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How Network Providers Have Scammed Nigerians From Inception (must Read) - Leroi by Victorthomp(m): 11:05pm On Jul 14, 2016 |
Megabytes and gigabytes.
If you ask me, I would say that the Gsm service
providers operating in this country are working
hand in hand to make as much profit as they can
get from us within the shortest possible time.
The Ceo of Mtn would pick up his phone and call
his Etisalat counterpart.
“Bros how far? We wan reduce call tariff from 20k
per second to 10 kobo per second beginning from
this weekend. I just say make i inform you before
we start advert. Give us like…3 weeks make we
flex small after then you fit reduce your own
reash 7k per second."
“No wahala bros, we dey your back” Etisalat’s
ceo would reply.
Seriously, do you all remember the days when the
price of a sim card was N30,000? Those days
when anyone who bought a gsm sim card and
mobile phone immediately assumed the status of
a celebrity? Those were the days when Econet
held sway…
Now a sim card goes for N150. What has changed
since then? They have made their billions…
Do you remember those days when there was
nothing like per second billing? When we were
charged like...N120 per minute?
Those days even if the call you made was 5
seconds, you would be charged for a minute. To
cut cost, guys made calls, speaking 10,000 words
in one minute….Kai!
The gsm service providers argued that it wasn’t
possible to do per second billing in Nigeria. But
now they are doing per second billing. What has
changed between then and now? They have made
their billions…
They are working hand in hand, playing us like
disco.
This is the age of the internet and we all need
data to access the internet.
Give us cheap unlimited access to the internet for
a month….no way!
Airtel would give you free 15 mb data with high
speed internet. You would enjoy the data and
then run to subscribe for their 9 gb data plan.
As soon as you subscribe…
Fiam! Network disappears.
With your 9 gb data you would be searching for
3G network on your device to surf the net
throughout the month.
Globacom would run and slash the price of their
data.
“Insanely cheap data! Get 6gb for N2000, get
10gb for N2500, get 18gb for N4000! For a
month!
You would rush and subscribe.
But as soon as you subscribe, the network signal
bar on your phone’s screen will start dancing.
The 3G Hspda signal will turn to Edge and then
disappear totally. It will appear and disappear
after every 10 minutes.
Browsing will now be the equivalent of squeezing
water out of a rock…very frustrating something…
By the end of the third week of subscription, you
would discover that you have not used up to
400mb data of your 6gb plan because of bad
network. At this point you realize that you have
been scammed….
You run to Airtel, you download a 30 mb file and
find that 70 mb has been deducted from your
data.
Give us unlimited data at N1000 or even N2000
for a month.....No way!
“This is the cheapest data plan in the country!
Airtel shouts and screams to you on their adverts
on radio and Tv”
“Get 2 gb for N200, 6gb for N500!”
“Very cheap!” You exclaim and run to subscribe.
After subscription, you try to browse but it isn’t
working on any of your devices.
Then you read the terms and conditions:
It only works on 2G network.
2G Network?
Really? In 2016?
In this age of smartphones; android, blackberry
and ios devices, Airtel wants us to go backward
instead of making progress. Airtel wants us to
dust up our Nokia 3310, C1, Sagem MyX2, Sony
Ericson K510i and symbian phones in order to
browse at a cheap rate?
“Hello bro, that stunt worked. So many people
have subscribed to the plan in error. We have
made so much money from the 2g network cheap
data plan” A smiling Airtel Ceo would call his Mtn
counterpart.
“Wow! I have to do my own”
“Why not wait for a few weeks before running
your advert…let my company make some more
money before you join in...” Airtel Ceo would
appeal to his Mtn counterpart.
“No! We can’t wait! It’s time to make more
money!”
The next morning, we would wake to see Mtn
advert everywhere…
Cheapest data plan in town!
Get 1 gb for N20, 40 gb for N300 and 150 gb for
N1200! All Valid for one month! Subscribe now!
Then in very tiny print, you would see the terms
and condition…
‘Available only for Nokia torchlight devices’
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Re: How Network Providers Have Scammed Nigerians From Inception (must Read) - Leroi by titane: 12:25pm On Jul 15, 2016 |
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