Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!hammer.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Marc" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan References: <21f9a84c.0310011651.7cfe50f3@posting.google.com> <21f9a84c.0310020509.7409f304@posting.google.com> Subject: Re: Broadband in Japan Lines: 25 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.30.126.207 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: sccrnsc03 1065140016 66.30.126.207 (Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:13:36 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:13:36 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 00:13:36 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:5981 "Davey Small" wrote in message news:21f9a84c.0310020509.7409f304@posting.google.com... > "Marc" wrote in message news:... > > > > You will be happy with broadband in Japan. I had Comcast in the US and > > B-FLETs in Japan, I found the B-FLETs connection was somewhat better than > > Comcast. > > > > My understanding is that broadband is more common now in Japan than in the > > US > > That's good to hear. Does anyone happen to know the cost of these > conections? I have only seen one listing on the web that showed > fiber cptic at ~$50 USD per month and speeds as high as 100mbs. Is > this realy the rate/s? If so I'll be diggin it. > > Dave I think I was paying about 4000 yen a month