Internet Costs
Apart from fantastic trains, low taxation, low home loan interest rates, cheap restaurants and safety, there is another reason why I love living in Japan
Cheap Internet.
I decided, just for a chuckle, to see what plans were available at my old ISP Netspace. $50 for a 24M Adsl2 connection that requires I bundle my phone line? Wow! With a generous 40Gig data limit!
I currently pay ￥3500 for a 100M Fibre Optic connection that has no data limit. On a good evening I can get about 15Gig downloaded.
There is just no comparison.
Life in Japan is great.
5 comments:
yes, the internet here is very good. I couldn't get the 100mbps, but I did have a 47mbps option and yes, 10+ gigabytes a night is easy..
47M still isn't bad, I only get a difference when I am downloading off local sites.
I miss internet in Japan!! I used to have fibre optic at 100mbps and downloading was easy!
Now I am back in Brisbane til June and the internet is really slow, and my partner, who didn`t know that there was a download cut-off downloaded and ran up a 15000 dollar bill (AUS DOLLARS) over month because he somehow managed to bring a virus with him from Japan! Luckily, because we could prove the virus was there they let us pass on the bill. Thank god.
Apparently Australia's problem is that it is a large country with a relatively small, English-speaking population down on the other side of the planet, which means relatively high infrastructure costs compared to many other countries, hence the comparatively expensive / limited internet connectivity options.
@Lulu
Then come back?
Those upload charges can be a real killer if you don't read the fine print.
@Penguin
Thus why I voted with my feet.
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