| 1997-013 | March 27, 1997 |
The growth of the Internet has led to the rapid increase in the popularity of Intranet, which is essentially an intracorporate network employing Internet technology. But the one big problem remains yet to be solved: the Internet may fail to meet the quality requirements for intracorporate networks in terms of security, throughput, and reliability.
The new service will furnish a solution of this problem providing global networking capability to secure improved security and throughput, while retaining the advantage of the Internet, - low, fixed rate. In addition, the service employs IP* interface for easier access.
* IP: Internet Protocol, or the communication protocol used on the Internet.
This service will be provided in two different types: Type-A for better quality and Type-B for better economy. With a subscriber port of up to 1.5 Mbps, customers can use the service by either choosing one of them, or combining both, depending on quality requirement of each destination.
With Type-A network, a 16 kbps to 1 Mbps logical link is established with each destination using KDD's International Frame Relay Network. As with the International Frame Relay Service, the logical link is guaranteed to provide a specified transmission rate.
With Type-B, through the direct circuit for KDD's Internet International Gateway Service, a virtual link is established with each of the designated destinations so that communications can be set up only within a closed user group. To this end, the Business IP router is equipped with tunneling and filtering functions.
For the service, a direct circuit is established between the customer and one of KDD's thirteen points of presence (Tokyo, Western Tokyo, Oyama, Chiba, Yokohama, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Fukuoka, and Okinawa).
The service area will be limited to the United States in the beginning, but it will gradually be expanded to include 30 countries and regions such as the United Kingdom, Germany, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
KDD also plans to introduce various application services such as GroupWare and EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) to supplement the International Business IP Service by the end of this year.
KDD has designated the first year of the new service as a trial period. During this period, the company plans to review the usage and demand trend of the service before providing the service on full scale from next spring.
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International Business IP Service Rates
1. Subscription fee: 800 yen
2. Communication charge:
(1) Port fee (same for both types)
| Port speed | Fee (monthly) |
| 64kbps | 200,000 yen |
| 128kbps | 280,000 yen |
| 192kbps | 370,000 yen |
| 256kbps | 460,000 yen |
| 384kbps | 630,000 yen |
| 512kbps | 800,000 yen |
| 768kbps | 1,150,000 yen |
| 1Mbps | 1,280,000 yen |
| 1.5Mbps | 1,800,000 yen |
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3. Subnetwork* registration fee (Type-B):
Additional one-time fee is required.
* Subnetwork: the IP address or a set of IP addresses that the customer registers upon establishing a virtual link.
4. Local Access Charges:
| (1) | Charges for subscriber tie line: equal to the leased circuit charge set by domestic Type 1 telecommunication carriers |
| (2) | Rental for the terminal equipment, etc., installed by KDD |
| Type | Charge (monthly) |
| 64kbps`128kbps (metal cable) | 6,700 yen |
| 64kbps`1.5Mbps (optical fiber) | 24,000 yen |
| (3) | In-house wiring charge: equal to the leased circuit charge set by domestic Type 1 telecommunication carriers |
| (1) | Port fee | 280,000 yen |
| (2) | Type-A Usage surcharge Communication surcharge | |
| (United States) | 36,000 yen | |
| (Hong Kong) | 28,000 yen | |
| (3) | Type-B Connection surcharge | 0 yen |
| (4) | Charges for subscriber tie line (when customer is within 15 km from point of presence and uses NTT) | 81,860 yen |
| (5) | In-house wiring charge (when NTT is used) | 60 yen |
| (6) | Rental for the terminal equipment | 6,700 yen |
| Total | 484,620 yen | |