mitene internet Co., Ltd.

A província de Fukui acabou de registrar o maior declínio populacional de sua história, e sua marca local de internet — mitene, em operação desde 1996 — ainda vende fibra óptica para as famílias restantes. A tabela de preços indica que uma linha familiar custa 4.950 ienes por mês na fibra óptica de atacado da NTT.

Fukui prefecture just recorded the steepest population fall in its history, and its local internet brand — mitene, running since 1996 — still sells fibre to the households that remain. The tariff table says a family line costs 4,950 yen a month on NTT's wholesale fibre. The harder question is what the local name on the invoice is worth, who actually pays for the 23 people who run it, and how a provider whose consumer base is literally dying built a second business selling infrastructure to other operators from Seoul to Singapore.