(keitai-l) Re: Mundane question

From: Jani PATOKALLIO <jpatokal_at_iki.fi>
Date: 11/16/00
Message-ID: <3A138F27.EA951EBF@iki.fi>
Renfield Kuroda wrote:
> You can tell them which model you want, which billing plan, etc. by just
> pointing to the catalogue.
> 
> Filling in the paperwork will be tough if you can't read Japanese, but if
> you can get someone to explain where to put your name, address, etc.

When I got my i-mode a few months back in Shinjuku, the standard NTT Docomo
new-subscriber form appeared to have all the essential bits in English
as well, even including written instructions on the side.

> Then again if someone in Japan is going to get it for you, might as well
> let them do it?

Indeed.  And it's probably illegal or bad karma or something for
someone to get a phone in their own name and give it to you --
if your company has an office in Japan, why not get the phone in
the company's name?

Cheers,
-- 
Jani PATOKALLIO / jpatokal@iki.fi / +81 90 7722 3557
Sanpo Laboratory, Mechano-Informatics Dept., University of Tokyo
ヤニ・パトカリオ / jani@sanpo.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp / 090 7722 3557
東京大学、工学系研究科、機械情報工学科、算法設計研究室

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Received on Thu Nov 16 09:16:48 2000