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DoCoMo's Gigalight "Overuse prevention" Flexible setting of communication volume

NTT Docomo has increased the options for setting the tiered rate plan "Gigalight". Until now, the setting to stop high-speed data communication was only 1 gigabyte (GB) to reduce charges, and when it exceeded 1 GB, it automatically increased to 7 GB, but from August 30, 3 GB and 5 GB on the way I was able to set it though.

The fee for "5G Gigalight", which supports 5G with Gigalight, is 3465 yen per month for up to 1GB. 1GB to 3GB is ¥4,565 a month, 3GB to 5GB is ¥5,665 a month, and 5GB to 7GB is ¥6,765 a month. The fee is determined according to the amount of data used, so it is characterized by being cheaper in months when it is not used much.

Detailed pricing is possible

This is compatible with a tiered plan that increases according to the amount of communication used and a capacity-based plan such as 1GB plan, 3GB plan, 5GB plan, and 7GB plan. It is a mechanism to let

Docomo's Gigalight

If you don't care about the total amount you pay and want the charge to fluctuate according to the amount of data you use, you can use it without limiting the amount of communication. On the other hand, people who want to keep their monthly communication charges to a certain level can set limits to prevent overuse.

It can be said that it has become easier for users to choose Gigalight because the current mainstream smartphone price plan is a plan by capacity. Rakuten Mobile has also introduced a tiered rate plan, but it was not possible to stop at a specific capacity, and there was a risk that it would go up to 3278 yen if it exceeded 20GB due to overuse.

The problem with Docomo's plan was that even if you used it a little too much, the charge would go up to the next level. For example, 3GB costs 4565 yen per month, but 3.

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