投稿の詳細: 躊躇　Hesitation

携帯がほぼ壊れて
しまったので、買い替えに
行った。軽い気持ちで
行ったのだが、躊躇してしまった。

携帯が高いのだ、平気で
3万だとか5万だとかしている。
中には1万円台のものもあるが、
最低2年契約プラス何とか割り
というのを4つ以上契約しない
といけないとか。しかも
機種変更にはペナルティーが
課せられる。

以前携帯電話は0円で、その分
通話料金に上乗せされており
頻繁に買い換えるユーザーと
そうでないユーザーとに不公平
があるので、それを是正しなければ
いけないという、総務省の行政指導
があったのは知っている。

で、携帯電話は高くなり通話料金は
下がったのか？　携帯電話は高くなった
とよ～く実感できた。でも、通話料金
が安くなっているという実感はない。

今の契約内容を見せて、安くなる
プランを提案してもらったが、安くなるか
ならないかは基本料金を高めに設定して
2年間は契約に縛られてその上
高いハード代金を払わなければ
ならない。大体料金体系が
複雑すぎて「何割」というのが
沢山あって、その基本料金が
積み重なって、結局今の
毎月の支払いより安くなるという保証は
無い。もちろん人それぞれ使い方は違うし
現状でも毎月の支払い額は使用頻度によって
違うのだが。それにしても
通話料金が大分安くなったという
実感はなく、
通信業社の業績が悪くなったとは
聞かない。本当に安くなったのか？

どうも納得できなくて
買い替えを躊躇してしまった。
それにしても選択肢はあまり
多くはなさそうだな～。

My cell phone is almost
out of order and I have to
change it. So I went to
a phone shop to buy a new
one and change to a cheaper
fare plan. But I was hesitant.

Cell phone is so expensive.
New ones cost more than 50,000
yen and each one costs over
30,000 per unit. There are cheaper ones
but I have to be bound by the contract
for at least two years and to keep
at least four different reduced rate
contracts.If I change a model during
first two years, I have to pay a
penalty.

Befreo cell phone cost zero but the
higher rate was applied which caused
unfairness among the users who changes
the models frequently and who changes
less frequently. So the Ministry of
General Affairs ordered to change such
unfair situation.

Then has the cell phone cost more and
has the rate become cheaper ? I surely
found that the cell phone became expensive.
But I did not fee the communication rate
became less expensive.

I showed my current rate plan to a shop
keeper and asked her to recommend another
one which would lower the cost. But no one
was able to tell if my bill would become
lower because it would depend on how often
I use the phone and on what kind of rate plan
I would enroll. I have to sign a higher base
rate contract and be bound by two year contract
as well as pay higher cell phone price.
The rate plans are so many and complicated.
I wonder who can explain all the plans ?
In any case no body can guarantee that my rate
would be lower. Of course I admit that the usage
is different from one person to another and
even my current bill is different from one
month to another depending on the usage.

But anyhow, the fact is that I don't feel
the rate has become cheaper and that
I have not heard the
communication companies' operating
results are worse.
I wonder if the rate become cheaper?

Therefore, I was hesitant to renew the
cell phone and the contract at the shop.
But the problem is that there seems
no choice for a samll user like me.