Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] The Wi-Fi Boom

[Chris Wolfe <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Pretty sure it can't be fiber, the article said that was still 5 or so years
out and will cost much much more for consumers.  They are going to try to
make a smooth transition for people to go from ADSL to fiber.  12MB/sec
doesn't sound impossible for adsl, but I'm floored if that's what they get
for the cheap price, compared to what we get in the US.
--Chris

--- EMAIL:PROTECTED wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 17, 2002 at 04:20:46PM -0800, Chris Wolfe wrote:
> > co.) this month reduced "the monthly cost of a 12-megabyte-per-second
> line by
> > 500 yen to 2700 yen ($22 or so)..."  WHAT?!  If the article author is
> right
> > (and he mentions megaBYTE a couple of times), these guys are getting the
> > equivalent of a 100 mbit/sec connection to their homes!  Is that right? 
> > What's the max throughput for ADSL?  I've got to talk to my
> brother-in-law
> > (lives here, has ADSL) to see what the scoop really is.
> 
> Are you sure this is ADSL? I've read several articles about Japan pushing
> fiber to the curb because of the population density. This sounds about
> right for fiber to the curb vs. xDSL.
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> Scott Hussey
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