I wonder what happened to that Senate Hearing on “vanishing” cellphone loads which was a TV blockbuster just before the elections in 2008.
I believe the stars behind it were elected to either Senate or Congress. The campaign jingle and slogans still “reverberate” in my ears – “Problema Nyo, Sagot Ko!”, “Manong Johnny”, “No more vanishing cellphone loads” etc.
Who could forget those Party List candidates who also benefited by “riding” with the issue – promising every Filipino prepaid mobile phone users – around 30-40 million strong, “reforms” and make sure mobile phone load credits won’t expire if unused over a period of time (2 weeks, if I got my numbers right).
Now they’re in Congress and the Senate – but who cares about those promises?
Two weeks ago, I purchased 100-peso credits for my prepaid mobile sim card. I use a dual-sim phone (cheap phone from China) – one is prepaid, and the other sim card is on a monthly plan. I just wanna make sure I have other option to call when the “sun” doesn’t shine so bright and I cannot get a good signal.
I managed to send only about 10 text messages with the prepaid sim card, but today I received a message that I have zero credits available and that I need to purchase credits again to avoid sim card de-activation.
Amazing! Or should I say, what a @%*^! robbery.
Seems like our politicos are just fond of “showing off” on TV cameras, with all the rhetorics and eloquence of a great speaker, the sharpness of an expert “interrogator“, and the memory of a “cream dory.”
Look at them now – investigations and hearings in aid of legislation and “media” exposure, but nothing happens. Ask Nemo.
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that is quite a very sad experience…politics…guess they are made not to fulfill their promise! i miss cebu! lol!
kuya parang tagal mo bakasyon sa online ah, hehe
That sounds really annoying. I can’t believe they only give you 2 weeks that is robbery.
This is just annoying how politics can get in the way of important issues.
Any updates on this? Just had a very bad experience. Loaded 100 with a dealer of V mobile and sent 1 msg.After that, 0 balance! Who earns from this? The dealer gave me this lousy explanation that my sim should be changed! I loaded from a nother dealer and this time it is ok. How do you know if it is a legitimate dealer? Can dealers do this? Or is it the Telecommunications companies?