Re: [tlug] (off-topic) Unlimited data plan (mobile internet access) in Japan

[Drew Poulin <poulin@example.com>]

On Aug 27, 2014, at 11:06 AM, Kenneth Burling <burlingk@example.com> wrote:

> My wife is unsure what the data allotment is for the month, but she says it is very slow.

It certainly was for me, at least out at the beach at Kujyukuri-hama (the Sotobo part of Chiba). It was unusably slow.  And that was at the rare locations where I could get any kind of signal.  

Out of dumb luck, I happened to be staying at a surfers’ pension that was part of the Wi2 300 system, so I was able to do my work using that.  I was in a bind, so I paid the 1,500 yen/3 days they were charging.  As I recall, they have a fairly reasonable (~500 yen) fixed monthly rate.  The speeds were good, as you’d expect of WiFi.

As soon as I got home, I returned the PocketWifi device to Softbank and canceled my 3,000 yen/mo. contract.

Drew