Japan's #1 English Broadband Agent
ADSL • Fiber Optic • Telephone
Welcome to BBapply
BBapply is the online site for Zazm, Ltd. BB Shop, an authorized application agent for Japan's top two broadband providers, Yahoo! BB and NTT.
Yahoo! BB is Japan's No.1 ADSL broadband provider with approximately five million users while NTT Flet's is Japan's No. 1 fiber optic provider with over six million subscribers. NTT Flet's is also No.2 in the ADSL market.
Zazm, Ltd. also processes applications for NTT landline telephone services.
BBapply has also established an English language Yahoo! BB support forum. It is a forum for questions about Yahoo! BB's services and is available to all Yahoo! BB customers.
A message from Jimmie:
Welcome to BBapply, which is operated by Zazm, Ltd., Japan's No. 1 English Broadband Application Agent. I hope you find it helpful in signing up for internet services.
Before you sign up here, however, I want to let you know not only what Zazm, Ltd. is but also what it is not in order to ensure your expectations do not exceed our capabilities.
The Role of BBapply
Zazm, Ltd, a Japan corporation, is an application agent for various service providers and receives a commission from those companies for each application processed. There is no charge to the applicant for the processing or support services provided by Zazm, Ltd. and BBapply and the actual costs to the applicant will be the same whether the application is made through BBapply or directly to the companies.
Reality Check
Two things Zazm, Ltd. is not being paid to do, however, are to translate the Yahoo! BB and NTT web sites (which are massive and constantly changing) into English or to provide on-going English technical support for customers of those companies. Therefore, it is not possible for BBapply to provide extensive personal support beyond the initial application and connection.
Nonetheless, we endeavor to present sufficient information about the services to enable you to both get and stay connected with a minimum of struggle.
Good Faith Effort
The descriptions of the services and the info on BBapply.com is presented in good faith as correct and accurate. However, the details of the services offered by the companies we represent are complex and constantly changing so it is thus inevitable that there may be discrepancies or periods when BBapply.com is not 100% up to date.
The primary reason for any discrepancies is that the companies do not always inform us of changes, especially with regards to the things they're not paying us to do such as post-connection support and optional or supplemental services.
Our Goal
It's not news that internet services are complicated and it can be very difficult to wade through all the choices, often described in jargon that is not well understood. Anyone who has been looking for a way to get connected knows this. It's a daunting task made even worse when so much of the information is in a foreign language.
At BBapply, it is our goal to present the services, options and prices in a simple and direct way that is understandable to the average person who may not be familiar with a lot of the jargon used in the computer and the broadband industries. Doing that, however, puts us at risk of the inaccuracy of over-simplification.
The truth is that the services and options are not simple. For example, with some services the price the user will actually pay depends on the exact situation at the user's location. In order to be simple but accurate, we concentrate on the main points and when listing prices always endeavor to note the highest price scenario. We have chosen to avoid the misleading style of others who always list the lowest price possible and then hide the real costs in a complex maze of information. To tell the truth, even though we have been in this business since the 90's, we often have trouble ourselves sorting through it all to determine how much it will really cost.
At BBapply, we try to make our estimates on the high end because we believe any surprises should be happy surprises. Nonetheless, there is always the risk that we may over-simplify or omit info that you may consider important. In such cases we hope you understand what we are trying to do. The other web sites that offer connections are out there if you really want all that complexity. But if you just want to get connected without getting a headache, I hope BBapply will do that for you.
Contact and Visiting Zazm, Ltd.
Finally, I'd like to mention that if you have any questions or wish to point out errors on this web site, I want to hear from you. My phone numbers and address are below. Or you may write me through my contact page.
By the way, if you happen to be in Ashiya (next door to Kobe on the Osaka side), feel free to stop by for a cup of coffee. We're just one minute from Hanshin Ashiya Station. Just call before coming to ensure I'll be here and available.
Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu!
Jimmie Jenkins
Managing Director
Zazm, Ltd.
Kurauchi Bldg. 5F
11-7 Kinmitsu-cho
Ashiya, Hyogo 659-0065
Tel: 0797-38-0431
IP Phone: 050-1507-8457
Fax: 0797-38-0449
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倉内ビル5F
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