DoCoMo i-mode vs. The Big One

DoCoMo announced yesterday it was launching an i-mode Disaster Message Board service starting January 17 that will allow subscribers to post personal messages at a special i-mode site, an admission that DoCoMo’s overloaded PDC network will just not be able to cope with the flood of calls that will emerge when the Big One hits. “Should a major disaster occur,” says DoCoMo, “the network will undoubtedly be extremely busy as - in addition to the heavy traffic among administrative and relief agencies - ordinary users in the affected locale attempt outside contact to worried relatives and friends.”