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From: fujisawa@sm.sony.co.jp (Kenji Fujisawa) (by way of Mitchell Kapor
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Subject: Re: ISDN in Japan and USA


In article <telecom11.1018.4@eecs.nwu.edu>, haynes@cats.UCSC.EDU 
(Jim Haynes) says:

> He remarked that in Japan one can just call the telephone company
> and ask to have your home service converted to ISDN and it will be
> done the next day, no charge for the conversion and no extra charge
> for ISDN service.

It's overstated.  The time for instllation varies between one week to
six months depending on the area, the availability of the digital
exchanges.  And you have to pay an instllation fee of about $100 -
$150.  Futermore, the monthly charge becomes twice of the analog
telephone: ie, about $35.


Kenji Fujisawa    fujisawa@sm.sony.co.jp

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