(keitai-l) Re: Iphone price-plan

From: Paul <paul_at_thetamusic.com>
Date: 06/24/08
Message-ID: <486061BF.CD852E14@thetamusic.com>
Phone calls and data services from 9PM- 1 AM in considered prime time
and thus charged more.  Calls from 1AM - 9PM are super cheap.

I have a softbank so I know.

Nick May wrote:

> On Jun 23, 2008, at 6:45 PM, pierre-louis wrote:
>
> > It doesn't include any outbound communications
> > neither inbound communications between 21h and 01h.
>
> I am not sure what this means exactly....
>
> I posted the below but it did not come through....
>
> <snip>
> Japanese carrier Softbank has announced its planned prices for the
> iPhone 3G, Reuters writes. Launching with the initial wave of 22
> countries on July 11th, Softbank will sell the 8GB iPhone for 23,040
> yen, or approximately $215; the 16GB iPhone should cost 34,560 yen
> ($322). It is expecting most subscribers to sign up for a 7,280 yen
> ($68) per month plan, which will guarantee unlimited data use and free
> calls to other Softbank users.
> </snip>
>
> http://legacy.macnn.com/articles/08/06/23/softbank.iphone.3g.plans/
>
> White plan is incoming and outgoing to other Softbank - but outgoing
> is not included between 21h and 01h.
>
> I think these prices are pretty good - my average bill is about that
> already. Given genuine packet-houdai, this is very manageable indeed.
>
> The whole "white plan" thing (free calls to other Softbank users) is
> something that a lot of us have already factored in to our current
> phone use. Whole families, extended families, have moved to Softbank
> because of it.
>
> Nick
>
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