anuseems Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 So-net, a Sony-owned Internet service provider, is busy rolling out 2 Gbps fiber-based Internet to Japan's Tokyo-area residents. Named "Nuro", the company's blazingly fast service is double the speed of Google Fiber and claims to be the fastest in the world. Just as impressive though is its price: about $50 per month. American fiber-optic offerings like Google Fiber and Verizon FiOS (150/65 Mbps) run $70 and $129 per month, respectively.While Nuro's monthly cost and incredible speed are both undeniably attractive, there are a couple of caveats: a roughly $540 installation fee and a two-year contract. This fee is presumably to extend fiber connectivity to dwellings not yet on the grid, but that's a cost which Google has been absorbing for its gigabit subscribers. Also, Google only asks for a one-year contract.Tokyo is possibly one of the most suitable places for fiber connectivity -- a high-tech, impressively dense urban landscape. In fact, Japan is currently second in the world when it comes to existing households boasting fiber connectivity. Nearly a quarter of all households in the country are already connected to fiber.Nuro leverages Japan's sprawling Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network (GPON) -- a distribution of fiber connectivity reportedly capable of downstream speeds topping 2.488 Gbps.Last week Google and AT&T announced plans to outfit Austin, Texas with fiber-based Internet service; however, those networks will "only" be 1 Gbps. When it comes to broadband speed, the U.S. continues to lag behind a number of smaller countries, earning a 12th place spot.@ http://www.so-net.ne.jp/corporation/release/2013/pr20130415_2960.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 And to think that I pay a third as much for a cr@ppy 2Mbps capped connection. :(So it's official. I'm moving to Japan, ya'll. Konnichiwa my new Japanese buddies. Sayonara India :P :hehe: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaindc Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 i pay as much for a 5 Mb connection, and if i "upgrade" to a 15 Mb one, i will pay $25 more...And all that is capped...Here, internet, cable, tv, phone (at home or mobile), all these service cost way too much... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcs18 Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Hmmm . . . . . . 2 GB/s - that will complete a Windows 8 ISO download before I even finish peeing. :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanjoa Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 I'm moving to Japan right now :eekout: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambrocious Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Japan is still suffering from their nuclear fallout from the Fukushima reactors which will continue to be a MAJOR problem for Japan for many years to come. I wouldn't move there personally....but I got to admit...I am jealous of their internet speeds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avitar Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Really? In my country via Fiber Optic, an ISP (Flow Communications) has 100Gbps line and allows "unlimited" speed to that set of customers for approx US$100/mth. The bandwidth is shared between users and may drop during peak hours. It is considered a bit expensive in my country, but in theory one can get all 100Gbps,but in practise one can utilise approx 5Gbps during the night provided that users are not doing too much bandwidth intensive browsing. I've seen it firsthand (the girl next door has it. her parents are business people) and when i go over to borrow a lan connection, the speed is mindblowing. I was downloading a torrent at 256 megabites a second once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted April 18, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 18, 2013 Japan is still suffering from their nuclear fallout from the Fukushima reactors which will continue to be a MAJOR problem for Japan for many years to come. I wouldn't move there personally....but I got to admit...I am jealous of their internet speeds!Last time I checked, the Fukushima problem was solved so much that, it's effect is now reduced to less than 15-20 KMs. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnakeMasteR Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Hmmm . . . . . . 2 GB/s - that will complete a Windows 8 ISO download before I even finish peeing. :oUncapped. :lmao:SONY is a master in collecting data in masses from their customers and loosing data in masses to hackers.Maybe the service is there to provide better collecting infrastructure to lose even more "faster". :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rach Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 if I get that speed, I probably won't stop downloading :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 if I get that speed, I probably won't stop downloading :lol:I'll download random $hit just to delete 'em the next moment. $hit I don't even care about. Just to see how it feels to actually download a 1080p movie in 15 seconds! :dribble:Yes, that's exactly how fast it is! :w00t: :dance: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted April 19, 2013 Administrator Share Posted April 19, 2013 The sad part is, one, for you to download at 2Gbps, others need to upload at 2Gbps. :P And second, HDDs and even SSDs probably would be bottlenecked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calguyhunk Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 The sad part is, one, for you to download at 2Gbps, others need to upload at 2Gbps. :P And second, HDDs and even SSDs probably would be bottlenecked.Yes and even my best PC will still fall short. :PI don't know the technicalities of it, but I believe highly seeded torrents may fit the bill, but the onboard LAN on my aforementioned desktop only supports a measly Gigabit :P and my lappy only supports 10/100 :(So, I think I'll stick with the 'painfully slow' Google Fiber for now LOL! :PThat's Google Fiber, boys. Still gives me the strangest boner ever every time I look at it LOL! :P :lmao:The following is enough to kill that boner though :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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