Telkom's discount

Telkom's discount

From Pos Kota

The North Jakarta branch office of the state-owned telecommunications corporation (Telkom) has since April 2001 been advertising a 60 percent discount off the cost of installing a new telephone line. Interested in the offer, I registered myself as a new subscriber but, to my surprise, I was told there were no lines available.

Meanwhile, many people have also registered to avail of the offer, and I know of one person who registered for a new phone line before the offer and already paid the fee, who has been waiting for more than a year now for a telephone without any confirmation. And all have been told that no new lines are available.

What surprises all of us prospective subscribers is that Telkom has been offering something they do not have, so that Telkom has been telling a big lie to the public, most of them the have-nots who like most Jakartans badly need telephone lines.

I am writing to kindly ask Telkom to pay attention to us, and to improve their service to the public.

MAESYAROH

Jakarta