Generally speaking, the state of broadband in the United States sucks. (AU: It’s worse over here)Hard. You know what sucks harder than your crappy DSL line? Satellite internet—it’s stupid expensive and super slow. Except in Japan. The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency is reporting that their tests of the world’s fastest satellite internet—155Mbps downstream to homes, and 1.2Gbps to businesses with properly endowed antennas—have been successful. Not only to they plan to cover all of Japan, but a fair bit of the Asian Pacific region. Meanwhile, we shit ourselves over 50Mbps cable that runs US$150 a month. [JAXA via Impress, JAXA (More Info, readable)]
Vavoom
April 10, 2008 at 10:43 AM
What are you Americans complaining about? Last time I was there, you guys had unlimited download limits and everyone I talked to was shocked that Australia has limits per month.
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April 12, 2008 at 11:47 PM
lol the US might have no downlaod limits, but they have the Mafia and organised crime (RIAA / MPAA)
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September 2, 2008 at 9:10 PM
if anything, this satellite is the next step in the future of wireless internet and so forth
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