DSL subscribers, end Nov. '03

End of November, number of DSL subscribers was 9,911,306. Will have been over 10 Million by the end of December (update soon), from 5,645,728 in December 2002. 46,782,000 households in Japan, so quite good penetration.

There are many high speed DSL products available, 8Mbps, 12Mpbs, even 45Mbps, but all are best effort. A friend working at a large DSL provider said he thought very few would be getting less than 1.5Mbps.