umhm , they have more subcribers meaning most of your
contacts/friends are on that network, but i have been told mango seems
to be very cheap, i think it is now just a catch up game and MTN could
be going about this all wrong, what do the MTN personell in marketing
say about this, I know we have some of them on the list .
--
cheers
David Ziggy Lubowa
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2004 May 12 - 18:41
Ezra Banoba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>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
>> >
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>Ezra Banoba
>Network Engineer
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