"Raj Feridun" <rferid@NOSPAMyahoo.co.jp> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:14:12 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom"
> <ginstrom@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"necoandjeff" <spam@schrepfer.com> wrote in message
> >news:wIfkc.57863$KN3.22641@newssvr25.news.prodigy.com...
> >> I know that DSL has caught on in Japan over the last several years and
is
> >> now fairly widely available. Are there other good broadband options in
> >Japan
> >> to consider?
> >
> >Cable, but generally only if ADSL is not available (very rare these
days).
> >The setup fee for cable Internet generally runs around 80,000 yen.
>
> Holy cow!! Is it that bad down there? My cable installation was 10,000
> yen back when I got mine installed a few years back.
>
> As mentioned I've since switched to FTTH though.
>

Yeah - but I'm guessing you already had a cable tv connection.

New cable tv connections run around 60000yen around here - assuming we're
talking about a house.

I too switched to B-Flets from cable after NTT were offering a free
installation deal last July.

--
jonathan