Re: Must be nice... in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21178632 en Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:39:43 EDT Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:39:43 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178632 Mogul3459 :
said by BF69 See Profile :

said by vpoko See Profile :

Japan has lower taxes all around than America.

»www.nationmaster.com/graph/tax_t···e-worker
Well it helps not having fund an army.
Yep, we fund it for them. Ever since we beat them in WWII, and started occupation. We've never left. Heck, I just read we just parked another supercarrier in one of their harbors.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178632 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:52:41 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21174850 BF69 :
said by vpoko See Profile :

Japan has lower taxes all around than America.

»www.nationmaster.com/graph/tax_t···e-worker
Well it helps not having fund an army.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21174850 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:49:32 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21174845 BF69 :
said by dan991199 See Profile :

i hear ya, but their lines don't have to travel over great big spaces to service people like they have to in North America.
Please. You act as if ISPs are having to string a line from California to Maine. By the way Japan is the size of Montana. And Montana is 100X the size of Rhode Island so why can't Rhode Island have symmetrical 1 Gbps?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21174845 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:48:44 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21173719 cdru : Plus, if the big boys would try to do something like this in locations where it's financially feasible, regulators, consumer advocates, and every other yahoo would quickly accuse the providers of "cherry picking" their deployment.

I don't think it's a matter so much of the ISPs wanting to have a unified network. They don't want to have to justify why Town X isn't can't have gigabit symmetrical where City Y can, or even why Customer A can get it in a highrise, but Customer B across the street not in a high rise can't.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21173719 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:16:41 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21173344 vpoko : Japan has lower taxes all around than America.

»www.nationmaster.com/graph/tax_t···e-worker]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21173344 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:19:10 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21172393 nasadude : didn't realize that; it's always nice to pay more for less, isn't it?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21172393 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:35:36 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21172092 Doctor Four : Another one:

The telecommunications industry is heavily subsidized by taxes (much higher than the 15 or 28% most people here in the US pay)
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21172092 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:44:19 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171683 EPS : Sure it does. The problem is quite simple- the large companies that have the financial resources to deploy such connections to cities also have massive rural and suburban areas that they have to serve, and prefer a one-size-fits-all (or as many as possible, at least) solution. The city-only carriers like RCN are too small to do anything, and are struggling to survive anyway.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171683 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:34:18 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171612 nasadude :
said by Hazy Arc See Profile :

...considering I pay $40 a month for 3/684. :(
don't feel bad; they only have that because:

- japan has high population density
- japan meddles in business and actually passes regulations
- japan has a broadband plan for their country because they think it matters
- whatever other reasons the trolls give for why we don't have these speeds and prices

besides, as all the incumbents tell us, we don't need these speeds - it will only make you hit your cap faster - hahahahahahahahahahahahaha!]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171612 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:21:50 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171585 vpoko : Doesn't explain why North American cities can't be wired at those speeds. Obviously the speed of the backbone will be the limiting factor then, but I don't see why I can't have that speed at least to my ISP.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171585 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:16:37 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171579 Hazy Arc : That's certainly true...but it's always nice to dream. :huh:]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171579 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:16:00 EDT Re: Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171572 dan991199 : i hear ya, but their lines don't have to travel over great big spaces to service people like they have to in North America.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171572 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:14:59 EDT Must be nice... http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171566 Hazy Arc : ...considering I pay $40 a month for 3/684. :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21171566 Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:13:00 EDT