Wind In My Head: IDD Rates
Wind In My Head
Saturday, October 08, 2005
IDD Rates
Plentyfish has been SMS-ing the UK quite a bit lately. CY is now working in London and it's the cheapest way for them to keep in touch. She doesn't have any sort of Internet connection in her serviced apartment, so they can't Skype. So he rings Singtel to find out how much it would cost to SMS the UK.This was the conversation.
Plentyfish: How much is it to SMS London?
Singtel: Wait ah, I find out.
Plentyfish: Erm...
Singtel: 17p
Plentyfish: ???? Wa....??
Singtel: Ya, 17 p.
Plentyfish: 17p??
Singtel (getting frustrated even though he didn't have a right to) : Yes, 17 p. 17 pesos!
Plentyfish: pesos???
Singtel: Yes, it's 17pesos to call London.
Plentyfish: From the Philippines?
Singtel: har? It's 17 pesos lah. P-E-S-O-S!
Plentyfish: Right.
So apparently, Singtel is really going regional and we're charging in pesos because it's good business sense to do that?
Go figure. It is Singtel.
Ondine tossed this thought in at 21:19
2 thoughts...
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At 12:07 am
Paperman said... Nono... Just an inept Sing & Tell performance... :-)
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At 9:59 am
Toh PC said...
Don't knock the pesos. It's King Solomon's favourite curency. Psalms Eccesiates, Songs Of Songs.