Japan ISP reviews - post them here!

[autumnwillow]

Im looking for an ISP that doesn't throttle p2p networks and/or limit bandwidth. I will be using the connection for downloading HD movies/tv shows.

Currently on OCN's 12mbps ADSL, and i'm pretty much not satisfied with the speed, takes about a week to download 25-35gb of HD movie.

I have plans on getting Hikari's OCN, but I've already read a few bad things about it, so if any of you could recommend a good one I'd be glad to read about it.

O btw, for people who are getting slow downloads because of speed limiting by the ISP, try changing your bit torrent port to something higher than 10,000 and if possible use uTorrent's encryption.



OCN - when i subscribed, I asked what would be the fastest adsl speed that they could offer me, and they said 10mbps. So I applied for the 12mbps plan, unfortunately I only get 5mbps down and 1mbps up. Also, my internet gets disconnected when somebody uses the landline or when somebody calls in. Anything else goes well, no bandwidth limits, p2p throttling or heavy lags.

[SteadyRollingMan]

If you look through this forum the question has been answered
many time. You might have problems with OCN, but not a lot of us have had> I have used OCN/with Hikari but at 100MBps and my speeds are fine. You get what you pay for check out the 1Gps thread or the best ISP one.

[autumnwillow]

Ive read them both.

Your speed with Hikari's on the "Best ISP?" thread is just 100kb/s over mine. Now isn't that a bad download speed for a 100mbit connection? You should be getting 1-12mb/s for a 100mbit line.

I live in the rural area of Japan, so I don't think I would be able to apply for the 1Gbps.

[mr.sumo.snr]

Why don't you semi-retire bittorrents and sign up for a usenet archive account. $40/quarter will give you high-speed access with multiple connections. I can generally get my hikari-fiber ticking over at close to 20mb/sec on download.

You'll need an account, Newsbin, Quickpar and Winrar or equivalents. In a month you'll also need a new hard disk...


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[autumnwillow]

Originally Posted by mr.sumo.snr

Why don't you semi-retire bittorrents and sign up for a usenet archive account. $40/quarter will give you high-speed access with multiple connections. I can generally get my hikari-fiber ticking over at close to 20mb/sec on download.

You'll need an account, Newsbin, Quickpar and Winrar or equivalents. In a month you'll also need a new hard disk...


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I have a 400gb hdd and 1tb external hdd. Does your usenet server have pure HD quality movies? I mean movie files that is over 25-30gb, not the 4-16gb hd movies.

[thenoie]

Originally Posted by mr.sumo.snr

Why don't you semi-retire bittorrents and sign up for a usenet archive account. $40/quarter will give you high-speed access with multiple connections. I can generally get my hikari-fiber ticking over at close to 20mb/sec on download.

You'll need an account, Newsbin, Quickpar and Winrar or equivalents. In a month you'll also need a new hard disk...


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Aint that the truth, signed up with giganews,
now i have a homeserver with 4.5tb crammed with HD movies.

lucky TB drives are cheap!

[smooth operator]

Always been very happy with KDDI's Hikari One - have seen download speeds up to 3.5MBs a second and pay 4500yen a month for internet, modem, router and landline (not including cal charges, of course). No complaints.

[PUNCHtoTHEguts]

Originally Posted by thenoie

Aint that the truth, signed up with giganews,
now i have a homeserver with 4.5tb crammed with HD movies.

I tried out giganews on their 3 day trial, and yes it was quick but I found the idea of searching insanely complicated. Maybe I was totally missing something, but i really couldn't find what I was after.

I'm sure Im just being a newbie moron.
i would like to try again with a usenet service, so if anybody has any pointers let me know.

and yes, i went through the online documentation.

I thought it would be just... limewire or torrent searching and DLing but much quicker.

was i supposed to post for certain items and then people seed them for me?

I really have no idea. i am an idiot.

[thenoie]

Well...

yes giganews is the geeks version of file sharing world..
to make sense of it all I use usenet explorer.
http://www.usenetexplorer.com/

here you can search for stuff, but all your searches are done server side, not on your machine (no need to dowload all the headers), so much faster..

it also allows you to select related items (like when something s split 200 times, you can get the lot) and of course it will download all the bits, check them, and stick it all back together for you.

not be best tool, but I found it to have the most functionality, and, the scheduling, updating (they patch often) it better than others.

[PUNCHtoTHEguts]

Originally Posted by thenoie

yes giganews is the geeks version of file sharing world..

the online tutorials made it look so easy!
then the headers reared their cumbersome heads. and my head started spinning. it seems they have a plug in to help with the headers but is only available for windows.

it's all part of the learning curve i guess.


thanks for the advice. i shall give that prog a burl.

[happiness]

Here is my story short and maybe someone can help because KDDI cannot do this due to luck in their manual the question I asked. Well...I was happy client of TEPCO Hikari(taken over by KDDI). I used my Netgear Wi-Fi wireless router. I decided to switch to 1Gbps. The reason was price which is 2000yen cheaper than I paid so far plus first 2 months fee is waived. I got connected and then my problems had started. They giave me their Gateway NEC Aterm BL190HW. I told them I have my router so I won`t use it. The answer was you must use this one, not your own. Well, as long as it works for me I have no problem with that. Guys...they lock you up !!! I cannot use wireless at my own place !!! I set up everything as it should be and I`m 100% sure is correct. I called them up 3 times and always had the same answer, your device is wrong. Common!!! I had no problem before at all. What`s exactly happens is: when I connect my laptop it finds SSID and it shows CONNECTED, but cannot load pages. I used everyday morning my Pocket PC iPAQ 212 to check emails, but this also cannot use anymore, though it shows CONNECTED. I found what`s going on. IP changes in seconds after connection. It shows correct IP let`s say 192.168.0.0 and then changes to 192.168.45.7 just like that. I called them up again,but KDDI keep the same story, that my device is wrong and it doesn`t match with setting which is written under the gateway. I consider to cancel 1Gbps service and get back to 100Mbps PPPoE, in this case I get modem without sh*** gateway and connect back my Netgear. Cancellation of contract cost only 9,900yen (2months waved fees)
Bear in mind that 1Gbps don`t use PPPoE anymore.
By the way, from April 2009 there will be charge of 420yen/m for Wi-Fi signal which is waved now. This is how they do business and I don`t mind to pay, but allow me to use freely what I want at my place, not LOCK ME UP and allow only devices rented from KDDI.

ANY IDEA WHAT CAN BE DONE?

[autumnwillow]

If you're still on that 1gbps connection, check your DNS servers. These are important in order for you to convert named addresses like google.com to a computer address like 202.1.202.34.

Also, from the IP that shows up in your computer. I believe the router isn't setup to have DHCP server. That means you have to assign the IP address and the DNS servers manually. If your router IP is 192.168.0.0 then the next available Local IP would be 192.168.0.1, for DNS you can use 192.168.0.0(most routers already support internal DNS).

If this does not solve the problem, have your laptop connected to your router using a LAN cable instead of Wifi. Then check the IP addresses that shows up. The next step would be to copy those and use them when you connect through Wifi.

Oh, and don't call them asking how to make it work, ask them to send someone to your place and have it checked instead. It will be way much faster and hassle free.

[happiness]

autumnwillow

Thank you for your reply. I very appreciate it. My Gateway which I received from KDDI is set up by them and as I see DHCP is set to auto. Today late afternoon something happened. My iPAQ got correct IP and was working. I was so happy, but now late evening it shows again wrong IP, just like that, no idea why. KDDI guys and another support said that it may catch someone`s around, but there is no one and how it may catch another Wi-Fi if it shows my SSID device connected. Laptop got it and works, my IP Phone Linksys 942 started to work on LAN, but using Wireless-G Birdge failed and this is painful too. It worked great on my Netgear. I cannot set DNS in iPAQ, I know there is some reason it happens but what is that I have no idea. I even set up MAC permission on router but it doesn`t help either.
You are very right about getting someone to my place and check. There is such option and I can request this for 2100yen (reduced price) I want this to work, because I know it can. I want they tell me why is happening what is happening and fix it.

Thanks again

[redjack201]

Asahi.Net using NTT West's flets home premium (100MB connection). It's pretty fast; I have the direct fibre rather than the apartment plan which uses some kind of VDSL, so not sure if that makes a big diff.

Downloads and uploads are symmetrical, I get around 3mb/sec max (sure people in more central locations get faster speeds).

I just started with them and the 1st 6 months is free... so that's not bad.

Only grumble is they shape bit torrent; and WoW downloads... not that I'm a player, somebody just asked me to download a trailer because it looked cool. It started off fast, and had a green light... 1/2 way through it went down to 10k/sec and a red light popped up on the download app saying "you are behind a firewall". I've gotten around it by forwarding the ports and some other fancy business, but be warned... I have reason to believe that they shape things, and if you don't know about computers then no use playing WoW or using bit torrent with them.

[TheNipponese]

I am on Biglobe VDSL in Setagaya:

Real world down and up speeds here:
7736 kbps
524 kbps

4500 yen / month. No outages after five months.

I use encrypted bittorent with no slowdowns.

Couldn't be happier.

[autumnwillow]

After 1TB of total upload from my FFTH connection w/ OCN.

Whenever a torrent I started gets to 50% - 90% complete, my connection stops. I have to reset the ONU to get connected again.

Are there updates on policies regarding traffic control by OCN?

I'm starting to get pissed off because I play online games while I am downloading.

Bflets 100MB fibre to the home

OCN provider


on torrents have had max of 45MB/s over 3 well seeded torrents

no problem getting 25MB/s on well leeched torrents.


If you're using torrents, make sure your client is set up correctly, and if youre using windows make sure you fix the half open connection limit in XP.

[TheNipponese]

Originally Posted by autumnwillow

After 1TB of total upload from my FFTH connection w/ OCN.

Whenever a torrent I started gets to 50% - 90% complete, my connection stops. I have to reset the ONU to get connected again.

Are there updates on policies regarding traffic control by OCN?

I'm starting to get pissed off because I play online games while I am downloading.

Use encryption. It will hide the BT protocol from your ISP.