NTT Docomo slashes service prices 50%

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Starting August 22, NTT Docomo cellular phone customers will see their monthly bills cut in half.NTT Docomo officials say basic payments will be halved, but note there is one condition: customers must have a minimum two-year Docomo contract to be eligible for the new rates.

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[DoctorP]

This is good news for me! But I'm already on a pretty cheap plan.

[P_chan]

Damn we just switched from Docomo to AU. I'm sure my wife will be upset because she has had docomo for a long time. But AU does get a better signal.

[DoctorP]

Damn we just switched from Docomo to AU. I'm sure my wife will be upset because she has had docomo for a long time. But AU does get a better signal.

I'm not so sure about that. The only place I notice signal problems is if I happen to be on Kadena. Of course when I bought my phone I couldn't use it in my house as I was in a low lying area. About a month later DoCoMo installed a new relay tower, so all is well now!

[P_chan]

I think docomo is the best in mainland but AU gets a better signal from my experience. Though I haven't gone up north yet, I want to try that out. If you went about 100 yards off 58 up north your signal went out with docomo.

[DoctorP]

I've taken my phone all the way to Higashi with no problems. But I haven't been all the way to Hedo.

[P_chan]

I have too but if I leave 58 my cellphone goes out right away.

[ness4k]

Hey price cuts are always good news...well as long as the service doesn't start suffering b/c of it.

[Tempestuous]

I wish we would get a half price rate reduction at our end....that would sure be sweet!

[P_chan]

I just found out from my wife that it's not just docomo that is cutting their price. We just signed up for AU this month and as of next month our plan will be half price. I wonder why they are doing that?