For those interested in the tech behind this issue, here's NTT's network map. Take note of the lack of things on it. Of these, they only have datacenters in Northern California and Virginia, with colocation here and there. Your ISP will basically route you to the nearest NTT node.



Compared to other providers, it's pretty barren. Below is Level3/Centurylink, as they've merged.

http://www.level3.com/-/media/files/maps/en-network-services-level-3-network-map.pdf