Re: NTT-ME was (Re: Metallic DSL in Tokyo)

[Stephen Lee <sl@example.com>]

ayako kato <ayakat@example.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 02:56:33PM +0100, Simon Cozens wrote:
> > On Wed, Oct 25, 2000 at 10:13:44AM +0900, Jack Morgan wrote:
> > > Down side is only 4 service areas
> > 
> > Do you know where they are? This is stuff for the Tokyo High Speed Internet
> > FAQ. (Yes, it *is* happening, honest.)
> 
> http://www.ntt-east.co.jp/senyo/ADSL/gaiyo/index.html lists them. 
> 
> On this NTT site, I read there are 6 "service areas" and this probably 
> applies whether you're using NTT-ME or Metallic or some other ISP. 

This is probably going to expand.  The word is 23 wards by the end of
the year.  You can check Metallic's availablility at their web site. 
They will tell you when it is available by your phone number.

Anybody catch the news that NTT is under investigation for allegedly
deliberately delaying the deployment of ADSL?  It was on Nikkei front
page on Tuesday.  Today Nikkei has news that the government is
considering some law that will be focused against monopolies like the
NTTs.

Stephen