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Japanese file-sharing increases 180%
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article published on 25 December, 2007
According to results of an online survey, in a little over a year, the number of internet users file sharing in Japan has surged by 180 percent. The average number of files downloaded increased by over 250 percent. The survey has basically conveyed that "the numbers of internet users in Japan sharing music, movies and software has increased dramatically to reach an all-time high."
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26. December 2007 @ 04:58 |
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Not suprising and did you know that internet connections in Japan put the rest of the worlds to shame. Over there it is truly highspeed. 10Mbps is considered low end compared to 6-8Mbps on the high end in the US and elsewhere. At least that's what I have read in my industry pubs.
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26. December 2007 @ 06:49 |
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Dunno why they wont ware so much :F
1/1/gbps is default stuff in Japan, same like 100/100/mbps is in Sweden. Costs like 15? in a month... Duh... And there are pretty girls too :)
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26. December 2007 @ 08:58 |
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They seem to be low level pirates. Not even using torrents. But, I wonder what caused the surge?
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26. December 2007 @ 11:10 |
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It could be people using more proxies in Japan. Just a thought.
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29. December 2007 @ 09:18 |
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Knowing this is not going to stop the numbers.
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30. December 2007 @ 20:26 |
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Gee I thought WinMX had died !
Yes I believe that Japan and Korea have some of the fasted broadband in the world. Makes it easy to share. Here in NZ we have one of the slowest in the world.
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31. December 2007 @ 00:18 |
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I may be mistaken, but I'm almost sure the reason Sweeden has an affordable broadband is because the goverment subsidizes it. That is a big NoNo in the US, where corporate greed has deep roots in Congress.
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mfgnet
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17. January 2008 @ 19:44 |
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Originally posted by hermes_vb:
I may be mistaken, but I'm almost sure the reason Sweeden has an affordable broadband is because the goverment subsidizes it. That is a big NoNo in the US, where corporate greed has deep roots in Congress.
Well that's capitalism for you! Capitalism isn't bad if the little guy can get into it! bUT THE CORP KEEPS KNOCKIN THE LITTLE GUY DOWN!
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mfgnet
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17. January 2008 @ 19:44 |
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Originally posted by hermes_vb:
I may be mistaken, but I'm almost sure the reason Sweeden has an affordable broadband is because the goverment subsidizes it. That is a big NoNo in the US, where corporate greed has deep roots in Congress.
Well that's capitalism for you! Capitalism isn't bad if the little guy can get into it! bUT THE CORP KEEPS KNOCKIN THE LITTLE GUY DOWN!
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mfgnet
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17. January 2008 @ 19:44 |
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Originally posted by hermes_vb:
I may be mistaken, but I'm almost sure the reason Sweeden has an affordable broadband is because the goverment subsidizes it. That is a big NoNo in the US, where corporate greed has deep roots in Congress.
Well that's capitalism for you! Capitalism isn't bad if the little guy can get into it! bUT THE CORP KEEPS KNOCKIN THE LITTLE GUY DOWN!
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