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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.
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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.
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as jerrek pointed out there are high speed services without caps because people
power has resisted it
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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.
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demand is there more and more people are discovering broadband and if used correctly it can be beneficial to anybody the networks in this country are outdated they need upgrades so that they can handle high speeds the fibre is there in the ground its the local networks and laying fibre to the home that i want to see
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Japan are tech junkies
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yes and we would not have quite a number of things(electrical) if they werent
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they regard these connections we consider as extreme speeds as just another utility.
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the uk is always behind others in technology
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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.
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i agree most people are content with 512k or 128k for occasional use but in order to build a good service you must move forward the planning system for increased speeds in other countries demand is there because cable has been available longer and people understand how cable can have a positive affect on education and a quick source of information
studys have shown broadband will aid the economy to the tune of £22bn by 2015............
so im not just looking out for myself it would be a great asset for the whole of the uk to have a high speed network