Japan sets new internet speed world record — 4 million times faster than average US speeds
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Meanwhile in aus we get like 5 MB/s
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House size and media consumption are going to be big factors here I think. You get four people trying to stream, game, listen to music, whatever it is people these days use phones for, etc; it's going to really add up. Sure lots of people barely use the internet and are getting sold way more than they need but it's not uncommon anymore for multiple hd things to be simultaneously happening in one house
Content becomes a lot bigger in size while we get too used to getting it immediately. I could've laughed and how I set a PC to torrent overnight in pre-100MB times, but with games liberally crossing 100GB line I can see myself going back to that.
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Pretty clickbait title to compare a lab speed to average internet. I'm sure it's several million times faster than average Japanese internet too.
Its just got nothing to do with "internet". That is the issue with the headline. Its just some random piece of fiber that isnt even connected to any wider network. Im assuming they just used big ass rolled up rolls of fiber connected to one another to get to the 1800km. There are no end user "internet" applications for it either. The only thing it could be used for is isolated connections between internet hubs or inside datacenters for local network.
Still impressive ofcourse but just doesnt have anything to do with "internet" in the end user sense.
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Meanwhile in aus we get like 5 MB/s
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Only until you hit your data cap!
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What's the point though? With more and more trash content on the internet what would the bandwidth be used for? To force-feed people more ads?
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What's the point though? With more and more trash content on the internet what would the bandwidth be used for? To force-feed people more ads?
For better piracy 🥰
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Meanwhile in aus we get like 5 MB/s
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Wow, it's that bad?
I live in rural Pacific NW and just upgraded to 5gbit symmetric fiber.
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The title is 'internet', implying a network of networks. The title wasn't 'new record in data transmission speed'.
Article explains. You don't read it.
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Meanwhile in aus we get like 5 MB/s
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Yeah Australia still hasn't quite caught up to the internet speeds some other countries had 15 years ago. It's kinda sad. I'm still sad the original (good) NBN got replaced by the janky NBN that's taken years to fix.
The other weird thing in Australia is that even the expensive fibre plans are asymmetric. Most countries that have fibre have a 1Gbps symmetric plan (meaning upload and download are both 1Gbps) whereas the 1Gbps NBN plan has a ridiculously low ~50Mbps upload speed.
I moved from Australia to the USA in 2013. Back then, I had ~9Mbps ADSL2+ in Australia, compared to 600Mbps in the USA. Huge difference. Now I've got 10Gbps symmetric in the USA for $50/month through a local ISP.
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Article explains. You don't read it.
Of course I read it, and investigated the source. The issue is with the title the article chose.
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What's the point though? With more and more trash content on the internet what would the bandwidth be used for? To force-feed people more ads?
640K ought to be enough for anyone.
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i mean a tincan with a wire on it is faster than average us internet speeds
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Yeah Australia still hasn't quite caught up to the internet speeds some other countries had 15 years ago. It's kinda sad. I'm still sad the original (good) NBN got replaced by the janky NBN that's taken years to fix.
The other weird thing in Australia is that even the expensive fibre plans are asymmetric. Most countries that have fibre have a 1Gbps symmetric plan (meaning upload and download are both 1Gbps) whereas the 1Gbps NBN plan has a ridiculously low ~50Mbps upload speed.
I moved from Australia to the USA in 2013. Back then, I had ~9Mbps ADSL2+ in Australia, compared to 600Mbps in the USA. Huge difference. Now I've got 10Gbps symmetric in the USA for $50/month through a local ISP.
That sounds like a coax network instead of fiber.
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07. United States 274.16 Mbit/s 19. Japan 212.06 Mbit/sAccording to this page, seemingly sourced from Ookla, US has way higher average speeds these days.
Japan had way faster internet on average than the US like twenty years ago, but the US actually did a decent amount of broadband growth even if it still doesn't cover rural areas well.
Japan seeming to be ahead of the curve 20 years ago but now being at the same level or behind, seems to be a common theme.
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fiber optics
Won't come out immediately, as that tech would first have to be finalized then introduced to the domestic market.
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Wow, it's that bad?
I live in rural Pacific NW and just upgraded to 5gbit symmetric fiber.
That's quite a speed. How much does it cost and is this a company or personal subscription?
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fiber optics
Won't come out immediately, as that tech would first have to be finalized then introduced to the domestic market.
I'm sorry, fiber optics needs to be finalized before being introduced to the domestic market?
I've had fiver since a long, LONG time
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Wow, it's that bad?
I live in rural Pacific NW and just upgraded to 5gbit symmetric fiber.
Most Australians live in or near a major city, it's pretty common to be able to get gigabit. if you're unlucky you might be limited to 100 megabit, but in some remote or rural areas I wouldn't be surprised if it's 5Mb.
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07. United States 274.16 Mbit/s 19. Japan 212.06 Mbit/sAccording to this page, seemingly sourced from Ookla, US has way higher average speeds these days.
Japan had way faster internet on average than the US like twenty years ago, but the US actually did a decent amount of broadband growth even if it still doesn't cover rural areas well.
ranked by Speedtest.net data for January 2025
And the average speed of a passenger car is 170km/h, as ranked by speed data from the Nürburgring.
People on shitty slow connections don't have a need to go test that speed much, they know it's shit, people who just got their fancy new 1Gbit fiber and want to know exactly how fast it is, do.
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fiber optics
Won't come out immediately, as that tech would first have to be finalized then introduced to the domestic market.
Japan is already pretty damn close to achieving 100% fiber network coverage for every household.
