Has anyone in Japan heard of this company?
Mobile Internet - Rentafone Japan - Pocket WiFi / MiFi Rental
Last October I used the internet in my Tokyo hotel for 1050 yen/day (ripoff!) and I was using AT&T international data plan at $50/50Mb. I learned the hard way that internet can get quite expensive there. When I go back to Japan in March, I want to try and rent the pocket WiFi (MiFi) for 8900 yen for the time I'm there. It may sound like a lot, but compared to what I paid for last time, it's not that bad. At least I'd be able to take it with me and use my iPhone in airplane mode and manually turning on the WiFi.... If it's unlimited data, I can do all I need to do with my iPhone (GPS, Hyperdia, and social network) and then when I get to the hotels I'll be at, I can use my laptop for scouting the next day's activities.
So what do you think? Is it a reasonable thing? I'd be using the B-mobile system. I know it's using the NTT Docomo 3G system, but at least I'd be able to take it with me. I understand that in the mountains (Nagano, Matsumoto, Nikko) and the rural areas, the reception may be a bid dicey, but in the main cities I'd go to (Tokyo, Osaka, Kobe, Sendai, Hiroshima, Okayama, Kyoto, Nagoya, Nara) etc, it should work well. Am I correct?