Eftel, $50/month, unlimited downloads.
I'm hoping to switch to TPG sometime soon though; up to 24 mbps downstream and 25GB/month for peak time usage (7am-1am) for $50/month.
EDIT; Made the switch. Here's the new speeds;
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Eftel, $50/month, unlimited downloads.
I'm hoping to switch to TPG sometime soon though; up to 24 mbps downstream and 25GB/month for peak time usage (7am-1am) for $50/month.
EDIT; Made the switch. Here's the new speeds;
Nice!
Sign me up!
The state of broadband in the U.S. (and, from reading this thread, some other countries as well) is pretty sad. Here's hoping we get our infrastructure upgraded next decade.
I think it's much harder to upgrade the national infrastructure, especially in a huge country such as yours, there's a huge cost for one... Who should pay that you think? It's users or the government?
Japan's a little country compared to the united States. Upgrading the system along with it's infrastructure is much easier! Especially when most of the infrastructure is owned by the same company that's providing the service!!
I take it customer service is better over by you as well?
Believe me, quite a few people here would like to 'throttle' their provider out the window!
If there's a problem on with regards to fibre, NTT関西 are fairly happy to come out and fix them, even on a Sunday! From my experience they've been fairly prompt and most importantly, flexible... but we're paying for the service.
In England, the infrastructure is old. And either the companies have no interests in bring it up to date or the companies can't afford it. It could even be that Oftel are preventing them from upgrading...
Which leads me to ask WHY???Also... Like so many countries I don't understand why their line have throttling! Even commercial business lines have throttling and don't offer static IP as standard. What's with that?
The so-called customer service centre closes. I think, on my ISP their line closes after 8pm and what's worst! It's a premium rate number! I don't understand how they can charge a small fortune for the crap service and not give customer service back if and when a customer needs it...
I'm currently visiting my parents, they live on a farm in the middle of nowhere, my parents got the wireless highspeed internet from a local ISP a year and half ago, it's $49.99/month and 2mbps down, it's actually quite stable, plus they don't have bandwidth limits (yet), and dealing with their tech support has been great so far (the modem fried and they replaced it same day).
They only have 3 other options, they had 28.8k net for $27/month, which was a rip off by the phone company, there's another local high speed wireless company that sells service of 256k or so $50/month plus 1GB bandwidth limit, and a satellite provider that offers the same for $10 less, and that's all. My parents are really happy with their high speed internet, and so am I, I find everything quite speedy and stable.
For my personal internet, I have 6mbps internet with a cable provider for $39.99/month, I've been with them forever, for a while, every 6 months they kept upgrading speed, but now days, nothing, I find that I'm paying a bit too much for what I'm getting, for $10 more I could get similar speed, plus an xbox 360 for $99 with the phone company, but I will never deal with that company ever again. phew
They only have 3 other options, they had 28.8k net for $27/month, which was a rip off by the phone company, there's another local high speed wireless company that sells service of 256k or so $50/month plus 1GB bandwidth limit, and a satellite provider that offers the same for $10 less, and that's all. My parents are really happy with their high speed internet, and so am I, I find everything quite speedy and stable.
For my personal internet, I have 6mbps internet with a cable provider for $39.99/month, I've been with them forever, for a while, every 6 months they kept upgrading speed, but now days, nothing, I find that I'm paying a bit too much for what I'm getting, for $10 more I could get similar speed, plus an xbox 360 for $99 with the phone company, but I will never deal with that company ever again. phew
Here's mine:
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I pay about 2,600 yen.
Could upgrade to what UltraNEO* mentioned. But what I have is fast enough for me right now. Plus I save a few yen that way.
One nice thing here in Japan, is there are many high bandwidth options available.
I pay about 2,600 yen.
Could upgrade to what UltraNEO* mentioned. But what I have is fast enough for me right now. Plus I save a few yen that way.
One nice thing here in Japan, is there are many high bandwidth options available.
Home:
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$60/month by itself, but Cox gives us the whole package (Phone/TV/Internet) so it's a bit cheaper.
As for my dorm room, the campus uses a BGP mix of RoadRunner, Sprint and Windstream but the ports are only 10Mb Ethernet. It's complementary, but I wouldn't necessarily call it free... $7,000 a year.
$60/month by itself, but Cox gives us the whole package (Phone/TV/Internet) so it's a bit cheaper.
As for my dorm room, the campus uses a BGP mix of RoadRunner, Sprint and Windstream but the ports are only 10Mb Ethernet. It's complementary, but I wouldn't necessarily call it free... $7,000 a year.
This thread deserves a bump.
Previously I had ADSL @ 241kbps. Now I have ADSL2+ with Bigpond, 12GB for $90 a month. The plan just got changed over today. Loving the new speed.
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Previously I had ADSL @ 241kbps. Now I have ADSL2+ with Bigpond, 12GB for $90 a month. The plan just got changed over today. Loving the new speed.
interesting thread. i'm a first year student and moving into a house next year with 11 other people!
trying to figure what the best internet package would be, considering there will be so many people connecting at the same time. the best deal i can find so far is virgin media, which has TV included which is a plus, and is now 50meg i believe.
trying to figure what the best internet package would be, considering there will be so many people connecting at the same time. the best deal i can find so far is virgin media, which has TV included which is a plus, and is now 50meg i believe.
