Sorry. That's not true anymore as ADSL is
widely available right now. I'm enjoying
friend of mine living in California griping
their low quality of service. I have 1.6Mbps
service. Effective througput is around 1.4M.
I'm planning to upgrade to 8M or 12M by the
end of year. Cost is 16 dollar per month for
1.6M connection. There are less expensive
service too.
Which are will you live? As you are going to live about a year, subscribe ADSL. it's widely available and higher quality than in U.S. as far as I know(I'm Japanese and have friends in California.). Most provider are servicing 8Mbps and 12Mbps.
Second option(if ADSL isn't available) is to use wireless internet service called Air H". it proviedes 128k connection w/ flat rate.
Both cover most of mets area.
Yes, traditional dial up connection is expensive in Japan. but ADSL and wireless connection became so popular, less and less people are depending on it. I personally don't use dial-up anymore.
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I was in Kansai area about 15 year ago.
Laptops are less expensive in Japan if you
don't mind Japanese keyboard.
If ADSL isn't available please consider Air
H" service. There are other wireless service
which are not flat rate including voice service.
Yes dialup cost is awesome in Japan.
Sorry. That's not true anymore as ADSL is widely available right now. I'm enjoying friend of mine living in California griping their low quality of service. I have 1.6Mbps service. Effective througput is around 1.4M. I'm planning to upgrade to 8M or 12M by the end of year. Cost is 16 dollar per month for 1.6M connection. There are less expensive service too.
Which are will you live?
As you are going to live about a year,
subscribe ADSL. it's widely
available and higher quality than in U.S.
as far as I know(I'm Japanese and have
friends in California.). Most provider
are servicing 8Mbps and 12Mbps.
Second option(if ADSL isn't available) is
to use wireless internet service called
Air H". it proviedes 128k connection
w/ flat rate.
Both cover most of mets area.
Yes, traditional dial up connection is
expensive in Japan. but ADSL and wireless
connection became so popular, less and
less people are depending on it. I personally
don't use dial-up anymore.