At 11:13 AM -0800 11/19/07, Rajib Das wrote: >Supposedly it is not Reliance that is the darling in >the Telecom business all over India - it is Airtel. > >That cell phones work in Namti and that one does not >have to wait for years (and on the top of that give >bribes) to get a landline is in itself a testament to >the success of market forces.
**** If the baseline/standard of expectation is kept low enough, then anything could be considered a success or an improvement. But what does that prove? > >People have the option to switch out of Reliance - >earlier they could not switch out of MTNL. > >--- Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> As an addendum to my previous response on the matter >> of the quality >> of private services as in cell-phone, I would be >> remiss if I did not >> share what I heard during my recent trip to Assam: >> >> *** That service is uniformly bad thruout Assam. >> And the worst is >> the darling of the private enterprise >> advocates: Reliance; so much so that there was some >> kind of a 'Bandh' >> against purported Reliance deceit of consumers. >> >> I was loaned a cellphone from a new service provider >> by a relative, >> which, amazingly worked from my native village at >> remote Namti, but >> would not work from some of Guahati's most >> important localities such >> as Beltola and Rajgarh. >> >> >> *** Most surprisingly the cell phone service that >> generally is >> acknowledged to be the most reliable across Assam is >> that provided by >> the Indian Govt. operated BSNL, but at a cost. >> Apparently it is the >> most expensive of cell phone services. >> >> >> So much for the conventional wisdom about public vs. >> private >> enterprise in India, specifically as it relates to >> cell phone service >> in Assam. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> At 5:06 PM +0000 11/18/07, Malabika Brahma wrote: >> >Cell phone services are available all over India at >> a very >> >reasonable rate with excellent service, however >> electricity is not. >> > >> >This is because cell phone was considered a luxury >> and hence left to >> >the market forces whereas electricity was >> considered essential and >> >left for the government to provide. >> > >> >Government always messes up whereas fair market >> dynamics does not. >> > >> >Utpal >> > >> > >> > >> >Yahoo! Answers - Get better answers from someone >> who knows. >> >><http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTEydmViNG02BF9TAzIxMTQ3MTcxOTAEc2VjA21haWwEc2xrA3RhZ2xpbmU>Try >> >> >it now. >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> >assam mailing list >> >assam@assamnet.org >> >>http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> > _______________________________________________ >> assam mailing list >> assam@assamnet.org >> >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org >> > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. >http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
