Application of communication speed limitation when KDDI exceeds prescribed packet number also to smartphone

KDDI announced today that it will apply measures to control the communication speed from 1st October when the number of packets exceeds the prescribed packet number on the Internet connection on the smartphone.

Start of application of data communication speed control in Internet connection service to au smartphone | 2011 | KDDI CORPORATION


NTT DoCoMo, SoftBank and eMobile are implementing the limitation of communication speed, and au also carries out about mobile phones, but smartphones are subject to change in the future as well.

According to the announcement, the condition of communication restriction is "The number of packets used by the au smartphone during the last three days including the previous day is 3 million packets or moreIf it applies to this, downlink communication (download to net smartphone) is controlled, so communication itself can be used continuously, but speed will be affected.

This control measuresWhen the number of packets in the last 3 days becomes less than 3 million packets, it is releasedIt will be. Also,It does not include WiMAX communication and communication when using Wi-Fi.

From August 16, it seems that it will become possible to confirm the standard of smartphone packet communication charges in the latest 3 days from "Calling charges / communication charge of this month" of "au customer support", so apply from 1st October Please check again how much packet communication you are doing in 3 days before. By the way, since 1 packet = 128 bytes, 3 million packets corresponds to approximately 366 MB.