Is there reason for sticking to the MTN network? On Wed, 2004-05-12 at 18:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hmmmm... it seems like MTN (Minute Thievery Network) is one phone company quickly > running out of steam. > > Even the darn site is down! > > MTN UgandaThis Website is under construction. Please try later. > www.mtn.co.ug/ - 1k - May 10, 2004 - Cached - Similar pages > > Quit the gimmicks and give the wanainchi what they deserve: > > 1000 WHENEVER minutes > Anytime minutes > Rollover minutes - Keep your unused anytime minutes from month to month. > Unlimited weekends! > Unlimited calls to each other! > No long distance or roaming charges > > > Sekidde > > Kiggundu Mukasa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > >Its 4pm and I just spent 15 minutes arguing with the MTN rep at Garden > >city about how they had just screwed me on the new tarriffs. > > > >Here is the story. > >I buy 100,000/= airtime about every two weeks at the same shop (MTN > >Garden City) > > > >So this afternoon I go in there and buy the airtime and load it on > >(before today I had not been affected by this yellow-go as I had been > >operating on airtime I bought before the change). > > > >So I hand over 100,000/= to MTN and load it, FIRST THING I NOTICE, > >There is NO extra airtime (I used to get 15,000/= free). So I ask the > >guy what happened? He says there is no extra these days, you have to > >change to Yello-go. So I ask how do I do that. he says I have to pay > >an extra 20,000/= per month and get lower rates. > > > >In my stupid haste, I had over the money thinking I am going to save, > >and load the yello-go then I think and ask for a paper to work out my > >savings. The other rep, a girl tries to convince me that my savings > >are huge because I will be calling at 310/= per min as opposed to 390/= > >per min. > > > >I tell her that she is wrong because I have to compare what I was > >paying LAST month to what I am paying NOW (which is 310/= as opposed to > >360/= per minute) > > > >This is the calculation > > > >LAST MONTH > >100,000/= got you 115,000/= of Airtime. If you divide airtime by > >360/= per minute you get approx 319 mins (assuming all calls are MTN to > >MTN) > >Plus add the 10,000 service fee I used to pay > >So I would have spent 110,000/= and gotten 319 minutes > > > >THIS MONTH > >100,000/= gets you 100,000/= of Airtime. If you divide airtime by 310/= > >per minute you get approx 322mins (assuming all calls are MTN to MTN) > >but in order to enjoy the new 310/= I have to pay 20,000/= per month > >So I spend 120,000/= and get 322 minutes. A difference of a HUGE 4 > >minutes for an extra 10,000/= > > > >I told her this was a RIP OFF. She then said that Yello-go is for > >people who use more than 150,000/ per month. > > > >I said OK, I DO YOU USE that as it is all business calls and I usually > >buy approximately 200,000/= worth of airtime per month. > > > >So we work it out again (you basically double the figures) > >last Month I would have spent 210,000/= got 230,000 airtime and at > >360/= per minute gotten 638 mins > >Now i will spend 220,000/= and get 200,000 airtime and at 310/= per > >minute get 645 mins. > > > >So MTN takes 10,000/= more from my pocket and give me only 7 minutes > >for it (at 310/= per minute I am supposed to get 32 minutes more for > >the 10K)!! > > > >So they chew my 25 minutes and I am supposed to keep smiling. > > > >And remember that is if all my calls were MTN to MTN (which as business > >calls they are not! so its probably much worse) > > > >So the girl at the MTN shop says "But now you get 90 days access" I > >told her that was bullshit because I have to still pay 20,000/= per > >month regardless of the 90 days! > > > >I think it is finally time to switch. Its just not worth it anymore. > >And I had sooooo been waiting to get data on my phone so I could surf > >from home using my laptop. I had been told the recent upgrade would do > >this for pay-as-you-go. But at this rate, who knows what the rates > >will be for data on MTN! > > > >Watch my sig, my phone will be changing soon! > > > >Kiggs > > > >**************** ***************************** > >Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### > >KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# > >Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > >P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > >Tel: +256 77 972255 > > +256 71 221141 > >Fax: +256 31 262122 > >***************************************************************** > > > > > > > >--------------------------------------------- > >This service is hosted on the Infocom network > >http://www.infocom.co.ug > > > > __________________________________________________________________ > Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. > Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register > > Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > > New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer > Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. > Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp > > > --------------------------------------------- > This service is hosted on the Infocom network > http://www.infocom.co.ug -- Ezra Banoba Network Engineer one2net www.one2net.co.ug
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