World's Fastest Internet Arrives in Tokyo
For just $50/month, So-net is offering a 2 Gbps fiber-based Internet connection to Tokyo-area residents.
So-net, a Sony-owned ISP, has launched its “Nuro” service for Tokyo-area residents. It utilizes Japan’s GPON (Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network) and provides speeds of 2 Gbps, which are the world’s fastest, at least doubling the speed of any comparable U.S. fiber-optic consumer connections.
The service costs just $50/month, which is remarkably low in comparison to either Google Fiber or Verizon FiOS that provide 1 Gbps and 150 Mbps for $79 and $129, respectively. This low price comes with two major caveats: a $540 installation fee, and a mandatory two-year contract that is presumably being used to fund further expansions to the company’s fiber-optic network.
Never heard (or seen) of a cap in the downloadable data with wired connections.
edit: I didn't know that some US ISPs have (soft)caps...
Wireless is an other story...
It seems that Japan and especially Tokyo is moving forward really fast.
First they announced that with their new 650m broadcast tower they will be able to broadcast 4K video (3840x2160) by the end of 2014 and 8K (7680x4320) in 2016.
And now this...
Never heard (or seen) of a cap in the downloadable data with wired connections.
Wireless is an other story...
Comcast caps your internet usage. 250 gb.
Pretty much all of the Big Cable Internet providers have Caps now. Most people don't know about them because they never get close to the limits so they never receive a later.
I have Charter and they initiated softcaps i think two years ago. Basically they changed the EULA but really didnt tell anybody but the people that where going over or within 10-15% of reaching the new caps.
I ended up having to switch to Charter Business because although I don't download alot. I do Video Editing of Raw 1080p video and the files or huge. I do most of my editing in house but post processing effects I have someone else do. So I put them on my server and they will later download from my server the huge files. Alot of time in access of 25GB for one file. Before I switched to Charter Business I didnt have a server and we would use this program to transfer this huge files. I was hitting 500GB Upload in about 2 weeks.
They told me I had to switch or leave them only option. I only download about 30GB but my uploads Exceed 1TB each month.
Check your Cable Internet Providers EULA they most likely have a Cap
Here is a nice link that list most of the companies that have sometime of Cap
http://gigaom.com/2012/10/01/data-caps-chart/ (The Big Companies are WIRED)
Never heard (or seen) of a cap in the downloadable data with wired connections.
Wireless is an other story...
Comcast caps your internet usage. 250 gb.
Cox has a soft cap too. I got a letter warning me to watch the excessive usage or they'd switch me to a more expensive plan.
Comcast caps your internet usage. 250 gb.
Sorry but that 250GB cap been gone since May of last year for comcast customers.
I only know this (even though I dont like them) is because they're the only 1 of 2 ISP's in my area. The other being a DSL provider called Frontier. Sadly it was the pick of which one was the less evil of the 2 with comcast being less evil.
Frontier from looking at there history that i've looked into, Just a few short years ago (like only 2 or 3 years ago) had data plans that cap at 5GB. Yes, you read right. Five GB data plan for land-line internet.......
The population density argument is bullshit in some states. I'm from Finland and we have better and cheaper internet and full cell coverage, so there shouldn't be any technical problems for getting it in states that have higher population density than Finland such as Colorado. You have 80% urbanization rate which results that 80% of US population should get real high speed internet unless someone has screwed it up. As for last 20% they should get basic mobile service, and "US goverment defined high speed internet" over copper.
Or go the route that Linus took from linus tech_tips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu6jlA7hPj8
Seriously though, there's a big difference between having connections like this in America and Japan.
Japan is very cramped and small relative to places in America, thus easier to deploy.
America is certainly behind on technology advances like this though, I count myself lucky with FiOS and no bandwidth caps on a fiber connection.
Having 2 Gbps would be great, but most TVS are only 1920x1080p anyway and unless you're illegally downloading files, most people don't need anything faster than FiOS right now or an equivalent.