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In Japan, a 900 Gigabyte Upload Cap, Downloads Uncapped
Raindeer writes "While the Broadband Bandits of the US are contemplating bandwidth caps between 5 gigabyte and 40 gigabyte per month, the largest telco in Japan has gone ahead and laid down some heavy caps for Japan's broadband addicts. From now on, if you upload more than 30 gigabyte per day, your network connection may be disconnected. Just think of it ... if you're in Japan and want to upload the HD movie you shot of yesterday's wedding, you soon might hit the limit. The downloaders do not face similar problems."
Stupid 300 baud
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Catching the subtleties isn't really your thing, huh?
Personally, if I have to live with the connectivity options in the US for actually being able to see genitals in my porn, I'll consider it a fair trade.
900G a month should be enough for everyone.
The next step is figuring out how to upload that much each day.
I thought it was 640k?
Evolution is a state-sponsored, state-protected religion.
Youtube in HD.
You lose.
640k should be enough for 1.87 seconds.
There was a time there when the Mars lander had faster network speeds than I had in my house in a populous region of the USA. Nobody was willing to bring cable or DSL to our town, but the damn lander had a 256K connection.
That clearly shows how bad their Internet infrastructure is compared to the US, where we have *unlimited* accounts!
thegodmovie.com - watch it
Whatching? Is that some fiendish portmanteau of whacking and watching? You Japanese porn fans are weird in so very many ways...
It must be this guy.
And what about wedding night movies?
Ezekiel 23:20
What exactly is so interesting about watching the news in HD? Will it make Fox more "fair and balanced?" I could see them trying that though as a marketing ploy. "Watch Fox news in HD, where our views and stories 50% more clear!"
I regularly upload more than 900 GB in a month on a residential connection and I live in the United States. I thought Japan was supposed to be some kind of broadband utopia? I must say, I am disappointed.
What the hell is satalite? Some form of slower than normal SATA? Or one that uses a "Lite" cable? Less filling on the grommets? Come on, inquiring minds want to know.
My heart goes out to all those in Tennessee lacking the luck of suck.
You clearly don't have a internet porn addiction
I can't figure out what this CAP acronym is... anyone have any ideas?
CAP is a recursive acronym for "CAP Acronym? Please!". Hope that has enlightened you :)
Before? :)
Help poke pirates in the eyepatch, arr.
~30gb porn
Good god man. You should switch to hentai, its easier to compress.
Yeah, but you don't see the dark side of what that regulation gets you - universal healthcare, decent public transportation (compared to most of the US), lots of vacation time. Your wealthy people probably don't get anything like the tax cuts ours do. Practically the third world, that.
I moved from Australia to Sweden last year.
Me: "What's my bandwidth cap?"
Swedish ISP Tech Support Guy: "What's a 'bandwidth cap'?"
Me: :)
Il n'y a pas de Planet B.
my deja-vus are getting weirder every time...
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LOLCAP is in j00r t00bs, eatin up your bandwidthz.
Time Warner's highest level tier for their experiment with usage-based pricing is 40 GB/month. This is less than the capacity of a single Blu-Ray disc. Sony must be doing a happy dance.
At least he was able to tell you in English or Swedish that he didn't understand what you said. I had to call tech support when I bought this laptop, and asked if they can send me the missing software. he said "I'm shoory I doesn't know wut your aRe shaying.". It took two weeks to get someone who could understand English.
Even veals have more autonomy!