lindsey_laka asked:
Another question about Japan for you guys. I’m considering buying a phone and international sevice plan while I’m in Japan (I’ll be there for a semester). Is this advisable? Are they outrageously expensive or reasonably priced? Will a calling card suffice? Thank you!
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Timothy & Christina F added these pithy words on Jun 17 08 at 4:33 amThere are plenty of cell-phones and carriers available. I have Soft Bank (formerly Vodafone) and the plans are expensive and you get a very small number of minutes. I think texting is more popular, thus plans offer smaller minutes. If you’re only going to be here for a semester, a calling card is more practical- they are reasonably prices and quite accessible.
the_death added these pithy words on Jun 19 08 at 12:57 pmfor international call, you better just use skype, or phonecard.
to me Brastel is one of the cheapest,for the phone plans, i was using AU when i first came here.
my mobil was only 1 yen and the monthly service was 3-3500 yen for student (from what i remember) with around 50 mins / month calling time.
by the way, it is one year contact only
jimiyash added these pithy words on Jun 19 08 at 2:06 pmit might be good to get a cell phone where you can use a prepaid card. i had a vodafone (softbank). the phone was free and you can buy the phone card from convenience stores for about 3000 yen for a 60 min phone card or 5000 yen for 2 hour phone card i believe. when calling international it is kind of expensive and it might be best to just use skype as mentioned earlier.