Enrile ug iyang fight sa cellphone network companies

[jemmanf]

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yah brod, i agree. ky Sis sa akong boss b4 connected sa isa ka telecom company (ang couple jud) then ang explanation sa bana ky kana daw kuno maskin miscall ra sa lain nga network (network to other network) bsta daw masakpan sa system nga imong number naa outgoing calls to other network, automatic daw na xa mo charge ug flatrate (sakto ba spelling hehehe)... so, pananglitan ug na byaan nmo imong CP din ggamit, try ug miscall² meaning mo tatak na to sa imong bill.

mao ang amo style sa una, kada naa mi tawagan, logbook daun namo, asta oras ug minutes ug kung knsa ang ntawag ug gtawagan hehehe. para pag abot sa bill.. compare daun namo sa ilang bill ug sa among record.

mis-informed na ang bana bout sa telecom network. as long as wala gitubag(miscall gani), d gyud na chargean. but if moingon ka 1 second after na na cut-off ang call(meaning nakalusot for 1 second) charge jud na full minute.

[aozora]

actually dli lang si Enrile naay reklamo sa telcos.

taken from Enrile slams ?cellphone load robbery? | ABS-CBN News Online Beta

Related complaints

The case of Enrile’s disappearing cellphone load however has opened the floodgates to related complaints from other senators.

Sen. Joker Arroyo said telcos charge per minute of calls even though the law says every six seconds.

Sen. Francis “Chiz” Escudero meanwhile complained of frequent dropped calls as a result of overloaded cellsites.

Sen. Richard Gordon, for his part, cited unsolicited or spam messages such as ringtones.

“You are enrolled in this ringtone provider and then they can charge every time they ring the tone lalalala. Every lalala your load is charged,” said Enrile.

Enrile said that as of end-2008, an estimated 68 million Filipinos have cellular phones. 97 percent of them or close to 66 million use prepaid service making the problem of vanishing credits a multi-million peso racket, rued Enrile.

The senators said it will look into complaints against services of telcos.

“Punish, if necessary people responsible for this dastardly game of robbing people of their money,” said Enrile.

[the_guardian]

maytag madayon ni oi! kay gi-ahak ning taga-globe mag-cge kuha sa imong load bisan wla pa nagamit!

[leo_trams]

bati bitaw atong mga networks diri when it comes to call costs. if di kaabot ug 1 minute imong call, 1 minute gihapon ang charging. dapat per second na siya.

late 90's naa man to nag offer ug per second charging...pero wala lagi paaka sa mga tawo.
naa pa gani to nag offer of zone calling, calls within same zone(like within metro cebu) murag 2pesos ra man tingali to...pero wala man paaka sa mga tawo.

murag early 2000, FREE pa ang SMS...pero, tungod kay FREE, puerte ka abusado sa mga tawo. Bisan walay hinungdan...hala send ug text, causing clogged networks...

Nisakay ra ni si Enrile sa issue. Ngano ipaagi pa man na niya ug media...why not file a law immediately? huwat pa gyud ug media para isibya iya plano. Unya na isibya inig mahimo na nga balaod gyud.
Di ba naa man to gisibya si GMA about cheaper SMS? unsa na may nahitabo adto? nakalimot ra ang mga tawo sa? nisaka man to iya rating pag announce niya adto...hahaha...

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[hardlock]

Hehehe! Kuyawa gyud anang mga taga gobyerno kay maayo kaayo musakay sa panahon aron makuha lang simpatiya sa taw.
Inig makuha na ang gusto, aw! limtan napud dayon ang mga gipangpromise...
Yupz kahinumdum ko anang giingon ni Arroyo nya sakay pud gani to ang mga networks human murag wala man gyud siguro to ma realize.

[haroldjizdeortega]

e apil sad na niya ang ubang mga prepaid services nga matingala lang ta kalit lag kahanaw atong load sama anang sa internet og landline nga pre-paid. hawsyaw kaayo na ilang pama agi pag compute sa imong konsumo kay dili per minute ang charging unya e deretso lag round off bisan kad**** raka ni access.

[cliff_drew]

MANILA, Philippines—Telecommunications executives and concerned government officials have been summoned by the Senate to shed light on the so-called "disappearing e-load" scam that allegedly victimizes millions of Filipinos, including Senate President Juan Ponce-Enrile.

Invited at the hearing of the Senate committee on trade and commerce on Tuesday were representatives from Globe Telecoms, Smart Communications Inc., and Digitel Mobile Philippines Inc. (Sun Cellular), Transportation Secretary Leandro Mendoza, Trade Secretary Peter Favila, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez, and National Telecommunications Commission Chairman Ruel Canobas.

“Susuriin nating mabuti kung paanong pinangangalagaan ng pamahalaan ang interes ng mga mobile phone users (We will carefully analyze how the government safeguards the interest of mobile phone users),” said Senator Manuel Roxas, chairman of the committee.

“Kailangan din nating silipin kung sumusunod nga sa patakaran ng pamahalaan itong mga telcos na ito at kung totoo ang mga reklamo na inaabuso nila ang milyon-milyong subscribers ng mga pre-paid plans (We also need to look into the telecommunication companies, if they follow the guidelines of the government and if the complaint is true that they abuse millions of their pre-paid plan subscribers),” he said.

The Senate inquiry was prompted by Enrile's privilege speech about the pre-paid call credits loaded into his mobile phone that "disappeared."

As of December 2007, Roxas noted that the three giant telecommunications companies earned total gross revenues of P149.5 billion in 2007 from their estimated 57 million subscribers.

Quoting industry players, the senator noted that the current volume of text messages reaches 2 billion a day or 16,200 text messages per second.

Source: Inquirer.net

[colossus]

At least, some of our senators are still doing something worthy of public interest. I suppose that most of us have been complaining with these unreasonable expenses on our credit loads. Somehow, the telecommunication companies could not get away with their too many promos to the extent that we are at the losing end.

I hope that this issue will not be another avenue of some senators to gain publicity. In as much as they are not doing anything on it for quite some time now, it is only proper that they leave this issue out of their usual campaign strategy. After all, investigations at Senate are supposed to be in aid of legislation, not reelection.

[cliff_drew]

At least, some of our senators are still doing something worthy of public interest. I suppose that most of us have been complaining with these unreasonable expenses on our credit loads. Somehow, the telecommunication companies could not get away with their too many promos to the extent that we are at the losing end.

I hope that this issue will not be another avenue of some senators to gain publicity. In as much as they are not doing anything on it for quite some time now, it is only proper that they leave this issue out of their usual campaign strategy. After all, investigations at Senate are supposed to be in aid of legislation, not reelection.

Good point colossus. Also, actions on this issue should be done quickly and not waiting for themselves to be victimized by these abusive telcos.

[bodie]

Umm... shouldnt this fall under the DOTC? Unsa may labot ni Enrile ani? I can understand shedding light on the problem pero murag this is out of his jurisdiction na.