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Want 12Mbits/sec for $21? Move to Japan.

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the first-citiwide-change-bank dept.

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."

8 of 594 comments (clear)

  1. All I have to say is.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Banzai!!!

  2. FP by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I'll take 2.

  3. Oh, I *AM* Frossssty!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And there was much rejoicing!! :)

  4. Myth or fact? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is it true that Japanese girls like Western men because we are, ahem, larger?

  5. Re:I'd move to Japan by KDan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    that isn't funny at all, are you people morons?

    No. What about you?

    Daniel

    --
    Carpe Diem
  6. Wanna fight space monsters? Move to space! by Mark_MF-WN · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    See subject line.

  7. Socialism by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Of course you'd be bent over the barrel to pay your taxes, but what does that matter, right?

  8. Re:Serious Question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    while and whilst
    These are more or less interchangeable in British English, although some people feel that whilst is more formal.
    Whilst is slightly more common when the meaning is 'whereas' or 'although': Whilst she is new to the job, she learns quickly, but: While she is new, perhaps you would help her. In American English, whilst is not used.

    But you knew that already didn't you?