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I also do not recommend relying on WiFi. Cellular data is much more convenient, and can be recharged as needed.

I used B-Mobile late last fall on my imported Gingerbread based Android for a little under two weeks. It took me a while to figure out why I could connect to DoCoMo but couldn't use data. I had to edit the stock PPP configuration file to change the login name to "bmobile". I already had root, and I found the tip on a web search.

B-Mobile does offer a list of compatible handsets. (Mine wasn't included, but I took a chance.)

Overall, I agree with Nikolay Elenkov's suggestion to use a battery-powered data-only WiFi access point if your data-only SIM choices are limited by your existing equipment.

One thing about regular WiFi: it appeared to me that some access points blocked Skype. I'm not certain what the problem was.

> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:38:32 +0800
> From: sl-tlug@example.com
> To: tlug@example.com
> Subject: Re: [tlug] Wifi hotspot access in Tokyo
>
> "Nikolay Elenkov" <nick@example.com> wrote:
> > You can also get a prepaid data-only SIM
>
> e.g.
> http://www.bmobile.ne.jp/english/index.html
>
> > Note that SIMs from MVNOs (b-mobile, IIJ, etc.) are heavily
> > shaped and latency is usually pretty bad though. Speed varies wildly
> > during the day.http://asahi-net.jp/en/