Published 17:47 IST, February 25th 2020
Japan rolls out blazing fast 10 Gbps internet connection at Rs 4000 per month; read
Japan's NTT East and NTT West have increased the internet speeds for their existing plans up to 10 Gbps. Learn about the availability, set up charges and more.
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Many Indians believe that state of broadband service and internet speed in India isn't that great. It was also recently revealed that country’s fixed broadband connection lines rank at 66 in entire world and comes with an aver data speed of only 41.8 Mbps. While much of India struggles with broadband speeds that are comparatively much slower to most or countries, you may be shocked to hear what Japan’s telecom provider NTT will be offering to its users.
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Japan's 10Gbps fast internet comes at just Rs 4000 approx
Japan’s NTT East and NTT West (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) just boosted data speeds for ir internet plans to a blazing-fast 10Gbps (which comes to 10,000 Mbps). Moreover, Japan's new Internet speed of 10 Gbps will come at an impressive price as well. high-speed connection will be available for just about USD 55 per month (approximately Rs 4000). Interestingly, insanely impressive speed limit applies to both uploads and downloads, allowing users to upload and share huge data files on cloud stor on a daily basis.
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10 Gbps is oretical maximum speed
However, Japanese internet service provider has ted that 10 Gbps plans would be maximum value in ory, and that users may t be able to get same speed all time. service provider stated that users need large-capacity data communication because of latest high definition 4K and 8K video and spread of virtual reality techlogy.
Subscribers are required to use a FLET's Hikari Cross compatible router to take advant of speeds, and it appears that a router is included with service for an additional ¥500 or roughly USD 4.48 USD monthly. Along with supporting 10 Gbps data speeds, router also supports Wi-Fi 6.
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Japan fast internet - Where is it available?
Presently, 10 Gbps fast internet connection is only available in parts of Tokyo's 23 wards. This includes certain parts of Adachi, Edogawa, Itabashi, Katsushika, Nerima, Ota, Setagaya, and Suginami for NTT East, whereas NTT West will be covering Osaka and Nagoya. People who are signing up for service will also have to pay installation charges of 18000 Yen (approx. ₹11,500) at time of initial setup.
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Im credits: PTI
17:47 IST, February 25th 2020