Yahoo BB
Broadband service model in Japan
June 4, 2002
Hayato Kameta BB Technologies
YahooBB ADSL Service
- 8 Mbps Down stream (best effort)
- 512 kbps Up stream (best effort)
- With VOIP capability
- US$18 (\2,280)
YahooBB ADSL started in June 2001.
Historical data of, monthly ADSL ISP charge in Japan
¥14,000
¥12,000
¥10,000
¥8,000
US$50 (\/$=0.8)
¥6,000
¥4,000
US$18 (\/$=0.8)
¥2,000
¥0
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“BB” of YahooBB became so popular in Japan, in 2001
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Number of DSL subscribers in Japan
2,500,000
2,000,000
1,500,000
1,000,000
YahooBB
Launch
500,000
0
Reasonable & lowest price
-Yahoo Japan,
No.1 portal to acquire the audience.
- Renting deployed fiber (Dark fiber)
- Pure IP network
- Mass advantage
3 month deployment
- About 1200 central offices
- G bit dark fiber all across Japan
- Max 8M bps through put, for each subscriber
VOIP
- Domestic call
6 cents (\7.5) / 3 min.
- Japan to US
6 cents (\7.5) / 3 min.
- Among our users
free
Voice over IP
Y!BB for PlayStation2
Game Server (Game Maker)
Japan Internet
High speed Data Transfer through
Optical Fiber
YahooBB XML Server
BBT Network
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"PlayStation2” is a registered trademark of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc.
HOT SPOT
Deploying wireless stations connected to YahooBB ADSL
- McDonald’s
else coming soon
World lowest price
Pure IP network
YahooBB