From this week’s Economist magazine. This weeks comic seems to really make their point.
The Afghan War
Japan Broadband Providers ISP
If you have just come to Japan, you’ll definitely want to experience the internet that they have here. There is a great list of the various companies you can use for your internet access here.
The most cost effective seems to be Excite. From their website, they seem to use this as a way to bring in users for their adult site business.
Next up is Asahi Net, who seems to be the first legitimate provider for the cost. They even have an English homepage if you don’t speak Japanese here.
The amazing thing about Japanese providers is they all provide email addresses with 100 or 200 MB of disk space. Wow! We are in the broadband revolution, I am surprised they haven’t made it to at least 1GB yet.
In the US, for example, Comcast has 10GB even for the add-on accounts.
If you travel much, you’ll see that Japan definitely has the best throughput for broadband internet access in the world.
Business Relationships
Many a new enterprise has failed because the owner never understood this truth—all business is ultimately about relationships. It’s easy to fall into the trap of believing that business success is purely a result of having the best product or the lowest price.
– Mac Hammond