Globe's new Unlitxt promo

[nmerchant]

We must never be intimidated by Globe. They may be ultra rich and powerful, but that doesn't mean they can just abuse consumers.

Pricing is a really tricky issue. But the advance of GSM technology should result in lower prices. Matagal na nilang nabawi investments nila. Their older GSM equipment have been reinforced by modern ones with far better features. In sum, the networks are in a better position to handle more calls, texts and other services than before.

Even iPods cannot be priced exceedingly high. May ceiling ang consumers buying power. Apple may decide to peg it a higher price, pero malilimitahan ang sarili nilang market.

Hope more people signed up the online petition and that we could attend the NTC hearing tomorrow Feb 9 at the NTC.

Let's support TXTPower!

[bluethehero]

Originally Posted by aragorn10

Globe defends Unlitxt:
http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/breakin...ticle_id=48328

Looks like we're in for a long debate and legal battle. Personally, even if I am a consumer, I think Globe will win this one. There's no such thing as a "forever price" in this world. (E di dapat piso pa din ang Coke hanggang ngayon?). They have the right to raise prices, and NTC can't dictate on that. Like what I have mentioned before, it's just like Apple iPods and Lacoste shirts... we can't complain if they are expensive. If you can't afford, then don't buy.

Boycott lang ang solution dito so Globe will rethink its prices. But it seems some people are still availing of the new unlitxt...

Pero they said na "forever na" ang unlimitext, making it unqualified as a "promo" because there is no forever promo. Dapat di na promo tawag dun the moment they made it forever. Kaya renaming a forever service and increasing its rates will make it a rate hike, malinaw pa sa mineral water yan.

Pero sige, tama ka pa rin, even if we will not look at it in the context of a promo, karapatan nilang mag-increase. Ang kinaiinis ko lang, they inhibit themselves from calling it a "Rate hike" and keep on insisting that it's a new promo.

Sana lang, matauhan na ang mga Globe subscribers at lumipat na ang malaking porsyento ng market ng Globe.

[1n0tr0p3]

Originally Posted by saywhat

Nyek! Saan mo naman nakuha 'yan? Baka naka-mobiline ka pa rin?

SUN is owned by the Gokongwei's, Globe by the Ayala's (and Singapore Telecommunications).

Mag-SUN na kasi kayo. Sila ang nagpauso ng unlimited calls and texts, at sila lang ang true to their words.

Hahaha! Uy sobra ka naman. di ako mobiline..globe ako. Bigla ako natawa dun haha

E kasi parang..parang lang...dati may nagsasabi na sister company / socio ang globe at Sun. Ako lang ba may alam ng maling info na 'to? Huyy raise your hands hehehe.

Ok na sana ang Sun kaso yung signal wow, hi-tech. hehehe
Basta wish ko sana ibalik na ng globe yung unlimited 50pesos. Di naman ako ganon kaadik kaso laking tipid nun e, lalo na sa mga lakaran.

[MEM2]

Globe challenges NTC on ‘unlimited texting’
02/08/2007 | 07:41 PM

Globe Telecom on Thursday challenged a government order to stop its latest unlimited short messaging or ‘texting’ promotion, saying the February 5 order of the National Telecommunications Commission is effectively a price-fixing action and illegal.

The country’s second largest mobile phone company, in a position paper presented to the commission en banc, urged the telecom authority to reconsider its order compelling Globe to revert to previous promotional prices for texting.

“The NTC had no legal basis to order (Globe) to revert to pre-February 1 prices for unlimited texting, and it would violate the law if it reinstated (Globe's) earlier Unlimitxt promotion," the company said.

Globe argued the NTC had deprived it of due process in ruling for TXTPower, an online- organization that accused Globe of sneaking a rate hike on subscribers. The group claims to represent mobile phone users.

The telecom company cited Supreme Court rulings that the commission should not impose new rates on a telecom carrier even on a temporary basis without prior notice and hearing.
It argued the NTC cannot force Globe to violate contracts with subscribers of the new promo or reinstate prices on contracts that no longer exist.

TXTpower, on February 1 petitioned the NTC to withdraw authority for Globe’s promotion and launched an online signature campaign for a rate rollback.

Acting on the groups’ petition, the telecom authority on Monday ordered Globe to “hold in abeyance" its new promo.

Globe has not complied with the order, prompting the regulatory body to issue a cease- and-desist order on the operator on February 7. The first public hearing for the issue is slated Friday.

Under the new pricing, Globe charges P80 for unlimited text messaging over four days, or P20 per day. This effectively doubles the rate from P50 for five days (or P10 per day), previously.

The new promo also includes options for unlimited messaging during the day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and overnight from 10 p.m. to 7:59 a.m. for a flat rate of P10.

Globe denies the new offer is an increase over the old promotion. It said the two are separate and distinct offerings with different mechanics. In any case, promotional rates should be compared not against preceding promotions but against the approved rate of P1 per text message. -GMANews.TV

[the_registrar]

kahit na nagtaas ang globe lagi pa rin akong nakaunli.
ang problema lang, *** mga kaklase at friends ko naman *** bumalik sa dating network...halos karamihan sa kanila sun ulit ngayon.
buti di ko pa natatapon *** sim ko ng sun.
after ng unli ko sa globe i'll definitely switch to sun!

[druslydie]

para sa akin, wala yung issue sa price. it's about information, imagine, overnight, walang pasabe ang globe na tomorrow or on feb. 1 the new rates would be blah blah blah. wala. parang kaboom! pag gising mo ng umaga, wala ng unlimitxt, at unlitxt na nga siya. so yun yung nakakainis, parang gin*g*go lang yung mga consumers e. ano tayo? manghuhula? na alam natin na bukas makalawa mataas na ang services nila?

[bluethehero]

^sakin ang mas issue ay yung pagtawag nila na "promo" daw yung original unlimitxt knowing that the previous unlimitxt was made permanent. how can a promo be permanent? di na promo tawag dun.

[blue_tooth]

Globe denies the new offer is an increase over the old promotion. It said the two are separate and distinct offerings with different mechanics. In any case, promotional rates should be compared not against preceding promotions but against the approved rate of P1 per text message. -GMANews.TV

if the two are separate and distinct offerings, why does GLOBE stopped UNLIMITXT and just offer UNLITXT?

Globe is also misleading the consumers telling that UNLIMITXT is for good or permanent and have uNLITXT instead.

[loc0]

I'm participating in the boycott on principle, not because I can't pay for it. Those sneaky bastards.

[kaningbrown]

I have an idea. Since we're all for control of our ridiculously "free" market, Why don't the government just take over our communications corporations so they can regulate the pricerates there and ensure that very minimal profit is made and the "real" price of SMS usage is maintained? And then we'll just have to get SMS rights proportional to the amount of work that we do.

While we're at it, let's do that to every single industry we have in the country. Then, let's just change our nation's name to "People's Republic of The Philippines" and call our president "Chairman". Let's add more red to our flag, and maybe a hammer and sickle.

God bless your communist thoughts.

http://redkinoko.blogspot.com/2007/0...limitards.html

[turtz]

yung 10cents per secs nila gumagana padin?
may commercials na sila nung day/night rates nila.. pahirapan pa yan, oorasan pa

offtopic: anu nga ulit pipindutin if nawalan ka nang battery, may emergency call yun diba since hindi naman talaga ubos batt?

[rubberr_ducky]

May hearing pala ang Globe mamaya sa NTC regarding their case...

Nabasa niyo na ba yung article na Globe will not abide by the NTC order because legal contracts to their subscriber...EH sinong subscriber tinutkoy nila.... Ayalas and their cohorts?

[Aizen-Sama]

Medyo ang labo nga nung argument ng Globe about dun sa subscribers. Yun ang excuse nila na they've "inked" some form of contract with their subscribers. Subscribers meaning tayo yun di ba. Eh tayo nga yung nagrereklamo dun sa bagong rates eh. Unless they are talking about something else.

[lizzie_lay]

ganun naman talaga ang globe indi nakukuntento sa mga earnings nila masyadong matakaw. mag smart na lang kaya ako

[rodent_slayer]

paano unli sa smart?

[quents]

send 15 to 258

[etxetera]

Tigasin ang Globe pag half siguro ng earnings nila napunta na sa Sun baka magbago na isip nila

[quents]

hey smart gave me a free unlimited texting day today.

kung marunong ang smart theyll expand this to every subscriber who has load on friday and saturday will be their free unlimited texting day.

smart should go in for the kill!

:roar:

hehe

[mac326]

yung mga users din naman ang may kasalanan. some people abuse it kaya nagkaganyan. i don't think globe is getting much from unlimitexters. kahit mawala ang unlimitexters, their post-paid subscribers will bring in the money. i don't think globe would mind losing a large chunk of pre-paid unlimitext abusers.

[rubberr_ducky]

mac326 - bro being a postpaid sub of globe is no fun at all.