It was hell of a life when we didn't have any means of communication,but we survived....
It was a blessing when Telecommunication companies arrived(or so we thought),
as I felt like throwing my phone into the Lagoon today.....
Why do I need a phone when I can't get across to people,
If it isn't :
Connection error,
It is Network Busy,
Or a Voice says; "the number you are calling is not available", where as the number being called is available.
The Network I use has been misbehaving for the past three days, I went to a client's office, and stood outside for over an hour trying to get across via GSM, to no avail.
That is just the Tip of the Iceberg as I was calling a particular number and my phone kept displaying "connection error", only to discover later that N750 was deducted from my account without talking to anyone, Worst of all the receiver's phone had recorded 21 missed calls from me when I had called 10 times.
If you tried calling any of their customer care lines, that voice comes alive into your ears again"all trunks are busy please try again later" .You could spend eternity trying to get across to them again, but with little or no success as you will be left with listening to their adverts offering you all kinds of products.
I recall when I bought my Internet Modem, it took me over 3days to get the modem working.
I always have an unpleasant time browsing, due to the slow service my Internet modem provides and impromptu data disconnection...I felt it was the fault of the network provider and acquired more modem from other networks, did it it make any difference?...birds of same plumage.
Do they really fulfil their brand promise? "Ptscew"
Anyways, I call them Mobile Net Fraud, since I don't get the service I pay for...any money spent should have full value attached to it but not in the case of the Telecoms company in Nigeria.You are loosing money, but they are smiling to the bank...But I must keep talking...
I wonder when this nightmare will be over.
Having one Mobile line, is no longer an option, since I cannot rely on any.
infants waiting to be registered, this was highly unfair.... everyone joined me to call the registration officials to "their senses", I wondered when Nigerians will stop "jumping queues", thank God I finally registered, but the early incident left me depressed.... But i watched the 9.00pm network news on NTA, and saw that Nigerians left their homes as early as 3.00am to queue for registration, I was impressed that even though we have some bad apples, we can still boast of good ones.
