(keitai-l) Re: Docomo unlimited data settings (was SIM cards in Japan 2008)

I can vouch for the e-Mobile service. Been using it quite awhile. While 
the service is a bit spotty, the overall performance is quite good and 
inline with the k-tai impress results. I also have Au and SB data 
services. Between them, the Softbank is clearly the winner.

Bear in mind eMobile is running on top of the NTT HSPDA network as an 
MNVO - I wonder how Docomo takes this? Perhaps they really aren't 
interested in the 'business telecom' ??

Nik Frengle wrote:
> Thanks for that Pierre. Looking at the article, it looks like e-Mobile are
> definitely the way to go: Best pricing, speed competitive or better than
> DoCoMo's (don't even talk about KDDI's, which was really low in this test),
> and a very good modem (I have the same one, made by Huawei, and using it in
> the UK, and the really good thing about it is that it is plug n play, and
> the client is installed and started when you plug it in.) And probably
> unlike the DoCoMo one (though I don't know), the e-Mobile modem is also
> GSM/GPRS/Edge compatible.
> Of course, in Japan e-Mobile is not really an option if you are outside of
> Kanto or Kansai, and I don't know whether having all of the other radios is
> useful or not, since they would have to have roaming agreements in the
> countries you were going to. There is a whole seperate discussion there, but
> if they WANTED to have roaming agreements, it is dead simple, since there
> are roaming agreement aggregators, and if you sign a contract with them you
> get access to all of the roaming agreements under their control. This
> doesn't give the carrier the sort of control that Japanese carriers insist
> on in most aspects of their business, which is why Vodafone Japan, now
> Softbank, negotiated each roaming agreement individually, as did DoCoMo. I
> am not sure about KDDI, but roaming with them is slightly limited anyway.
> This tight control is something that has it's pluses and minuses, but for a
> small carrier starting out, it seems like the ability to instantly offer
> international roaming to compete with the big boys would be worth some loss
> of control. The Huawei modem can, by the way, be unlocked. (
> http://www.avforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=696311).
> On Feb 17, 2008 11:27 AM, pierre-louis <
> pierre-louis.hazart@bouyguestelecom.jp> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hey there !
>>
>> Hope your week-end was great.
>> Here is an excellent article comparing the data-plan of eMobile, DoCoMo
>> and
>> KDDI.
>> For those who don't read Japanese, just check out the charts, it's pretty
>> clear.
>> http://bb.watch.impress.co.jp/cda/special/20626.html
>>
>> Pierre-Louis
>>
>> -----Message d'origine-----
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>> De la part de Andrew Shuttleworth
>> Envoyé : mardi 12 février 2008 10:56
>> À : keitai-l@appelsiini.net
>> Objet : (keitai-l) Re: Docomo unlimited data settings (was SIM cards in
>> Japan 2008)
>>
>> Note that the DoCoMo flat rate plan doesn't allow streaming video, FTP
>> and maybe VOiP. The wording was rather vague. It said something like
>> "we don't allow n, n, n, and n, although there may be some
>> exceptions".
>>
>> I don't want to mess around with restrictions like that. Unless they
>> improve my next move will be to eMobile, in spite of the coverage
>> restrictions. I think it's good to support new and innovative
>> companies like them.
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>> On Feb 12, 2008 10:16 AM, Kyle Barrow <kyle@pukupi.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Softbank do have one "PC" packet plan hidden away at 0.02 yen / packet:
>>>
>>> Packet Teigaku Biz:
>>> http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/price_plan/3G/orange_blue/blue/packet_biz.html
>>>
>>> I would still prefer to move to Docomo's unlimited PC packet plan but
>>> am waiting to hear if anyone has managed to successfully set this up
>>> on an overseas mobile.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Kyle
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