MTN Overcharges us for our Own Good!
Now that someone is actually doing something about our high cellular costs, MTN has written to parliament to put their case.
Amongst a whole lot of other reasons for charging some of the highest cellular rates on the entire planet, they’ve explained that reducing costs would mean the poor would suffer!
Seriously! They actually said that!
Their reasoning is that by reducing their huge profits they will likely not be able to contribute to their social responsibility programmes.
Heck, why don’t every other company in the country just overcharge us and then use those profits to make themselves look good?
Oh wait, they are probably doing that any way.
Just to add insult to injury, MTN says people in the rural area will also be at a disadvantange because of infrastructure issues.
Whatever that may mean.
Isn’t the infrastructure already there?
They intended reducing interconnect costs in January/February next year – after the lucrative holiday period – of course.
Their generosity knows no bounds!
And it’s not as if MTN is the only one to blame. Our entire telecommunications network is one rip off – including Telkom, Vodacom and the rest of them.
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2 Responses to “MTN Overcharges us for our Own Good!”
By Kelly on Oct 14, 2009 | Reply
You know this new mtn thing where off peak starts at 7pm? Well i naively thought I would use some of my free minutes. Turns out on my contract my off peak time only starts at 8pm.
By Abigail Abrahams on Oct 15, 2009 | Reply
I’ve seen that 7.00pm advertised. They made it sound as if it’s 7.00pm across the board.
Funny how they treat their contract customers like crap – the people who are actually the backbone of their companies.