I ordered one of these, based on Ben's recommendation. They do airport pickup/return, so I'm collecting it from Narita on the way in. My flight home is departing from Haneda, so I'll have to arrange to return it before that.
They suggest ordering it at least 36 hours before your flight to Japan. http://www.jcrcorp.com/mobile/mobile_rental_simcard.htm Cheers, Paul On 09/07/2011, at 1:02 AM, Pat Allan wrote: > When I went over last year I rented a SIM card through JCR Corp: > http://jcrcorp.com/ > > Website's nothing flash, and prices aren't cheap, but that's the case across > the board from what I've found. They delivered it to my hotel the day I > arrived in Japan, with an envelope to post it back to them once you're done. > The SIM worked fine, they give you the details to get data working, and > Docomo (the carrier they use) has a pretty solid network. > > For those with iPhone 4 and iPads, they should offer MicroSIMs (they didn't > officially last year, but Ben Hoskings asked via email and they were happy to > supply one). > > -- > Pat > > On 09/07/2011, at 12:56 AM, Andrew Grimm wrote: > >> Anyone used mobile internet in Japan? Did you use Telstra's $29 for 10 >> MILLION (Dr Evil style) bytes, rent a SIM card, or rent a wireless >> modem? >> >> Or maybe I should HTFU and only use internet while I'm at the Kimi >> Ryokan or at the conference... >> >> Andrew >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby or Rails Oceania" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rails-oceania?hl=en.
