Committed to 'Uang'

In response to Hazim Suhadi's letter regarding Telcom's overpriced service in the broadband sector (The Jakarta Post, Aug. 6), this overpricing also relates to local, long distance and international calls.

This must be the only country in the world where consumers are charged a minimum fee for making calls to an engaged number when the caller is advised by a voice recording that the number is busy or unavailable.

Do we really need to be told that the line is busy. The charges for long distance and international calls are also ridiculous. It appears that Telcom is not aware that consumers can now make VOIP calls virtually for free or for a very little cost.

There is obviously a bunch of people in the company with a perverse sense of humor who have coined the phrase "Committed to U". The "U" undoubtedly stands for the word Uang (money).

DARYANANI KISHIN, Jakarta