Re: tlug: Full-time inet connection

["J. David Beutel" <jdb@example.com>]

> I've been seeing a lot of news reports lately about companies finally
> coming out and offering full-time internet connections in Japan for
> reasonable prices.  Can anyone comment on these?  Which one seems
> best/cheapest/fastest?  Is anyone using a full-time 'net connection
> and like to comment on what they are paying?

I am waiting for ADSL from Tokyo Metallic.  They advertise 640kbps download
and 250kbps upload on your analog phone line for 5500/month plus a hefty 
setup fee.  It's being offered in certain Shinjuku and Shibuya exchanges
soon (first), with some other wards soon to follow.  

It's a "private IP address", so apparently they will use IP masquerading 
to prevent people on the Internet from initiating connections to your
machine.  For 7 times more a month, you can have a "public IP address"
that you could connect to, if I understand the Japanese writing.

I don't have this service yet, so I can't comment.  See
http://www.metallic.co.jp/ for details.

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David Beutel    Curiously enough the only thing that went through the mind
jdb@example.com   of the bowl of petunias as it fell was "Oh no, not again".
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