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Originally Posted by kronas
this is not new its been known for a long time that broadband in the uk is expensive but you have got to ask who is paying for the infastructure in this case it seems yahoo BB are
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Actually it is being provided by the Japanese equivalent of BT, NTT for the most part. NTT also offer a wholesale Fibre to home product. Yahoo are reselling NTT wholesale products, in the same manner that DSL providers in the UK sell the massive 512k and 1Mbit products that BT offer.
Speed rises to that extent? USA is just up to 3Mbit / 384kbit on cable, but 30GB month down, 7.5GB a month upstream, Canada cable goes higher but comes with the dreaded
cap with even lower limits.
Other side is what's the point at the moment? Until the demand is really there it's not worth it. BT or Telewest or ntl: will twitch at some point and speeds will burst up, but whether it'll stay on relatively low contention and unlimited is a very different matter. More than likely it won't, you can't have low contention, high speeds and no limits on data transfer for a low price, just not feasible. Give and take from ISPs and customers really.
Japan are tech junkies, they regard these connections we consider as extreme speeds as just another utility. Most UK people are quite happy with 150k or 512k, some downright ecstatic with it, and only a small minority of cable customers take 1Mbit. This is partly to do with the price of the service no doubt, but while 512k is perceived as being a good connection higher speeds will be slow. People need to raise their expectations for the max speeds they need, at the same time lower them as far as qualty of service goes.