NewsWhore
11-27-2009, 05:20 PM
Using e-mail and social media campaigns, consumer groups are seeking to mobilize nationwide support for a protest aimed at cell phone providers Claro (Codetel), Orange, Tricom and Viva for the high rates they charge consumers in the DR.
The case presented is that in the US you can get 2,000 free minutes for only US$52.20. This is beyond what the normal user can talk in a month. The note says that in the DR, the usage of those minutes would cost RD$7,000 (around US$194). The message is that the US has low cell phone costs because consumers protested by not using the service. The e-mail message suggests that on the 28, 29 and 30 of November 2009, people should turn off their cell phones for 72 hours.
"This is the only way we can show Claro, Tricom, Viva and Orange that we are not ignorant and that we won't let them continue putting their hands in our pockets," says the message. It continues by stating: "By acting together we can oblige them to lower the rates and improve the service that is very bad."
The message concludes: "If we do not defend ourselves, no one else is going to do it!"
The promoters of the campaign are urging everyone to get friends and relatives to join the blackout in protest at high cell phone high rates and poor service.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)
The case presented is that in the US you can get 2,000 free minutes for only US$52.20. This is beyond what the normal user can talk in a month. The note says that in the DR, the usage of those minutes would cost RD$7,000 (around US$194). The message is that the US has low cell phone costs because consumers protested by not using the service. The e-mail message suggests that on the 28, 29 and 30 of November 2009, people should turn off their cell phones for 72 hours.
"This is the only way we can show Claro, Tricom, Viva and Orange that we are not ignorant and that we won't let them continue putting their hands in our pockets," says the message. It continues by stating: "By acting together we can oblige them to lower the rates and improve the service that is very bad."
The message concludes: "If we do not defend ourselves, no one else is going to do it!"
The promoters of the campaign are urging everyone to get friends and relatives to join the blackout in protest at high cell phone high rates and poor service.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#7)