Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.heimat.gr.jp!news.jone-system.com!mmcatv.co.jp!news.moat.net!news.glorb.com!border1.nntp.ash.giganews.com!border2.nntp.ash.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!elnk-atl-nf1!newsfeed.earthlink.net!c01.usenetserver.com!news.usenetserver.com!fe24.usenetserver.com.POSTED!6ed65d21!not-for-mail From: Raj Feridun Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Japanese Broadband Sender: Raj Feridun Message-ID: References: X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.646 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 X-Complaints-To: abuse@usenetserver.com X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly. NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 20:24:47 EDT Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 09:24:59 +0900 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:13681 On Fri, 30 Apr 2004 08:14:12 +0900, "Ryan Ginstrom" wrote: > >"necoandjeff" 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