refer to it. Communication technologies have experienced a growth spurt in the past few years. Now a friend of mine has told me that he can get 50 Mbps service in the state of New York. I know Rogers are working on a faster service here and that they used to offer their employees an “exclusive” service a few years back – 2004 @ 16 Mbps. You have to understand that US has the technology to be at the top, but their pricing and what the population wants to pay for high speed do not match and will not match for a while. The report I referenced talks about average speed, not “possible” or “maximum” speed.
You think you have it bad. The internet in Australia works by carrier pigeon. Five firds died of exhaustion just sending this post.
As far as I know, Japan does not have free internet.
You would not believe the prices / speeds in New Zealand. NZ is still in the stone ages when it comes to broadband.
No, their internet is not free. Also it does matter for density. They showed 1 of our many metropolis, we have to cover more than just NYC, or LA. We cover Ohio, Kentucky and the other very very non dense areas that they do not have. They only have that tiny area, we have 48 states to cover for main region that covers vast places and are stretching broadband across it. Do I want faster internet? Who doesn’t? But to compare 145,883 square miles to 3,794,066 square miles is a bit ridiculous. If we only had to cover say Texas (268,820 square miles) we’d most likely be able to destroy them. If you want it accurate, show the other 49 metropolis cities in US beside their 1.
@Jeremy:
Actually this is true.
NTT gives you free access at any Metro station.
According to Speed Test.
Sydney, Australia
Download: 16,259kps
Upload: 24,246kps
Cost: $50 AUD per month
Cancel That.
It’s even higher!!
Here’s the link:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/378034783.png
Just thought I’d point out that US speeds around me are pretty nice..
http://www.speedtest.net/result/378042129.png
@james- what provider do you have?
WAIT…
Are you SERIOUSLY freaking comparing population densities between Canada and Japan?
Canada = 3/km^2
Japan = 339/km^2
Which means Japan is more than a hundred times more populated.
Which means population density comparison fail.
Please tell me you all are aware of this.
First of all, Japan is smaller than the state of California (337.8k km2 to 423.9k km2) – the idea of gutting their communications infrastructure and replacing it on shorter intervals is considerably more practical and economically feasible than a country like the US or Canada.
Many large metropolitans in North America are gradually upgrading to newer technologies like fiber. Also consider that amount of land mass between metros and other access points and you’ll understand why whatever point you’re trying to make is invalid.
So stop your bitching, accept the fact that you live in a ginormous country with considerable land mass, and grow up.
Wow dude that is truly amazing.
jess
http://www.privacy-tools.at.tc
Australian ADSL2+ is about the same as that canadian result (or much faster or slower, depending on location), for 50% more money.
Brazil internet connection…
1mbps > 106 royals = 44 dollars
basic plan:
300kbps > 72 royals = 30 dollars…
ANYONE?????
@Koron – Canada’s population of 3people/km² is hardly uniformly-distributed across the country. Toronto’s population density is not much lower than Tokyo’s.
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.
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.
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
@Todd You do realize there is more than one city in Japan, right?
@ 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.
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Mexico, Mazatlan
Download: 1982 kb/s
Upload: 640 kb/s
$29 Dlls / month
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.
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