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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/12/2006 Posts: 1,554
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Elder wrote:vinii wrote:and why pray should they constantly remind me how cheap it is to use the network every time I send a text msg? very irritating, given that am already their customer..... That thing is very irritating. Anyone knows how to disable it? Kizuri cha jiuza kibaya cha jitembeza..... cheap comes with irritations..who else will they tell other than you for loading credit, cutting costs on advert expecting you to spread the good word thats the reason they keep reminding you. Remember the famous advert pika kwa k... was repeated in the same advert how many times... cholestrol tupu.... "a lie told many times becomes the truth" adolf hitler......
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/12/2006 Posts: 1,554
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guru267 wrote:pops wrote:whats up with Airtel of late - network is always busy, calls get dropped, clarity is rubbish. especially in the westlands and town area. is anyone experiencing the same. is this what happens when Indians take over Companies? Im facing the same problem and im currently in south C.. its disastrous because I cant hold any calls.. Guru when you speak we listen..... but on this one please listen you will miss important calls which are not worth the free calling or purported savings... South C is close to their offices and that area has lots of thier BTSs.... that could be an issue with indoor coverage/new building came-up blocking the site or frequency interference... or worse removal of sites for installation elsewhere no money for new sites.....call Spanco sorry call customer care....
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Rank: Chief Joined: 1/3/2007 Posts: 18,095 Location: Nairobi
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pops wrote:whats up with Airtel of late - network is always busy, calls get dropped, clarity is rubbish. especially in the westlands and town area. is anyone experiencing the same. is this what happens when Indians take over Companies? Stop complaining. You want German goods at Chinese/Indian pricing? You want a BMW but want to pay for a Tata/Foton? I use Airtel. Happy to do so. Better than Orange yet I pay 3/- across ALL networks. My choice. Though its the international calling that won me over. 3/- to UK/USA (& cheaper calls to EAC countries) vs Safaricom. I think Airtel is testing new 3G sites (no idea if it hurts quality). I use Safaricom for data, much better than the rest, but I will give Airtel a trial run if pricing is right. Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/12/2006 Posts: 1,554
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VituVingiSana wrote:
I think Airtel is testing new 3G sites so even though I use Safaricom for data, I may give Airtel a trial run if pricing is right.
ITU Standard Telcom-operations, tests are not carried on live traffic..... they have either installed it already and its having teething issues and someone cant make a decision to roll back which means they fire fight or they have real network issues at certain BSCs around Westlands and South C.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/12/2006 Posts: 1,554
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VituVingiSana wrote:
Though its the international calling that won me over. 3/- to UK/USA (& cheaper calls to EAC countries) vs Safaricom.
Use Skype you will save even more, plus you will have a choice of video, sound and video quality is very good at a fraction of a price or rather at the data rates costs. its nice cause mtaonana its not nusu ya kuoanana 
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Rank: User Joined: 8/29/2011 Posts: 1,045 Location: Mtaani
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WOW !!!! 3 bob to u.s ?????? since when ????
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/12/2006 Posts: 1,554
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/26/2009 Posts: 1,793
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the targtet markets for YU, AIRTEL, ORANGE AND SAFare quite different.YU must be targeting the target market of people under the age of 25 years (with lots of lurvy durvy stories to gossip about). Airtel is for the price sensitive market, trying to take the entire using pricing as the only driver of competition. Safaricom is still buoyed by its first generation of subscribers who bought phones while they were status symbols. Its quality products and innovativeness have secured its market and is capable of exercising monopolistic behaviour coz of its superior marketing mix. Orange, except for its data is quite undecided what it wants to do.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,328 Location: Masada
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Buying a Nokia but paying the price of a Nokla. Portfolio: Sold
You know you've made it when you get a parking space for your yatcht.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/7/2010 Posts: 2,148 Location: elderville
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And now their Blackberry service has been off the whole day and they have no clue what's up. ABK! He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/27/2008 Posts: 3,760
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My beef with them is the message they send at the end of each call to show your available balance. How can one remove it? I have called customer care, numerous times have been promised that IT will disable it in half an hour, tweeted them to no avail. Anyone knows how to sort it out?
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Rank: Member Joined: 6/21/2010 Posts: 514 Location: Nairobi
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The day the 'Indians' started instituting Indian strategies & flying in their own guys to do it, that's the day that company started strangling itself. Rumour has it that it might be back in the sale market sooner than guys think to the extent there is a go slow of sorts by the employees. 'They say money cannot buy me happiness but when i compare when i had none and now, i'm happier' Kevin O'leary
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/23/2010 Posts: 2,220 Location: Sundowner,Amboseli
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Gordon Gekko wrote:My beef with them is the message they send at the end of each call to show your available balance. How can one remove it? I have called customer care, numerous times have been promised that IT will disable it in half an hour, tweeted them to no avail. Anyone knows how to sort it out? @GG,why wouldnt you want to be told your call info. I thought it does help,particularly for international calls! @SufficientlyP
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/27/2008 Posts: 3,760
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@Sufficiently Philanga....thropic, I don't want that info for 2 reasons.
1. My Nokla give's call info after each call,
2. I'm fairly liberal with my phone and you can imagine what the clan does after using it and noticing there's a loose thao on the phone....
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/7/2010 Posts: 2,148 Location: elderville
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Gordon Gekko wrote:My beef with them is the message they send at the end of each call to show your available balance. How can one remove it? I have called customer care, numerous times have been promised that IT will disable it in half an hour, tweeted them to no avail. Anyone knows how to sort it out? If you figure out please share. Have tried everything and given up. Think the only way to get rid of it is kuhama. He who can express in words the ardour of his love, has but little love to express. - Petrach, Son. (That men by various ways arrive at the same end. - Montaigne, The Essays of.)
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/17/2008 Posts: 478 Location: Old Trafford
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Elder wrote:Gordon Gekko wrote:My beef with them is the message they send at the end of each call to show your available balance. How can one remove it? I have called customer care, numerous times have been promised that IT will disable it in half an hour, tweeted them to no avail. Anyone knows how to sort it out? If you figure out please share. Have tried everything and given up. Think the only way to get rid of it is kuhama. Call or visit customer care, give ua no. & they'll remove it. It worked 4me many yrs ago. Merry Xmas
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/18/2011 Posts: 12,069 Location: Kianjokoma
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Cant call safcom from my airtel line. I may have to use saf though they are more expensive.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/27/2007 Posts: 3,604
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Lolest! wrote:Cant call safcom from my airtel line. I may have to use saf though they are more expensive. your timing isn't that good. There was a problem even with safaricom on-net calls and text messages because of the christmas eve communication. I doubt if Saf would allow another network on board their already overcongested system. African parents don't know how to say sorry.. the closest you will get to a sorry is a 'have you eaten'
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