[100391] in North American Network Operators' Group
Internet access in Japan (was Re: BitTorrent swarms have a deadly bite on broadband nets)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Andersen)
Mon Oct 22 22:22:04 2007
In-Reply-To: <20071023015506.GA48344@ussenterprise.ufp.org>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
From: David Andersen <dga@cs.cmu.edu>
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 22:20:49 -0400
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
Errors-To: owner-nanog@merit.edu
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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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