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Want 12Mbits/sec for $21? Move to Japan.
gbjbaanb writes "Softbank, in Japan, has built a gigabit ethernet network to replace DSL over ATM, which costs peanuts to maintain and run. For $21 a month, Japanese users get 12Mb/sec, free VoIP (without quality loss) calls to users on the same network, (3c/min to New York), and DVD-quality movies. The company needs users to stay with the service for 15 months to break even, given that it is giving modems away for free."
But between being wisked away while standing on Tokyo Tower to another dimension, having to get Giant Monster insurance, dealing with being either attacked or defended by pretty magical schoolgirls, and of course the nearly daily alien invasions and city-wide explosions with dueling robots - I'm just not so sure it's worth it.
Then again, 12 Mbits is pretty good. Hm....
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Then you can really be turning Japanese...
Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion.
You know you're a nerd when big bandwidth makes you this happy :)
All you have to do is uncap your cable modem. Don't worry about the cable company, they won't ca- [Connection Lost]
Ahhh! the benefits of overcrowding.
The unofficial
ok, maybe not :P
"You never want a serious crisis to go to waste." - Rahm Emanuel
Let's see here:
(1) Cute Asian chicks
(2) Tons of Anime
(3) Sushi and lots of it
(4) Massive broadband throughput
(5) No DMCA (yet)
(6) Sony
(7) BeOS fanatics
Hell..where do I sign up?
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
please remember to turn off the lights?
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That's nothing! I get 56kbps for $80 per month!
(I think I'm gonna go sit in the corner and weep, now)
Firstly, Japan is very densely populated,
Certain portions of America are populated by dense people.
Moneyed corporations, non-working 'poor' and criminal prisoners are turning productive citizens into tax-slaves.
My IRC was lagging when it all came clear.
I hopped into my Honda, it's a little bitty car.
And I'm drivin' down to meet you at the Sushi Bar.
But don't tell me I'm crazy until you hear my plan.
I'm gonna buy two tickets and move to Japan.
I'm gonna move to Japan,
I'm gonna move to Japan.
So if you've got no job and the cable's too slow,
And it's too far to the switch at the ol' telco,
Just pack your bags and don't forget your Kimona,
And you'll be wallowing in bandwidth all the way to Yokohama.
We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan.
Tokyo's got the neon.
Put a pot of green tea on.
Akira Kurosawa,
Sapporo Okinawa.
Girls with almond eyes,
Downloadin' everything twice.
It's the land of tradition,
But I'm a man on a mission.
When we get to Japan we're gonna do our part,
To use up that bandwidth with all of our heart.
From the unemployment line I see lots to be done
And they're handin' out gigabit in the land of the risin' sun.
And I love my mom and my apple pie,
But sayonara Uncle Sam, hello Samurai.
We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan,
We're gonna move to Japan,
Hey, we're gonna move to Japan,
The home of the wired man.
It's rolling.
(Liberally adapted from The Band's "Move to Japan" -- 1993)
"Obviously, I'm not an IBM computer any more than I'm an ashtray" (Bob Dylan)
Damn, with that kind of bandwidth, you could digitize yourself, transmit yourself to Ireland, rape and pillage, and transmit yourself back at a profit.
Viking never looked so attractive!
These are my friends, See how they glisten. See this one shine, how he smiles in the light.
I thought they used hieroglyphics.
CAT SPEAR TRIANGLE MOON!
In Mesopotamia, MOON TRIANGLE CAT SPEAR!
"Ask me about Loom"
US-centric
Or even England-centric. They still speak English there, right? Heck, from the names, you'd think that England and English were related, wouldn't you?