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Old Jun 21, 2009, 12:36 pm
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Steve M
 
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Originally Posted by Chiangi
Softbank charges 100 yen per message and docomo 50 yen when SMS is sent from Japan -- both rates are more than you need to pay for sending a postcard by snail mail to the U.S. from Japan.
True, but the SMS message generally gets there faster.
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