Ziggy MTN should know better. It is this same aloofness that made them get market share in South Africa after Vodacom had began taking the clients it had for granted.
I still cant believe it that the Uganda One Celtel Offer makes it cheaper for you to call any network in Uganda because at Ushs 340/= per minute it is 50/= cheaper than an MTN to MTN call. What a waste of Brain Cells and money MTN must have employed to have its strategists come up with the Kapyata packages. We r not fools. As for me and my house, we moved 3 years ago when we realised the value of "per second" billing. Thats something MTN MUST introduce too. Ear 2 d ground !!! Wire > > 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 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 2004 May 12 - 18:41 > Ezra Banoba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>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. 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