Japan's networks buckling under data strain, culprit is exactly what you think

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The saturation of high-speed networks is a virtually inevitable
side-effect of compatible hardware becoming cheaper and more
capable; Japan's been trekking in that direction longer than
anyone, and it seems that they're nearing the breaking point. The
problem's exacerbated by the fact that truly unlimited usage plans
are still available over there -- we bet that doesn't last
much longer -- but what's everyone downloading? Porn, of course.
All of the local carriers are either clamping down on the heaviest
downloaders or are considering doing so; some of the larger content
providers say they're signing up over a thousand new users a day,
and when you consider that many Japanese are using their phones
exclusively for personal internet access, it doesn't take much work
to connect the dots. Can't someone please, like, invent more
spectrum space?



[Thanks, Will]


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