To port or not to port for VodafoneIdea customers

To port or not to port - For VodafoneIdea customers

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riteshriteshritesh said:
I doubt either( conversion or portout) can happen before 90 days. Be prepared to hang on to postpaid for 90 days. The executives say BS to save their skin.
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Yes, I have to spend for 3 months before I port out, but conversion can happen after a month. Based on which, I have dangled the carrot of a DTH etc at the end of a nice rope for the sales chap to mull on. And I know he has his targets. :) Airtel has come out with a single family account with a variety of services under it including mobile (3 SIMs), DTH, internet, landline so these guys are encouraging customers old and new to consider migrating to this 'unified' account.

PS - airtel charges 2498 vs Jio's 2100/year with the same amount of data. Well, Airtel is slightly more expensive but I wanted at least one connection from an alternative network. No point depending on only 1 if you have multiple SIMs for the family.

PPS - the 199 + GST postpaid plan (my bad it's not 259/mth with GST) also provides 30 GB data with roll over and no daily cap according to the little twit at the store. :D
 
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The "90 day rule" is just a policy that telcos framed to lock a customer. That can be broken if you can communicate to a higher authority and explain the case. I once opted to port-in to Reliance GSM. The store representative without my consent gave me a postpaid connection, which I realised after the number got ported. I somehow contacted a higher rep and it was converted to prepaid within 3 days after the number got ported. It only took 2 hours after I got in touch with the representative. If the mistake is on their part, it is possible to get things fixed.
 
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sriivatsava said:
The "90 day rule" is just a policy that telcos framed to lock out a customer. That can be broken if you can communicate to a higher authority and explain the case. I once opted to port-in to Reliance GSM. The store representative without my consent gave me a postpaid connection, which I realised after the number got ported. I somehow contacted a higher rep and it was converted to prepaid within 3 days after the number got ported. It only took 2 hours after I got in touch with the representative. If the mistake is on their part, it is possible to get things fixed.
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The difference between prepaid and post paid has only narrowed after these telcos raised their plan prices in Dec. For e.g. Jio used to charge 1600 for a year's subscription with 1.5 GB/day data, now it's 2121 including taxes. While postpaid is a fixed 200 + GST (Rs 236) with only 25 GB data/mth but no extra charges for ISD and arguably more responsive customer service. I needed the ISD calling facility but prepaid requires you to pay up a min of about Rs 500/4 weeks, a ISD pack, for a top up that enables ISD calling. While postpaid has ISD activated without extra charges, you pay for actual usage charged in that billing cycle.
 
Next date in 13 days. Now that the government wants delayed payment... Enough time to send a message.
 
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