Fastest Broadband in the World Served in Japan
As British Telecom is working earnestly on a fibre optic roll out in the UK that would increase the broadband speeds in the UK up to 100 Mbps, an internet service provider based in America has been found offering its Japanese customers, world’s fastest broadband service undoubtedly.
J:Com is the American ISP that is offering its Japanese broadband customers a maximum speed of up to 160 Mbps. A fact that could trigger heart attacks to the UK ISPs. According to the current situation in the UK, the fastest broadband service offered is an up to 50Mbps service by Virgin Media.
More news related to this are pouring out from the land of midnight sun that seems to compound the woes of the UK ISPs, which are very much under criticism for their high broadband prices. The charge fixed by J:Com for its upgraded modem is GBP35 that is reasonable considering the high speed nature of the service.
Nevertheless, the monthly charge for the superfast broadband service of up to 160 Mbps that has been fixed at GBP35, is obviously a price that most of the UK’s broadband consumers as well as ISPs would regard as jaw droppingly low.
It seems that Britain has a lot to learn and adapt from Japan, such as the low connection costs for home broadband services in Japan. The average broadband connection cost of around GBP55 in Japan inclusive of the modem, is considerably lower than the prices charged by their counterparts in the UK.
