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Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future

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  • 29-08-2007 5:59pm
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    aidanodr
    Registered Users Posts: 1,826 ✭✭✭


    Hi Guys,

    Article in todays Washington Post with the subject lines header:

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082801990.html?wpisrc=newsletter&wpisrc=newsletter

    "Broadband service in Japan is eight to 30 times as fast as in the United States -- and considerably cheaper. Japan has the world's fastest Internet connections, delivering more data at a lower cost than anywhere else, recent studies show."

    Now if you go down to the tables on the right the average US connection is like us - 2MBps. Guess what Japan is 61MBps. And probably cheaper than our 2mbps. Depressing.

    More so when you read this bit:

    "Accelerating broadband speed in this Japan -- as well as in South Korea and much of Europe [ not inc Ireland - Aidan ] -- is pushing open doors to Internet innovation that are likely to remain closed for years to come in much of the United States [ and Ireland - Aidan ] .

    The speed advantage allows the Japanese to watch broadcast-quality, full-screen television over the Internet, an experience that mocks the grainy, wallet-size images Americans [ and the Irish - Aidan ] endure.

    Ultra-high-speed applications are being rolled out for low-cost, high-definition teleconferencing, for telemedicine -- which allows urban doctors to diagnose diseases from a distance -- and for advanced telecommuting to help Japan meet its goal of doubling the number of people who work from home by 2010."

    I mean guys we are not at the races AT ALL and the economy is getting screwed for it as well as NOT being able to innovate. Sickening!

    Aidan


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    #2
    Dean820
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    We can only dream. :(


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    zt-OctaviaN
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    download 1,500 high definition HDTV channels simultaneously. Or, if
    there is nothing worth watching there, she will be able to download a
    full high definition DVD in just two seconds.

    http://www.thelocal.se/7869/20070712/


    Yes that said a full HD DVD in 2 Seconds!!!!
    Now to get a Hard drive fast enough!!


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    Jumpy
    Registered Users Posts: 7,606 ✭✭✭Jumpy


    zt-OctaviaN wrote:
    download 1,500 high definition HDTV channels simultaneously. Or, if
    there is nothing worth watching there, she will be able to download a
    full high definition DVD in just two seconds.

    http://www.thelocal.se/7869/20070712/


    Yes that said a full HD DVD in 2 Seconds!!!!
    Now to get a Hard drive fast enough!!


    Just hope it has a lot of seeds.


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