indeed we should all chill but as i have said it before online petitions dont do squat.It is not even legally binding to the parties.ITs just a form of protest.You need to take the legal route ie court but we all have to wait for the speed reduction.
You are going to grow up to be a wonderful cynic
I would say online petitions can sometimes do more than what an ordinary court case can do. They already have lawyers on retainers to fight their cases, and don't really give a damn if they have to pay Rs. 5,000 as compensation a year later. But if they get bad publicity now that hits them harder. As they say, "pait pe laat padna." And an online petition doesn't have to be an alternative to legal action. It can just be a precursor that hopefully gets them to take action without needing to engage in lengthy and costly litigation.
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if media is not taking action, we could go ahead and post a half page advert in a national daily giving out details and analysis of airtel FUP in consumer interest. they can't gag that.
^^ Im in for the ad!
I think posting an add like "issued in public interest/public awareness" in a national daily would a great step and cause a huge embarassment to Airtel. Need someone here who would be willing to walk that extra mile. Such an add would need to present informaiton based solely on facts and not on our enraged emotions, otherwise no newspaper would accept it.
I am not sure, but I think a half page ad would cost a few lakhs. Unless we start charging a Rs. 10,000 membership fee to this forum, I am afraid that would be out of our reach!! (But what an idea, sirji - would be good fun!)
You are going to grow up to be a wonderful cynic
I would say online petitions can sometimes do more than what an ordinary court case can do. They already have lawyers on retainers to fight their cases, and don't really give a damn if they have to pay Rs. 5,000 as compensation a year later. But if they get bad publicity now that hits them harder. As they say, "pait pe laat padna." And an online petition doesn't have to be an alternative to legal action. It can just be a precursor that hopefully gets them to take action without needing to engage in lengthy and costly litigation.
---------- Post added at 11:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:29 PM ----------
if media is not taking action, we could go ahead and post a half page advert in a national daily giving out details and analysis of airtel FUP in consumer interest. they can't gag that.
^^ Im in for the ad!
I think posting an add like "issued in public interest/public awareness" in a national daily would a great step and cause a huge embarassment to Airtel. Need someone here who would be willing to walk that extra mile. Such an add would need to present informaiton based solely on facts and not on our enraged emotions, otherwise no newspaper would accept it.
I am not sure, but I think a half page ad would cost a few lakhs. Unless we start charging a Rs. 10,000 membership fee to this forum, I am afraid that would be out of our reach!! (But what an idea, sirji - would be good fun!)
)drafting the petition.A lot of it is there, but I need some examples of what are the legitimate uses of the internet that are bandwidth heavy. (stuff like downloading linux distros, VOIP, Video conferencing etc.)
