rate cutters in cell phones.

beachdune How sms rate cutter can be taken? how many rupees should be paid and it is valid for how many months?

Sms booster plans come in various varities and rates . I usually go to a mobile recharge shop and ask that fellow to put sms booster plan . I currently use an sms booster plan which costs me Rs.49 and it gives me 75 local sms per day which is quiet sufficient for me . Also there are various such plans such as the ones that give you 100 national sms per day and so on . Also this sms booster facility may vary from state to state . I am from Chennai . The advantage of sms booster is that you get to send sms at less than 1paise per sms whereas it is 75paise per sms without the booster plan . But then it is useful only if you send sms quiet frequently and prefer it to making calls . But if you send sms only occasionally , then don't put any sms booster . Also there are some one day's sms pack for rs.5 which had validity only for one day and also cost less . Also if you use internet on the move , airtel also has some internet booster plans like 98rs for one month for 1gb of usage . But then I feel that docomo is better than airtel because their service is cheaper though you will not get signal in suburbs and outside the city . Especially the sms booster plans docomo are cool .

beach: you seem to be knowing more about cell phones. thanks. I will check up with my local fellows and find out. now I have a question-- i am using reliance netconnect where they charge Rs. 350 per month for 500 mb. now. will I be able to use airtel or aircell cell phone for browsing through laptop by paying monthly Rs.98 or so OR it can be browsed only in the cell phone. ?

akp-- after the offer period is over they raise it to Re 1 per call even if it is less than one minute. I got this info today when i looked into cell phone after making a call. if you are already on this plan then there is no problem. enjoy. I wanted to inform other members--those who are not aware of. In fact my cousin was not aware of it and he was paying at Re 1 per minute basis for the last six months. now i paid rate cutter and he will also be benefitted. I have aircel connections where i already get this rate cutter facility.

That's good.. Surely such rate cutter plans are good and cheap.. But I am still not sure, as I had read in the news paper(in past) that all mobile companies have reduce the call rate to 1 or 1.2 p per second permanently..

akp that is on record only. in fact cell phone companies may resort to increasing the rate if 2G auction rates go up.

i was not bothering to know about rate cutters as long as I was getting. Today when I noticed I was being charged more I took efforts to know about it I told my known people. I wanted this to be let known to many people and that is why I posted this.good day. new avatar? very nice.

At the time when i recharged with the rate cutter plan, the shop vendor told me that it is valid for 1 year. Even on their website, it states that this plan is valid for 1 year. But they removed the plan after 6 months without any notification. Now, their plans are only valid for 3 months. They are harassing their more than 10 million customers with useless and expensive plans.

So,i found an interesting plan which airtel recently launched. Its for Rs.2 (yeah.. TWO) and it make all call to 1.5p/sec and its validity is 6 months. Now, its quite cheaper as compared to Rs. 28 rate cutter plan as i've reduced the no. of phone calls from my Airtel no. and primarily switched to my alternative no. which is of Vodafone.

harpreet: I may suggest you take once again Rs.22 rate cutter plan and see whether it works now. There is no point in trying to correct them. It should have happened due to computer instructions.

wonderboy: you are from kerala. Tatadocomo is good in your state? do you get signals in all places? then it is fine. if it is Re 1 per minute then I will have to incur Rs.400 pm now with rate cutter i may incur Rs.200 pm only.

I have a good signal at my home but sometimes at other places i cannot get it.

yes tatadocomo offers lot of concessions. there was a talk that their licence itself was in troubles on account 2G scam. we cannot be changing providers every now and then of course number portability is there. good day.

tatadocomo's licence in kerala is not going to get cancelled, that's what I heard .....

aman: for sms rate cutter they charge Rs.26 per minute with option to send 100 sms per day. I send one or two a week and hence thought it is not necessary to opto for sms rate cutter.

ajithlal: Yes. I was having BSNL but for better coverage I switched over to airtel. But I think now bsnl has better coverage in tamil nadu.

alberello: Yes. I find charges in Italy are quite high compared to India. The one reason it is cheaper in India --its high population--now more than 80 crore cell phone connections are there. some of us hold more than two/three connections. I was not bothering about rates as long as I was charged at 1p per second. I talk briefly--like i have started, i am coming, pl be ready- over --like that. so i economise through this plan.