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post #1 of 13
10/3/04 at 4:25pm
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http://techcrazy.theppn.org/archives...-times-faster/
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post #2 of 13
10/3/04 at 6:08pm
Holy crap. That's fast. Make my 6mb connection look slow.
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post #3 of 13
10/3/04 at 6:53pm
I gig for 55 bucks, wish I lived in Japan
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post #4 of 13
10/3/04 at 6:58pm
Too bad everything else is much more expensive, otherwise I'm moving ot Japan ;-)
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post #5 of 13
10/4/04 at 1:03am
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expensive but the level of the quality of service, is really worth it, plus Japanese dont really need to pay tips or anything in restraunts etc.
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post #6 of 13
10/4/04 at 1:15am
In a recent IEEE magazine, someone did a quick and dirty calculation and came up with somewhere around $90/month for the companies to break even if they were to do the fiber connection to homes. Dunno how the cost break down is in Japan. I know some of the apartments in Seoul, Korea have begun laying out fibers to anticipate this, but I have yet to hear anything on service.

Lastly, QoS on internet connection? I wonder which standard is being used... Did not think it would actually be implemented so quickly...
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post #7 of 13
10/4/04 at 1:41am
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This past years alot of new buildings are built in Tokyo, so I guess its easier to lay out those fibers.
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post #8 of 13
10/4/04 at 2:45am
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Originally Posted by Sasuke808
expensive but the level of the quality of service, is really worth it, plus Japanese dont really need to pay tips or anything in restraunts etc.
Still expensive to live there, Service apartment is like $3-4000 a month. The only good thing is that public transportation works well in most cities and you'll probably be healthier as you tends to walk a lot more and you do save on car expense.
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post #9 of 13
10/4/04 at 2:49am
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In a recent IEEE magazine, someone did a quick and dirty calculation and came up with somewhere around $90/month for the companies to break even if they were to do the fiber connection to homes. Dunno how the cost break down is in Japan. I know some of the apartments in Seoul, Korea have begun laying out fibers to anticipate this, but I have yet to hear anything on service.

Lastly, QoS on internet connection? I wonder which standard is being used... Did not think it would actually be implemented so quickly...
Population density is the key. They probably service a few hundred customers per block there vs the maybe 20 homes here in the states.
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post #10 of 13
10/4/04 at 2:51am
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This past years alot of new buildings are built in Tokyo, so I guess its easier to lay out those fibers.
So are you working in Japan or are you native. I'm usually stops in Japan for about a week on my way to Hong Kong every year.
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post #11 of 13
10/4/04 at 1:33pm
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I am a 50% native Japanese I recently got accepted by the Skadden law firm, and was shipped to Japan. Since I feel better to be working Japan then U.S.


PS: I also wish to work in Shanghai but probably Hong Kong considering my work.
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post #12 of 13
10/4/04 at 2:35pm
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Originally Posted by Sasuke808
I am a 50% native Japanese I recently got accepted by the Skadden law firm, and was shipped to Japan. Since I feel better to be working Japan then U.S.


PS: I also wish to work in Shanghai but probably Hong Kong considering my work.
You must be having fun ;-). Shanghai is such a mess, bad traffic, bad pollution, but the business opportunity is good. Hong Kong is on a slight decline and the future is uncertain but is still an interesting city to live in. My ideal would be Nov-April in Asia and the then the rest in the U.S. (can't stand summer in Asia).
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post #13 of 13
10/4/04 at 5:31pm
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I like winter in Asia. Summers cool too because of all the new things coming out usually at summer in Japan.

PS: Shanghai has good real estate opportunity and the apartments there is nice
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