Yeah, I've finally and officially switched my mobile telecom service provider for several reasons.
1. Vodafone networks are as efficient as my former 83-year-old domestic help. The only difference was her heart was willing but the body wasn't. Vodafone, on the other hand, are a bunch of hapless wankers with no metaphorical 'heart' or 'body'. To put it into perspective, I can't even make calls from my bedroom because of their pathetic network in Mumbai.
2. My cell phone bills have nearly doubled over the past three or four months because they decided to unceremoniously discontinue an old SMS package which gave me text messages at 30p. They now charge me Rs.1 per SMS as a result. Hence the inflated phone bill. When I asked for a plan with better SMS rates, they politely asked me to fuck off by telling me to switch to a prepaid connection. That was the last nail in the coffin.
3. I had to call their helpline (111 or 98200 98200) about 9 times to actually make myself audible because their crap-all network made everything sound like a badly skipping CD. When I finally did get through to a Relationship Officer, the dipshit tried to sell me a prepaid plan again. I had to tell him, about thrice, that I was no longer interested in a 'relationship' with Vodafone and instead of telling me about ways to stay with Vodafone, he should just tell me about the procedure to deactivate this mockery of a mobile phone connection.
To cut a long story short, I've now moved to BPL Mobile. 200 free calls and text messages for 200 bucks. 50p per SMS (National), 50p for a local call, Rs.1 for STD calls and, take a deep breath, lifetime free caller line identification service. (That saves the 75 bucks/month I spend on the service with Vodafone, bastards.)
Vodafone sucks. And really, pretty much anything is better than them. Long live market forces! :)
Now to let everybody know my new, easier to remember cell phone number.... MUUAAAHHHAHAHAAHHAHA!!!
Not sure where I'm headed or where I'm coming from. Just enjoying the ride!
4 comments:
i hate ALL those identicl issues. i HATE vodafone. im just sentimentally stuck to my number :( and i dont have the patience to get myself a new number with a new service and inform everyone about it ohh sigghhh...
I think we should start a 'I hate Vodafone' community :) Actually, they're not worth it. I know what you mean though, it's like being in bad relationship and being sentimentally attached, knowing that breaking up is the right thing to do but not doing it :)
actually they do have bad network. and i hate, repeat, hate the flash messages that come all the time. though, i presume that holds for all operators.
anita... tell me about it!
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