The Hindu : Andhra Pradesh / Hyderabad News : No to soft drinks

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Monday, May 14, 2007
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Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh - Hyderabad

No to soft drinks

No to soft drinks

The soft drink culture is spoiling our society, not only by means of health but by character too.

The ad of these drinks are vulgar and it is embarrassing to watch TV with family members when they are shown.

I congratulate the struggle launched by SFI and JVV (The Hindu dated 10.05.07) against these soft drinks and their move to promote natural drinks such as tender coconut, buttermilk and fruit juice.

J.A. Siddiqui,

Idi Bazar

Exorbitant processing fee

Telecom operators, of late, are taking their customers for a ride.

I am presently a prepaid subscriber to Airtel mobile no. 98496 15608 with one year validity, which expires on 25.10.2007.

When I found the balance in my account depleting (it was Rs.300 on 20.4.2007), I got it recharged with Rs.1,000, through Internet. My account was credited with Rs.765.95 only as talk time against this recharged amount.

On enquiry with the customer service centre I was told the reason for the short fall of Rs.234 was `processing fee.'

I am unable to comprehend how the operator can charge such exorbitant fees, when the validity period is still in force. Regularly the operator announces that "full talk time is given for recharges of Rs.555, Rs.666," etc.

It is strange that it did not allow full talk time for a higher amount of recharge in my case.

P.V. Subba Rao,

Alwal

Shed slackness

The BSNL logo is "Connecting India." But in practice it does not seem to have the wherewithal to connect even two locations in the same area 100 metres apart with cable nor get a service connection for a three-phase electrical point to power the equipment.

It took BSNL two years to instal equipment in the Kendriya Vihar complex at Gachibowli for a DSL exchange with 480-line capacity.

And it is taking more than six months to complete the work and commission the exchange.

The equipment is simply lying idle. Net result is that the other players in the field are ready to provide whatever service the residents in the 178-flat complex want.

Surely, BSNL is losing out to competitors due to its lackadaisical attitude and all talk of phone on demand is just nothing.

Hope the DM at Serilingampally will respond.

R.Chandrasekhar,

Gachibowli

Idi Bazar

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