Re: [tlug] Choosing an internet provider

[Raymond Wan <rwan.kyoto@example.com>]

Hi Andreas,


On 13/09/11 12:15, Andreas Kieckens wrote:
> I've recently moved and am living by myself in Japan for the first time.
> I have to choose an internet provider now but I really have no idea
> where to start. I just wanted to ask what everyone is using and why. I
> don't need anything too fancy. Just being able to browse at a decent
> speed would be fine. No mail addresses, webspace or anything else
> needed. I don't want any monthly data limits but I imagine that those
> don't exist in Japan anyway. I'm living in Itabashi-ku in case it's
> relevant.


I've lived in several places in Japan already.  I'm not sure 
if this is a good thing to admit, but for the two most 
recent places, I chose the internet provider that went with 
the apartment.  i.e., when you get your contract from the 
agency, the pamphlet that they also give you.  I probably 
should have shopped around...

In one case, it seemed like our landlord had an NTT fiber 
line installed in the building and residents could choose to 
share this line (by paying NTT directly and not the 
landlord).  I later found out that the nice thing was the 
NTT provider (OCN, I think) had an English toll free number 
[if I remember correctly].

Ray