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Japanese Internet provider «So-net Entertainment», owned by the corporation Sony, launched in Japan\’s super-fast fiber optic network Nuro, which provides download speeds of up to 2 Gbit /s and upload speeds up to 1 Gbit /s. This was reported today, company officials Sony.
Connect the new high-speed Internet will be able to residents of Tokyo and six surrounding prefectures. Subscription fee for the novelty will not be the highest and 4980 yen /$ 51 /month. However, as a prerequisite, users will need to sign a two-year contract with the provider and pay 52.5 million yen /$ 535 /per connection.
In the U.S., in Kansas City /Missouri /and Austin /Texas /already operates such a high-speed network called Google Fiber. Download speed on this channel is two times lower than that of the Japanese analogue /1 Gbit /s /, and the fee for the Internet and included TV package is $ 120 per month.
In Japan, the majority of users will not be able to fully appreciate the new technology because almost all home computers are integrated network adapters that reduce the download speed up to 1 Gbit /s. Fully evaluate the merits of the internet via high speed Nuro can still only companies that have installed special equipment.