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 IgnitePremium,VIP
join:2004-03-18
UK | reply to ja2007123
Re: Japan is small, that's why..... said by ja2007123:ISP in Japan can lay out fiber throughout the country because of the population density. They can make more money and save at the same time. Just like in New York, many people live on a single apartment building and bringing Fiber is very profitable. Get my point??? ISPs in Japan don't lay fibre throughout, the telco, NTT, have done so in several areas and are obliged to sell access to ISPs.
It's the reverse of infrastructure competition, everyone gets paid and customers get many options with many retail operators competing for their business. | |
 koitsuPremium,MVM
join:2002-07-16
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2 edits | said by Ignite:said by ja2007123:ISP in Japan can lay out fiber throughout the country because of the population density. They can make more money and save at the same time. Just like in New York, many people live on a single apartment building and bringing Fiber is very profitable. Get my point??? ISPs in Japan don't lay fibre throughout, the telco, NTT, have done so in several areas and are obliged to sell access to ISPs. It's the reverse of infrastructure competition, everyone gets paid and customers get many options with many retail operators competing for their business. And I will take a moment (as someone who used to work for NTT) to explain to people that NTT is still partially owned and funded by the Japanese government. The government funding is 49% or less, ensuring the government itself does not own the company. I was told it was at 49% back in 2001 or so, that number may have dropped since then.
The point here is, the government is helping finance what the country needs, transport-wise.
This is something that will never happen in the United States, at least not during my lifetime, for political reasons which I will not get into (off-topic). But another reason is that we are just too damn big, physically, for this to be effective. US citizens in no way shape or form will agree to tax increases to fund said growth, but would be significantly more willing to pay such taxes if the program was non-corrupt and stuck to its intended goal -- which we all know would never happen, again because of political reasons which I won't get into.
We're too big, too narcissistic, too stubborn, and too capitalist. | |
| But the government did fund it here. To the tune of some $200 billion dollars to get everyone a fiber connection.
If you need a reference just check this sites archive. | | |
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