washingtonpost.com — Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it. Broadband service here is eight to 30 times as fast as in the United States -- and considerably cheaper. Japan has the world's fastest Internet connections, delivering more data at a lower cost than anywhere else, recent studies show.
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deadredeyesAug 30, 2007
@EvolvedAnt "What is the point of having the fastest internet access when 90% of the websites worth going to are located on US soil, thereby slowing down their rates dramatically through ping time alone"I know a lot of Americans can't see past the ends of their noses, let alone beyond their own borders, but this really is one of the most egocentric things I've ever read.Did it ever occur to you that the non-English-speaking majority of Japanese people might not want to visit your "websites worth going to" in the US simply because they can't actually read them? They like their Japanese news and social websites just fine. Ditto for the rest of the non-English speaking world. I've been living and working in Japan in IT for the last 4 years, and I've never met anyone who was even slightly concerned about ping times to the New York Times - they're all too busy downloading *Japanese* music & tv shows at 5MB/s. Good luck with that dial-up!
tdousAug 30, 2007
Irrelevant though since the starting infrastructure was developed in the US.
spyrochaeteAug 30, 2007
No, Vint Cerf.
joeflynnAug 30, 2007
One way to gain higher speed it for the state and local government to install fiber and rent it to cable and phone services. Much like the federal government dos for the air waves. There should be and effort much like the rule electrification of the 1930's to bring fiber to every home.
moondogafoAug 30, 2007
Yes, the United States could probably have its providers start in metropolitan areas. Hell, they already have. But, look at US rural communities and consider the distances between them and the metro locations that service would presumably originate. Some places might only be 20-30 miles from a metro location. Others - and I am thinking the Midwest and Western states, could have hundreds of miles between them and a provider.
forcerMay 5, 2008
Oh. I wish I was in Japan. I just got 12132Kbps download on <a class="user" href="http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk">http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk</a>
Closed AccountAug 8, 2008
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