I have fiber optic internet here in Japan and for about $50 USD per month it’s a pretty good deal for how fast it is. It’s cheaper than my old Comcast cable modem too. Sometimes it seems lightening fast, other times sites from the U.S. load slow but it could be on the other end and not the fault of my ISP. I tested my internet speed today and here are the results. My ISP said it’s a 100mbps line and I’m only getting 25 so I might change my provider to see what other options are like. Click the image to test your speed and feel free to post the results here!
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i think mine said 11 ms
I get about the same as you (Hikari/Asahi.net) Not the 100 promised, but still fast:)
Nice, looks like we’re all cruising along
Interesting. My server is also Yokohama (distance ~250 mi), my ISP is also NTT and my download is about 21,946 kb/s but my upload is a sluggish 5,835 kb/s. Maybe my upload speed is affected because I’m on wireless (computer upstairs, wireless thingy downstairs!). :shrug:
Nick – Wireless and wired do make a difference. My wireless connection shows 10,000 kb/s down, 4,000 kb/s up and I’m right next to the 54G wireless router. From what I read a year ago, online… at some random website… which I can’t remember… I think wireless routers limit the internet speed because of how the device works. I’ve had about 4 routers in the last year and the results were always the same on speed tests.
My speeds was only 2600 download and 800 upload… Too slow!
Yeah, but what Mike didn’t say is he complains every month to his ISP about the speed, so they keep giving him month after month of free service!
Here is a link to mine. I roll wireless as well.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/242787617.png
Nick and Mike – Mike gets free internet? NICE!
The House of Husar – Looks like what I was getting from Comcast.
Yes, nothing too special on the speed on this end.
I get absolutely abysmal speed. I can’t wait until I move this summer…
I am here in the United States, and just wanted to say I envy the internet in Japan. I pay a LOT for what i get, and i have much faster than the average in the US which is only about 2,000 kb/s.
You get it for a fraction of what i pay, and faster
Also that test shows 79 ms latency but i typically get 9 ms – 20
Hmm, did your ISP say megaBITS or megaBYTES per second? They usually say megabits, to make it sound faster. But I wouldn’t be complaining – if you want slow, come to Australia – they still call 256kbps “broadband” here. I have ADSL2 at about 20000kbps, with 800kbps uploads, and that’s pretty much the fastest we can get. So much for a developed country.
liz – Good luck with your move!
Charlie – I fixed the image. And yeah, I can’t believe I pay the same in Japan as I did in the U.S. but I get fiber here.
Tim – I think it’s megabytes. And they call 512kbps broadband in the U.S. (doh!). I have family members that use 56k dialup still.
I have 1Mbit connection for 35$.
25MB/sec, you gotta be joking. XD
The ISP in Japan quote megabits so at 100megabits you are actually getting about 8 megabytes or so…at least I think it calculates like that .
Also ping times vary from minute to minute and time of day will also show wildly different test results.
Cable companies here in Japan have just started pushing 160 megabit speeds and vdsl to house is now being rolled out at 1gigabit with 2 and three gigabit set to go within three years. Japan internet as is most of asia is based on an all you can eat plan… ie flat fee for a given speed. With speed test net you should always run multiple tests at different times of the day.
I just signed up with NTT B-Flets primarily b/c of it’s promise of 100 Mbps speeds. I’ve been testing on Speedtest tonight – the best download was 51,745 Kbps and an average upload of only 7367 Kbps.
Telco companies the world over are full of it!
I am in Qatar and i have the fastest connection over here………..
The download rate is 574kb/s and upload rate is 126kb/s……
What can i do? It’s the fastest they offer….
You will NEVER see your full 100 mbps unless you operate your own private server with its own private connection. ALL servers limit the speed you can use with them.
For most the most part its is usually 3mbits. Free downloading services usually offer up to 10mbits. Paid downloading servers can give you about 25mbits.
You gotta share with other internet users you know
I wonder if my fiber speed depends on the time of day or if businesses or residential areas are using the same cluster. Here’s my speed today.
My new cable internet is doing very well… off the cable modem i get over 120 megbits out of 160 advertized and through my router I consistently get in the mid ninties…. a very good test site which also measures line quality is http://wild-speed.jp/netspeed …. speedtest.net gives a lower result and I think that could be partly because of the load on their servers…..I might also add that it is worth the effort to tweak your connection as much as possible. without the tweaks i can only muster about 72megabits..most people measure a low speed because their RWIN is set way too low. try 2500000 if you have a 100mbit connection
my download speed is 84 kbps and the upload is 14 kbps amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I didn’t know about this speedtesting website before. I like it. I’m in a building that was built 3 years ago with 100Mbs fiber built into it. I pay only ¥15,000 a year for it, or ¥1,250 per month ($11 USD). This is one of the things I’ll miss most when I leave Japan next year, super fast unregulated Internet access.
My stats:
Paul – Thanks for the link and the tips. I ran the test there at and speedtest and they were close.
Salwan – Whoa!
Jason – ¥15,000 is an amazing price! Maybe I should shop around a little.
1024/256 adsl
download – 100kb/s
upload – 25 kb/s
also 3gb quote
monthly paying – 60~USD
and Here’s Turkey…
Krall
October 3, 2008 at 4:27 am
1024/256 adsl
download – 100kb/s
upload – 25 kb/s
also 3gb quote
monthly paying – 60~USD
and Here’s Turkey…
That’s not true, Ok the net in Turkey is more expensive than most of the countries but for this connection it is only be paid about USD 20 not 60
$60 for ADSL would be rough. I think in the U.S. it would be around $30 for that speed but I’m not quite sure.
Lol
I’ve been both korea and japan
and korea is about 27000kb/s when downloading
You want slow? Come to India. The whole country is connected with fibre optic cables yet internet is extremely sllll…..ow.
Bandwidth problems.
Hi..
I have 256 Kbps internet connection.
can i expect 256Kbps down load and up load speed or else it will divide total speed…i mean 256 Kbps.
Plz Help Me
Thanks In advance
Regards
sunny g
At sunil.kumar@opticalfusion.net
I just signed up for B flet and noticed my speed is the same with some of you here. 25mbs. Does anyone know this website from b flet to test the speed? The service tech was using this aswell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpV1QGvCwIQ
I just received an advetisement for a 1 Gigabit upgrade from Commuf or Chubu Communications in Nagoya. I was already very satisfied with my current speed so this just gravy on top of the icing for me. The price doubles but I am going from a 100 Megabit connection to a 1 Gigabit so it seems very generous. I don’t expect to start get 128 megabyte downloads per second. I think I am currently maxed at about 8 megabytes. Heck even a jump by a factor of 3 would be amazing. Anybody else already signed up with their service? Curious to benchmark my speed with other users once I get it.
Just noticed the OP speedtest result. His upload is almost the same as his downloas speed. That is amazing.
@Steve I switched over to Commufa in November, just a bit before they started advertising the 1Gb deal. I’ll probably upgrade later this year, but will follow this thread to see whether you think it’s worth it or not. The prospect of 1Gb makes me drool.
Have you gotten the 1GB internet yet? That’s pretty sweet. If it was available here and was under 7000 Yen, I’d probably get it and wire the house.
Re the 1 gb Commufa offer….or any other high speed offer… if you run a LAN in your aparto or mansion or house or wahtever you will have to go through a router which will restrict the speed to 100mb actually about (92mb-96mb)…if you do not run a LAN then yes you will be in download extacy.
@Paul
Thats only the case if you don’t have a 10/100/1000 router. They arent that much more expensive than normal 10/100 routers.
@Nick Ramsay: 1GB? That’s pretty sweet. I recently changed over to Yahoo BB. Download is the same, but the upload is lame. The service has been dependable and the customer service is great.
@Paul: I’ve seen the 1gb routers and cable like Josh mentioned. But yeah, everything is going to need to be at 1GB so you don’t cut your speed.
This speed test tool was interesting. Not all that fast although I’m in the countryside near Mt. Fuji. Only paying 3990 yen/month though.
4000 Yen a month isn’t bad if you’re happy with the service.
i can’t belive it !!
i live in Saudi Arabia and the fastest speed you can get is 20 megabyte.
i have 256 kilobyte ADSL and i pay $30 per month >< ) offers new prices..but still not enough….
256K? Maybe some internet accelerator software would help. Google used to offer it, but not any more.
i can’t believe u people… getting 100mbits/s (as advertised) and complaining why ur internet speed is only half of that. first of all, u’re getting internet 20 times cheaper than anywhere else, i wont even start complaining about how fast it is. i own a DSL with 2 mbits/sec, and paying a bit more than u 100mbitters are paying and im not complaining jeez….. u guys really suck!!!
secondly, technically speaking, traffic is NOT the only factor of getting ur full speed as advertised, the end server ur trying to reach has to have vacant bandwidth to spare. if the internet speed test server isn’t as fast as ur connection, then it will NOT tell u exactly how fast ur speed connection is. the BEST way for anything over 24mbits/sec to test is to call ur buddy who has the SAME service u have, and try to download a file from his computer. if the speeds match then there u go, if they dont, then u have the right to bitch at ur company…. otherwise u guys really need a life!!! (yes, i’m jealous).
gosh, if had that speed i would start a neighborhood VPN local connection and SHARE (securely) lots of stuff with the entire city. i’ll donate the server system myself…
The problem is companies advertise 100mbps like it’s gold and you have to have it. So why can’t you get the 100mbps they advertise, even to local sites or really popular sites? I know some places depend on where they host, but even places like Yahoo or companies with a big presence, you should be downloading fast from them which doesn’t happen often.
steve, buddy… no disrespect at all, but there’s something else people (home users) need to understand.
1) fiber is NOT your connection to the internet, it is your connection to your ISP. ur ISP dictates the speed. (i’m sure u know that).
2) whether be it a popular (local) website, or ur good ole neighborhood (un-popular) hosting company, it is utterly IMPOSSIBLE to give thousands of simultaneous users 100mb/s of download speed from the same server or server system on the same backbone, at least not with the current networking and communications technologies available. and even if it was possible (which might be, and i’m a bit outdated), administrators set a maximum download speed per client, depending on the needs of clients accessing the service/website. if it’s a streaming server for standard definition videos such as utube or ur good ole hotmail, then i personally don’t see any reason why anyone would need more than 10mb/s bandwidth. HOWEVER, if u’re running a real-time FULL HD video conference between multiple ends, then yes, maybe u’ll need ur 100mb/s.
3) ISPs provide 2 types of internet connections, shared and dedicated. when an ISP purchases its own bandwidth (back-bone), they get it in a set of blocks varying in speed. home users (and small businesses) usually share the same block for a certain amount of users. so for example if a block is 1gb/s, then not only 10 users will be using it, in most cases ISPs make 25-50 users (and sometimes hundreds of users) use the same block. why do ISPs do that? to maximize the amount of customers and decrease cost. Dedicated bandwidth, on the other hand, provides the subscriber with FULL 100% of advertised speed for an extra (sometimes VERY extra) price.
it’s VERY costly to ISPs (and sometimes impossible according to the number of clients) to give dedicated bandwidth to all customers. this should explain why off-peak hours do reach advertised speeds, but i’m sure u already know most of this.
the only “thing” they need to add to their advertised speed is the phrase “up-to”, so instead of saying 100mb/s fiber connection for 50 bucks a month, they should say “Up-to 100mb/s” for 50 bucks a month…
i kinda understand their point, and i wont complain if i had that service.
This is what i would call slow.
P.S We don’t even use wireless!!! This is how crappy AUS internet is.
Hi,
This is my connection speed (!)
1 MBps ADSL. 106 kbps download and 27 kbps upload. The fastest rates in Turkey are 850 kbps download and 80 kbps upload. Internet in Turkey sucks and I don’t believe my grandchildrens’ grandchildrens can see a rate of 2 MBps download and 1 MBps upload. Japanese are really lucky.
And one more thing, I can live anywhere in universe because I live in the hardest place to live. Turkey!!! Last place I wanna live but why I have to???
:(:(
20mbit internet conenctin.my test result is 17.76mbit download and 7.76 upload with wireless modem.I live in Turkey and paid 40 dollars for this service.I think its pretty cool
Wtf? I am in America with a cable modem and this is all I get?
Now we should check if the Japanese are aliens. I was thinking that Jordan is not that developed since they here offer at max 10megabits with 90$/month. I think it’s fair when I compare it with America, But Japan… The have speeds beyond imagination
, Truly! I mean my computer transfers files locally (On HDD) with speed of 17MegaBytesPerSecond, and the japaneese transfers 12MegaBytesPerSecond online …. that’s beyond dreams to me 
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Man I feel kind of sad for my self to have 512kbps at home. Really I feel outdated
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Ouch! I hope they don’t call it “broadband”!
Steve,
What ISP do you have? I like your upload at 30MB. I am thinking about changing my provider as I am not getting the results as they advertised (100mb download)
There is a NTT communication center down my street. I can’t be that far from the hub. I can see the tower from my house. The other reason why I want to change ISP is because they are blocking outbound port 25. I am running a mail server for personal use and I can’t send out.
Here is my speed.