How should we judge a government?

In Malaysia, if you don't watch television or read newspapers, you are uninformed; but if you do, you are misinformed!

"If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." - Malcolm X

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience - Mark Twain

Why we should be against censorship in a court of law: Publicity is the very soul of justice … it keeps the judge himself, while trying, under trial. - Jeremy Bentham

"Our government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no
responsibility at the other. " - Ronald Reagan

Government fed by the people

Government fed by the people

Career options

Career options
I suggest government... because nobody has ever been caught.

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?

Corruption so prevalent it affects English language?
Corruption is so prevalent it affects English language?

When there's too much dirt...

When there's too much dirt...
We need better tools... to cover up mega corruptions.

Prevent bullying now!

Prevent bullying now!
If you're not going to speak up, how is the world supposed to know you exist? “Orang boleh pandai setinggi langit, tapi selama ia tidak menulis, ia akan hilang di dalam masyarakat dan dari sejarah.” - Ananta Prameodya Toer (Your intellect may soar to the sky but if you do not write, you will be lost from society and to history.)

Saturday, May 14, 2011

YES could sneak on you...

until too late!

My son warned me with this information though it was me who warned him earlier not to get carried away using YES (without a package):

1 May, 9am
"How ironic. YES! mobile gets a nasty letter from me cc-Ed to consumer association today and then my line gets barred. After all the promo 1 month ago for them. Sigh. Thank god I still have digi broadband. How can I use up rm700 + in month and a half of data. Double sigh."

11 May, 1pm
"...24GB in 2 months cost more than RM700+, if Yes don't respond soon, I'm going to report to FOMCA!"

Still awaiting the end result of this case.


Why I think the charges seem reasonable but not the way YES entraps their customers:

Rm700 divided by 0.09 (9 sen per minute), we get 7777 minutes; 7777 divided by 60, we get 129.6 hours; 129.6 hours divided by 45 days (month and a half), we get 2.88 hours (per day)... which seems perfectly normal for an average user, but highly costly for someone who did not realize it!

As a comparison, using the Digi Prepaid Internet, for Rm2 a day, we get unlimited usage for the day. For Rm2, we get to use YES for only 22.2 minutes! Of course, the big difference would be the speed which depends presumably on MHz or MegaHerz or Ghz (1000 MHz equal 1 Ghz), which high-speed users need. To be fair, YES has packages which works out reasonably and competitively. But I expect many would be caught when they have yet to sign up for specific packages, without realizing the sums involved. YES's 'no statement, use as you like, with minimum Rm30 charge per month' seems like a trap to those unwary.
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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Which is the very reason why I did not take up any of YES many and varied packages.

I don't think I'll ever subscribe with YES. Currently, of all the telcos, DIGI seems the cheapest for a light user.