On Mar 22, 2:50 pm, "Sigi Rindler" <srind...@da2.so-net.ne.jp> wrote:
> Some time ago I saw an add about "wireless Internet" in Japan. What I mean
> is an ISP that enables you to use your computer anywhere in the city, Mt.
> Fuji, or virtually all over Japan. This service was around 5 or 6 years ago
> as I remember. I met somebody in a village in Saitama who was searching the
> web on a bench in the woods.
> It was kind of slow and expensive. What are the options now?
> Does anybody know the access address of this service? What hardware would be
> required? I wonder whether some small handheld device would allow me to use
> VoiP (Skype and/or VoipStunt) with this gadget and ISP.

It was presumably a mobile phone PCMCIA data card he was using? The
current best(?) option is E-Mobile but I don't know if they do 3G
speeds or not - tell a lie, it is 3G, but limited area, it seems:

http://www.emobile.jp/cgi-bin/e_press.cgi?id=361
http://www.japaninc.com/ww160

Ken