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NTT DOCOMO'S NEW 30,000 YEN DEPOSIT TO NON-JAPANESE SUBSCRIBERS ONLY
By Arudou Debito, James Gibbs, and others.
Courtesy of "The Community" Website
(Welcome to The Community)
As of April 1, 2002, DoCoMo, Japan's largest cellphone operator and a subsidiary of Japan's largest telephone operator, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT), now requires a deposit of 30,000 yen for all non-Japanese customers who are not legally Permanent Residents of Japan.
Although only affecting new subscribers, the authors of this site believe that NTT's actions are unfair, blaming non-Japanese for payment delinquency due in part to NTT's own byzantine rules, unrealistic in terms of actual rates of default for foreigners, and misguided in light of where NTT's current financial woes really lie--in its own incompetent investing practices.
An information site in English and Japanese may be found at
The Community on NTT DOCOMO'S "FOREIGN TARIFF"
and is organized as follows:
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1) ASAHI ON DOCOMO'S "FOREIGN TARIFF"
2) JAMES GIBBS ON DOCOMO'S BYZANTINE UNSUBSCRIPTION SYSTEM
3) ANONYMOUS ON FOREIGNERS' ACTUALLY INFINITESIMAL RATES OF DEFAULT
4) BEN AND OLAF CRUNCH THE NUMBERS FOR FOREIGNER DEFAULTS
5) ARUDOU DEBITO ON NTT'S INCOMPETENT BUSINESS PRACTICES
6) ASAHI ON "NTT LOSS WORST IN JAPANESE HISTORY"
7) IHT ON "NTT SEES DOUBLING OF LOSSES"
8) FINAL WORD
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We encourage people to vote with their feet--by unsubscribing from DoCoMo's services in favor of fairer rivals, such as J-Phone and KDDI's AU. Also, if and when doing so, please consider making clear to NTT that this unfair policy is the reason.
If you want, a bilingual letter for you to download, sign and submit to NTT when unsubscribing is available at The Community: Sample Letter when returning NTT Docomo Cellphones ルRムc?
Thank you for your consideration.
Arudou Debito
Sapporo
One Community Coordinator and Proud J-Phone user
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By Arudou Debito, James Gibbs, and others.
Courtesy of "The Community" Website
(Welcome to The Community)
As of April 1, 2002, DoCoMo, Japan's largest cellphone operator and a subsidiary of Japan's largest telephone operator, Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp (NTT), now requires a deposit of 30,000 yen for all non-Japanese customers who are not legally Permanent Residents of Japan.
Although only affecting new subscribers, the authors of this site believe that NTT's actions are unfair, blaming non-Japanese for payment delinquency due in part to NTT's own byzantine rules, unrealistic in terms of actual rates of default for foreigners, and misguided in light of where NTT's current financial woes really lie--in its own incompetent investing practices.
An information site in English and Japanese may be found at
The Community on NTT DOCOMO'S "FOREIGN TARIFF"
and is organized as follows:
---------------------------------------------
1) ASAHI ON DOCOMO'S "FOREIGN TARIFF"
2) JAMES GIBBS ON DOCOMO'S BYZANTINE UNSUBSCRIPTION SYSTEM
3) ANONYMOUS ON FOREIGNERS' ACTUALLY INFINITESIMAL RATES OF DEFAULT
4) BEN AND OLAF CRUNCH THE NUMBERS FOR FOREIGNER DEFAULTS
5) ARUDOU DEBITO ON NTT'S INCOMPETENT BUSINESS PRACTICES
6) ASAHI ON "NTT LOSS WORST IN JAPANESE HISTORY"
7) IHT ON "NTT SEES DOUBLING OF LOSSES"
8) FINAL WORD
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We encourage people to vote with their feet--by unsubscribing from DoCoMo's services in favor of fairer rivals, such as J-Phone and KDDI's AU. Also, if and when doing so, please consider making clear to NTT that this unfair policy is the reason.
If you want, a bilingual letter for you to download, sign and submit to NTT when unsubscribing is available at The Community: Sample Letter when returning NTT Docomo Cellphones ルRムc?
Thank you for your consideration.
Arudou Debito
Sapporo
One Community Coordinator and Proud J-Phone user
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ENDS