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In Japan, a 900 Gigabyte Upload Cap, Downloads Uncapped

Posted by timothy on from the no-such-luck-in-tennessee dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Seriously? by The+End+Of+Days · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  2. Re:There is no need for this for ordinary users by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Youtube in HD.

    You lose.

  3. I feel so sorry for the Japanese by rrohbeck · · Score: 5, Funny

    That clearly shows how bad their Internet infrastructure is compared to the US, where we have *unlimited* accounts!

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  4. Re:Seriously? by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    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 :)

  5. Re:Bandwidth cap? Not here by Reality+Master+201 · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's what sane government regulation gets you.

    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.