[Nottingham] Broadband News from Japan (NaanNet Competition?)

[Martin]

FYI, an article on broadband in Japan I found interesting:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Print/0,3858,4618656,00.html

The land of the fast rising bit rates...


 >>>>
The driving force behind Japan's phenomenal take-up of broadband services

Yahoo Japan Corporation launched its first ADSL offering, at 8Mbps, only
in September 2001...

Fibre To The Home (FTTH) is frequently touted as the next boom
technology here...

ADSL ... a blazing fast 12Mbps for 2,480 yen (£13.00) a month, free for
the first eight weeks...

...rural areas may have to make do with a 1.5Mbps service...
 >>>>


And the killer bit:

 >>>>
every flat is fitted with VDSL (Very high bitrate Digital Subscriber
Line) at 51.2Mbps
 >>>>


Enjoy,
Martin

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Martin Lomas
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