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To: foundation who wrote (14512)	9/1/2001 10:25:46 AM
From: slacker711	Respond to of 196564

A basic 8,000 yen monthly i-mode fee will allow unlimited use of the i-mode service, worth up to 120,000 yen, according to the sources. The i-mode pricing fees combined with the handset pricing is damn good news. I vaguely remember reading about i-mode users who were spending huge amounts of money every month (i'll try and find the article). So, will NTT apply for services, knowing they will be refused, so they can save face by blaming new delays on the Government (the government being NTT)? I have said it before....I think I am far less likely to believe in conspiracies than others on this thread. I am going to take it at face value until we hear otherwise. Or, will NTT actually begin commercial services to save face (having the Government's decision under its own thumb) - services that are clearly inferior to user expectations for remedial functioning? This is what makes the pricing scheme pretty surprising. I would have expected them to start with higher prices as they continued to work through the various problems that have been reported. I think the fact that they didnt go with a Globalstar pricing scheme indicates at least some confidence in their system. We'll find out soon if that confidence was misplaced. Slacker