Re: [tlug] Provider Info

[Lyle H Saxon <llletters@example.com>]

On Sat, Apr 28, 2012 at 6:29 PM, Edmund Edgar <lists@example.com> wrote:
> If
> I wasn't in a J-Com area I think I'd be inclined to go with a cable TV
> provider if at all possible, even if I didn't want cable TV. I don't
> know if that matches other people's experiences.

It doesn't appear to be very widespread, but KDDI has been installing
fiber optic cable in some areas of Tokyo, which is another way of
avoiding NTT without going through a cable company.

> I have a friend using
> NTT/OCN (chosen by his employer, who should have been in Japan long
> enough to know better) and somehow uploaded over 30GB one day, and
> they cut him off.

I also had a friend who was using NTT and initially happy with them -
until they cut him off.