Tuesday, May 17, 2005
The latest on Japan's broadband miracle
The latest figures on Japan's Internet connectivity, reporting through year-end 2004, are out.
OK, OK, so Japan has 75,000,000 mobile phone based Internet users.
I am more intrigued that there are now over 2,400,000 FTTH homes. A footnote explains that only about 1 million are in apartment buildings (collective housing) while the other 1.4 million FTTH users are mostly from single-family homes.
There are 13 million DSL subscribers and just under 3 million CATV customers.
The population of Japan is 125,000,000. The U.S. population is 290,000,000. So multiply by 2.3 to compare U.S. Internet numbers.
OK, OK, so Japan has 75,000,000 mobile phone based Internet users.
I am more intrigued that there are now over 2,400,000 FTTH homes. A footnote explains that only about 1 million are in apartment buildings (collective housing) while the other 1.4 million FTTH users are mostly from single-family homes.
There are 13 million DSL subscribers and just under 3 million CATV customers.
The population of Japan is 125,000,000. The U.S. population is 290,000,000. So multiply by 2.3 to compare U.S. Internet numbers.
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