Re: Yahoo & Softbank to start ADSL service

[Stephen Lee <sl@example.com>]

Yamagata Hiroo <hiyori13@example.com> wrote:
> I just went and got myself on the list.

Yes, I found their site at <http://bb.yahoo.co.jp/>.

> Whole Tokyo and major cities should be covered in July, so you can register
> anyway (no obligations),

I'll do it soon.

> I'm not sure what's SDSL, but the blurb says that it is AnnexA G.dmt
> (G.992.1).
> 
> So, it's nice, although Yahoo/Softbank has a bad reputation of not fully
> commiting to their announcements, and there's a lot of suspicion about how
> this thing could possibly pay its way.

Seems that you have to pay the line usage charge to NTT separately (a few
hundred yens for type 1, and 2,000 or so for type 2 service), so they are
not losing money there at least.

Stephen