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answers to query How does Korea and Japan price ? -- Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:33:47 -0700
________________________________________ From: Tom Vest [tvest () eyeconomics com] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 11:11 AM To: David Farber Cc: ip Subject: Re: [IP] How does Korea and Japan price ? -- Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic In Japan broadband is "flat-flat" rate -- i.e., no volume-related IP service charges, and no time-based facilities fees, just a straight monthly subscription fee -- with the speed/capacity largely varying by medium (copper/DSL, HFC/cable, FTTH). In Japan as in many other economies that would have to wait for full unbundling/structural separation to achieve the competitiveness boost that the US enjoyed as a result of the Telecom Act of 1996, metered dialup was the dominant (and very expensive) access method until 2000. DSL and cable internet access were available but pricy until mid-late 2001, when Softbank/YahooBB jumped at the opportunity to capitalize on Japan's new (actually, second attempt) access and metro facilities unbundling mandate to deploy super-fast, super-affordable DSL. Looking back at some old press accounts confirms my own personal recollections -- e.g., according to Ken Belson ("Fast Connections Catch on In Japan", International Herald Tribune, 6 May 2003): "In a contrast with South Korea... most Japanese providers have piggybacked on NTT's optical fiber network rather than build their own. That was made possible because of industry pressure on NTT to lower its fees for others to use its equipment. Once that happened in early 2001, prices to consumers fell by half and the number of subscribers soared." Tom Vest (Tokyo-based operations manager for AOLTW/ATDN Asia Pac, 2001-2003) On Jun 16, 2008, at 10:16 AM, David Farber wrote:
________________________________________ From: Olan, Michael [Michael.Olan () stockton edu] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 10:10 AM To: David Farber Subject: RE: [IP] Re: THE IMPACT ON ADVERTISEMENT ON THE NET -- Charging by the Byte to Curb Internet Traffic Dave, Could someone on your list or you yourself fill us in on how Japan and Korea do their pricing? As I understand it, they have huge pipes into the home at significantly cheaper rates than we have here. ----- Michael Olan Richard Stockton College Pomona, NJ 08240 ------------------------------------------- Archives: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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