Committed to 'Uang'

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