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.

Raj