Here's an excerpt from my Cnet Asia blog post.
I've been a Globe and Smart prepaid user for quite a while now. The main reason I maintain two prepaid numbers is quite simple: it's cheaper to call and SMS people in the same network. Lately however, I've been using my Globe prepaid less and less due to a number of problems with the network.So what about you? Any prepaid load horror stories you'd like to share?
First of all, the disappearing load. That has got to be the single, most inconvenient and frustrating thing ever. Me and my friends load 20 bucks to our prepaid numbers, and the second load confirmation arrives and we do a balance check (which is free thank God), there is only 15 or 17 bucks left on the account. What the hell? I was about to register for a prepaid SMS service but I never got past that part because my load was short 3 bucks. Same thing happened with my girlfriend the other day when she loaded 20 on her phone, there was only 17.50 in her account when she did a balance inquiry.
Don't believe me? Try searching through Google.
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