Warez_ZealotRural land of the rising sun
join:2006-04-19
Hamilton, ON | Yeah, the population density excuse is getting old. It's basically a lie concocted by Western ISP's to explain why Japan and other "densely populated" Asian countries have such good internet infrastructures.
I live in the second least populated Prefecture in Japan, and I used to live in a town of less than 3000 people. I had DSL that was 7Mbits/780kbps (actual speed)
I moved to the prefectures capital (less than 200k people), and I can get fibre optics or cable internet, or DSL, etc... Fibre and Cable require a 2 year contract, and you might need to pay the install fee for cable, but they waive it for fibre if you complete the 2 year contract.
Companies here are just forced to upgrade their networks since the Japanese government promotes competition and allows open access to smaller ISP's. |
