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They charge for balance inquiry? Hope globe doesn't follow suit. I think smart is slowly pricing themselves out of the market.
i just read these messages in this thread, and i hope it aint late yet to express my part,
smart charges 1 peso for the balance inquiry
if you dial 1515, but
if you send a ?1515 via sms to 214, you'll not be charged..
c'mon, operators' war should not be the subscribers' war. i'm a smart user and sun as well, but being with smart doesn't mean i should fight for them, this cliche will always be true "love your own". love your globe, we'll love ours, but someday some of you will eat your own words, some will switch, some will stay, time will tell.. me? i'm not closing my doors for globe. i was once a globe user, but pissed me so i got to get smart, but smart may also do piss me, so where would i turn? sun maybe, or globe perhaps...
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Posted: 2003-07-13 14:16:59
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@ex_crusader, yup! i agree with you. one of the things na hindi natin maiiwasan ay CHANGE. hindi natin masyadong napapansin pero not everything is permanent.
when my eyes were opened to the concept of COMPETITION, i realized that i had to experience all of them first before i could render a final judgment. mahirap (o mali) mag-defend ng isang particular network lalo na kung di mo pa naman na-experience lahat.
saying that, i still recognize the fact that each one is entitled to their own opinion, so kung meron mang gaya ko na ginamit na ang lahat ng network, i would still respect him/her kung iba ang maging judgment niya.
it might not be proper for me to say this in this thread. pero SMART is the BEST kung coverage ang pag-uusapan. of course i will agree kung sasabihin mo na opportunistic sila (especially in PRICING) pero that's the price one has to pay to enjoy superior services.
anyway, i dont want to argue pero kung talagang meron dito na hate na hate ang smart, no problem with me. respetuhan lang tayo ng opinyon.
of course, di rin naman ako plastic para sabihing pwedeng magbago ang opinyon ko. as i've said, the only thing permanent in this world is change. halimbawa, willing akong lumipat sa EXPRESS TELECOM kung maganda ang i-o-offer nilang CDMA2000(3G) service. that's it. i'm willing to give them a chance to prove themselves to me as a consumer.
isa lang ang gusto kong sabihin sa inyo. As CONSUMERS, we have the power to CHOOSE where we put our hard-earned money. sana kayo rin, alamin ninyo ang inyong mga karapatan at ang kalakip na responsibilidad. Always be responsible to inform yourself. more power comes when you keep yourself informed.
ciao. god bless sa inyong lahat.
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Posted: 2003-07-14 13:08:23
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very well said adv99576...
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Posted: 2003-07-14 15:28:05
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ei, just to inform, {i'm freakin' stupid kase that i dont know how to create topic/forum..}
a news art. says that Express Telecom (EXTELCOM) is
NOT operating using CDMA2000 (3G) or UMTS, they are completely abandoning their CDMA structures??? because the report says they will be operating under Global System for Mobile Communications, and thats obviously
GSM!
news article is found
here: at the bottom part of the page:
ei doctabako, i think, globe and smart are both ganid's: take some time to read this article form inquirer:
click me
it's about the blockage of Extelcom to operate under GSM platform... are they kinda afraid of a little competition?
[ This Message was edited by: ex_crusader on 2003-07-14 15:33 ]
[ This Message was edited by: ex_crusader on 2003-07-14 15:43 ]
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Posted: 2003-07-14 16:12:03
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Extelcom will be operating on CDMA, many years ago, even before PILTEL offered CDMA. But due to many reasons, it was not realized, until now, maybe.
I knew people from Millicom, they were our client.
ex_crusader, mali yang dyaryo. Extelcom has no CMDA infrastructure to abandon, to begin with. they have NAMPS, of which the logical upgrade is CDMAOne or CDMA2000.
[ This Message was edited by: arnoldc on 2003-07-14 15:42 ]
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Posted: 2003-07-14 16:39:04
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yup! i totally agree. somehow i'm connected with extelcom and the gsm plans were scrapped as of end 2002. true. smart and globe are too ganid to share GSM frequency (maybe because theyre afraid of more competition [sun already had their way]) that's why extelcom abandoned the gsm plans.
about extelcom's CDMA2000 plans, still on the way... =)
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Posted: 2003-07-14 16:54:28
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ohhh! thanks for clearing it all out.. actually, if u'll notice, it's truly a question... it aint stated in the article afterall (that they are abandoning, i'm kind of like asking if they are...) so, since they are ganid nga (globe and smart), extelcom will then persue operating using CDMA2000.. well then... thats great...
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Posted: 2003-07-14 17:09:22
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really great!
note: there are more CDMA2000 operators than WCDMA operators, so Extelcom really has a good chance on the 3G market.
another note: even EDGE operators are not that much
so give Extelcom a break and give them the chance to run CDMA2000. by the way, the term CELLCARD is really extelcom's trademark. what the hell happened because when people buy smart or globe, they say "pabili ng 'cellcard'..." dont they know they're politically incorrect? hehe =)
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Posted: 2003-07-14 17:33:59
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oo nga. infact, way back then when i was in 2nd yr high school, year '99, i had this mobiline powered cellular phone,and twas prepaid. so one time i went to a store, asked for a cellcard, the lady asked me, are you sure "cellcard".. or maybe what you need is a "phone pal" (or whatever the mobiline's tm for their prepaid cards was).. hehe, i ate myself sa kahihiyan... what did i know?! i was a toddler then.. harhar... pero ngayon, i also hear people (at di na sila toddlers...) na pag bumili nga eh cellcard ang sinasabi.. harharhar.. funny..
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Posted: 2003-07-14 18:05:17
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@ex_crusader seems you've resurrected this thread. A lot has happened since, and ever since Globe decided to block so-called "unaffiliated" sites from their GPRS/wap service, notably ESATO I've been quite disillusioned with them. Although I still keep my globe postpaid line(still have one year to go with the tie up), I hardly use it anymore(I only consume the free text and alloted voice calls) I'm using Sun cellular now, and I'm quite happy with them so far. Cheers
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Posted: 2003-07-14 19:22:34
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