Shannon Jacobs <shanen@cashette.com> wrote:
> Currently my communications costs in Kanagawa are running about 8,500 
> yen/month. This includes regular phone service, an ISP, a linked ADSL 
> service, and a mobile phone, but it still seems somewhat expensive. There 

I can't comment on the state of the group, but 8500yen/month for all of that in ANY country sounds like a damned good deal. In what sense could it possibly seem expensive ? If it seems that way because you just can't afford it, well, thats a completely separate and unrelated matter.