DOCSIS 3.0 continues its world domination tour, after
hitting the Twin Cities, Japanese cable provider J:COM has rolled out the tech in half its systems, with plans to have it everywhere by the end of July. So far, J:COM is delivering its NET Ultra service 160Mb down/10Mb up for about $60 a month, $5 more than the next highest tier -- compare that to Comcast's 50Mb/5Mb service for $149.99. Of course in Japan, FTTP and high speed DSL systems have much higher penetration, prompting the quick rollout. While most of us are envious of Minnesota's early taste of speed, it's nice to know even they have someone to look up to.
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gamedude420 @ Jun 29th 2008 3:08AM
come on cox new orleans, we need speeds like this :) although I would love a faster upload speed for the same price say i dunno 160 down 20 up for $55-60 a month :)
Nick @ Jun 29th 2008 3:30PM
I have a friend who has this, and it really doesn't have as much of an impact as you'd think. browsing, although noticibly faster, isn't THAT much faster, same with most downloads. When my 10MbPS "speedboost" comes in, I can download fast enough for me, and I'm not willing to spend the extra hundred bucks. When this becomes affordable... maybe...