Friday, March 30, 2007

Telco Analysis

My singtel bill is getting ridiculous lately, so i decided to study and analyse what the 3 telco has to offer once again.

Under my company's corporate plan:

1) Singtel iOne Plus
- $19.60/mth
- Free caller id for only 1 year and $5/mth subsqly (-2)
- Free incoming calls and 100 min outgoing calls
- 500 SMSes
- Per Minute billing (-5)
- Get to retain my existing number (+1)
- No need to buy new simcard (+2)
Score: -2

2) M1 SunTalk Plus 100
- $22.50/mth (-2)
- No free caller id (-4)
- Free incoming calls and 100 min outgoing calls
- 500 SMSes
- Charged for the 1st min followed by blocks of 6 secs (+3)

- Absolutely free weekend calls (+3)
- Get to retain my old but v nice M1 number number (+2)

- Need to pay new SIM card (-2)
Score: 0

2) Starhub PowerValue 100
- $19.60/mth
- Free caller id for 2 yrs (+4)
- Free incoming calls and 100 min outgoing calls
- 500 SMSes
- Per sec billing (+5)
- Must change to a not so nice number (-2)
Score: 7

So the choice is obvious. Without much doubts, I drove to i-hub centre to get a new starhub mobile number. My old number will be ported to the new one, so i am still contactable via the old number :)

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