Supposedly it is not Reliance that is the darling in the Telecom business all over India - it is Airtel.
That cell phones work in Namti and that one does not have to wait for years (and on the top of that give bribes) to get a landline is in itself a testament to the success of market forces. People have the option to switch out of Reliance - earlier they could not switch out of MTNL. --- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As an addendum to my previous response on the matter > of the quality > of private services as in cell-phone, I would be > remiss if I did not > share what I heard during my recent trip to Assam: > > *** That service is uniformly bad thruout Assam. > And the worst is > the darling of the private enterprise > advocates: Reliance; so much so that there was some > kind of a 'Bandh' > against purported Reliance deceit of consumers. > > I was loaned a cellphone from a new service provider > by a relative, > which, amazingly worked from my native village at > remote Namti, but > would not work from some of Guahati's most > important localities such > as Beltola and Rajgarh. > > > *** Most surprisingly the cell phone service that > generally is > acknowledged to be the most reliable across Assam is > that provided by > the Indian Govt. operated BSNL, but at a cost. > Apparently it is the > most expensive of cell phone services. > > > So much for the conventional wisdom about public vs. > private > enterprise in India, specifically as it relates to > cell phone service > in Assam. > > > > > > > > > > > At 5:06 PM +0000 11/18/07, Malabika Brahma wrote: > >Cell phone services are available all over India at > a very > >reasonable rate with excellent service, however > electricity is not. > > > >This is because cell phone was considered a luxury > and hence left to > >the market forces whereas electricity was > considered essential and > >left for the government to provide. > > > >Government always messes up whereas fair market > dynamics does not. > > > >Utpal > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone > who knows. > ><http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTEydmViNG02BF9TAzIxMTQ3MTcxOTAEc2VjA21haWwEc2xrA3RhZ2xpbmU>Try > > >it now. > > > >_______________________________________________ > >assam mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > > _______________________________________________ > assam mailing list > [email protected] > http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
