Re: [EFM] NTT, Ethernet
All,
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've been paying >>$50/mo for
ISDN service in the middle of Silicon Valley (Campbell, CA) for the last
8 years because I can't get DSL service. I'd love to have to Usen
solution and I'd be ticked to pay >$50/mo for it.
Best Regards,
Rich
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"Seto, Koichiro" wrote:
>
> [Date: 08/18/2001 From Seto]
>
> Hi Francois,
>
> I don't call $50/month access charge (including CPE rental fee
> and basic charge) service the service for richiest neighborhood.
> ($50/month or 6100yen/month is the public information. Please
> see http://ca.usen.com/.)
>
> Usen uses their own P2P fiber from their mini COs on the streets.
> No splitter, no PON as far as I know.
>
> Seto
>
> >
> >I visited Usen in Japan.
> >
> >Their solution is based on proprietary 100FX-ish media converters built
> >into CPE fibre organizers.
> >
> >It is a no frills solution targeted at the richest neighborhood of Tokyo
> >at the moment.
> >
> >-=Francois=-
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-stds-802-3-efm@majordomo.ieee.org
> >[mailto:owner-stds-802-3-efm@majordomo.ieee.org] On Behalf Of
> >gerry.pesavento@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Sent: August 16, 2001 6:37 PM
> >To: stds-802-3-efm@ieee.org
> >Subject: [EFM] NTT, Ethernet
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Most of you probably caught this:
> >
> >NTT launching 100 Mb/s in Japan.
> >
> >http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20010803S0003
> >
> >"A Japanese government project, dubbed e-Japan,
> >intends to connect 10 million households to
> >100Mbit/s networks and 30 million households
> >to 10Mbit/s networks by 2005."
> >
> >"Usen shocked the Japanese communications industry
> >by beating NTT to the punch with a 100Mbit/s service
> >priced at $40 per month."
> >
> >This is amazing stuff, and it is Ethernet (go EFM).
> >
> >I'd like more insight (service mix, concentration,
> >fiber, etc.) to this if anyone has it.
> >______________________________________________
> >
> >Gerry Pesavento
> >Alloptic, Inc.
> >________________________________________________
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