01-07-2005, 07:00 PM
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Japan To Get 100Mbps "Super 3G" By 2008
"NTT DoCoMo, Japan's biggest mobile carrier, is to spearhead the rollout of an advanced version of its 3G (third-generation) services called Super 3G, a company spokesman said Wednesday...The move will be a low-cost upgrade to the company's current 3G WCDMA (Wideband Code Division Multiple Access) network. The upgrade, which will offer 100Mbps (megabits per second) downlink and 50Mbps uplink speeds, will be rolled out in metropolitan areas initially and be operational by 2008, said spokesman Takumi Suzuki."
100Mbps!?!? 8O Man, I am so living in the wrong place. :P
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01-07-2005, 11:29 PM
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Wow, and we here in the US haven't reached 1mbps (at least in the area I live in).
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01-07-2005, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve14965
Wow, and we here in the US have reached 1mbps (at least in the area I live in).
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For your mobile phone? Who's your carrier?
(I'm not talking cable or DSL broadband here, but rather through your mobile phone.)
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01-08-2005, 01:29 AM
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For all the examples of expense, living in Japan has some advantages. It is very advance in regards to high speed internet. I have 100meg access at home and 3G (384/64) access on my mobile.
What I am looking forward to is a reduction of costs on the mobile side, however now you the carries are starting to bring out fixed price offerings which make it much more attractive....
I must say it amazes me in regards to some of the carriers that I see overseas only offering 1 / 2 meg - I feel sorry for their customers. We have DSL offerings upto 40meg over cable so the technology is certainly there for customers to have faster access....
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01-08-2005, 01:33 AM
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My fault, I meant to say haven't. Sorry about that  ops:
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01-08-2005, 02:09 PM
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Re: Japan To Get 100Mbps "Super 3G" By 2008
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Originally Posted by Janak Parekh
Man, I am so living in the wrong place. :P
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Me too, all u can get here is EDGE :cry:
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01-08-2005, 02:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Kiwi_in_tok
...and 3G (384/64) access on my mobile.
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Just a bit slower than what I've got at home... :cry:
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01-08-2005, 08:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Kiwi_in_tok
For all the examples of expense, living in Japan has some advantages. It is very advance in regards to high speed internet. I have 100meg access at home and 3G (384/64) access on my mobile.
What I am looking forward to is a reduction of costs on the mobile side, however now you the carries are starting to bring out fixed price offerings which make it much more attractive....
I must say it amazes me in regards to some of the carriers that I see overseas only offering 1 / 2 meg - I feel sorry for their customers. We have DSL offerings upto 40meg over cable so the technology is certainly there for customers to have faster access....
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Man, we only have 5mbps here at home with Time Warner. You can get 8mbps but it costs extra.
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01-08-2005, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by threedaysdwn
Man, we only have 5mbps here at home with Time Warner. You can get 8mbps but it costs extra.
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5Mbps? It's 3Mbps in Columbus, and you can pay extra for 6Mbps. Are we getting jipped? Why is yours faster? lol
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01-09-2005, 12:19 AM
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Getting 3MBPS on my cable line here...
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