Japan's Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Aug 30, 2007 7:46 AM EDT

Article Source: The Washington Post

excerpt: "TOKYO -- Americans invented the Internet, but the Japanese are running away with it.

Broadband service here is eight to 30 times as fast as in the United States -- and considerably cheaper. Japan has the world's fastest Internet connections, delivering more data at a lower cost than anywhere else, recent studies show.

Accelerating broadband speed in this country -- as well as in South Korea and much of Europe -- is pushing open doors to Internet innovation that are likely to remain closed for years to come in much of the United States.

The speed advantage allows the Japanese to watch broadcast-quality, full-screen television over the Internet, an experience that mocks the grainy, wallet-size images Americans endure.

Ultra-high-speed applications are being rolled out for low-cost, high-definition teleconferencing, for telemedicine -- which allows urban doctors to diagnose diseases from a distance -- and for advanced telecommuting to help Japan meet its goal of doubling the number of people who work from home by 2010

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Scott (Scoop) Butki

I suddenly have an urge to move to Japan.

I'm offline again all day - another 8 hours of training on how to be certified
to distribute medications to the special needs population I'll be working with.

Have a good day, everyone

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