Hi everyone,
I am moving with my wife to tokyo Japan from Germany and we are trying to find an apartment remotely before we move in (to avoid paying twice the key money, agencies for a short term rental etc..)
We have had some online viewings but I find it incredibly difficult to find out what kind of internet we might get at each apartment we visit. My wife is japanese so she does most of the talking (I understand Japanese mostly, but can't speak well), but most real estate agents either don't know or are super vague about the Internet speed. They just say "free wifi" included or "ntt available" but can't tell me if it is fiber or vdsl or something else. Or sometimes they provide only wifi 5g pocket routers, which must be absolute garbage as it is has also data limits.
Also some apartments say NTT internet but only one provider (itscom for instance)… But why can't I change provider, if they all use NTT anyway? I found the NTT East website where I can enter the address and check for fiber, but they only say it "might" be available, but they can't be sure if it is installed in this specific home.
Basically we don't want to be stuck in a 2-3 years house contract without knowing what kind of speeds we will get…
In Germany we can visit the telecom companies websites, input the address and understand the theoretical speed we will get and if it is fiber or vdsl. 5G at home wifi is not common here, because it is in general not used at home but only for mobile phones.
Having high speed reliable Internet with no data caps is absolutely important for us as we work and study from home. Is there a website to check what kind of internet I have at each address we visit, with theoretical speeds?
How did you guys deal with the Internet question to real estate agents when they are so vague? It seems like they don't know the difference between Wi-Fi (which is NOT a type of internet connection) and Fiber and 5G, and VDSL…
Thank you very much for your help!
by g0dmaphia