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Japan's Mobile Network Buckles Under Porn Demand

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jul 7, 2009 3:43 AM CDT

(Newser) – Japan's mammoth 3G wireless network is beginning to buckle as users download world-record amounts of porn, Bloomberg reports. Mobile carriers have been forced to restrict the heaviest users of their "unlimited plans" to prevent outages. Privacy laws prevent the firms from saying what is... Read full story »

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