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selah
#1 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 10:46:36 AM
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YU 2 YU calls is free from 6am-6pm.
3/= to other networks.
No subscription, No terms and conditions.
(I hav just confirmed it by calling free to my taxi driver-the only YU no. in my dual sim phone.)

As a safaricom die hard this offer is too good to be loyal.
'......to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.' Colossians 2:2-3
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McReggae
#2 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:05:39 AM
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Modify the topic a bit!!!

They want to build up numbers before they sell....my thinking!!!!
..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Robinhood
#3 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:10:12 AM
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An act of desperation
Great men are not always wise, neither do the aged understand judgement...
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selah
#4 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:14:58 AM
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call it whatever you want,but I have just called my mum and other regular callers and asked them to change their line to YU when they are calling me.

If it last a month I will definitely have saved a lot.



'......to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.' Colossians 2:2-3
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Foreman
#5 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:19:09 PM
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selah wrote:
YU 2 YU calls is free from 6am-6pm.
3/= to other networks.
No subscription, No terms and conditions.
(I hav just confirmed it by calling free to my taxi driver-the only YU no. in my dual sim phone.)

As a safaricom die hard this offer is too good to be loyal.

Is this a permanent tariff?
Wapi Link?
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VituVingiSana
#6 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:45:05 PM
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Wow... seems interesting. What's the catch?
Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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selah
#7 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:08:32 PM
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VituVingiSana wrote:
Wow... seems interesting. What's the catch?


The first time you call they ask you to press * to reserve your dunda tune..I think thats where they want to make at least some income also offnet calls are still 3/= so they will make cash from that.

Given that on net call are free I dont think they are subject to any taxes so I dont think they suffer any considerable cost when you call free on net.

for them to sell this outfit at an attractive premium they need a good chunk of subscribers so I think this offer is just to increase their market share b4 bolting out.

I asked Them how long the offer was to last, they were non committal on the time line.
'......to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.' Colossians 2:2-3
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Barrywhite
#8 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:44:29 PM
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Free on-net calls is NOT a new thing in this market. Its been done by all operators at different times, l had actually assumed YU had tried their hands on it too. I am surprised from these discussions, it appears like this is the first time they are doing it. Their action could excite the market for a short while, but l dont see it being significant. Safcom have 1/- on-net in near similar timeframes. I think you they have an idle network; so rather than keep running it (opex costs) while its idle, they have resorted to driving dunda tune subscriptions and make money somewhat, however little; in the hope they could get the numbers too. But with 3G ruled out entirely and just EDGE for data, l think this is the very last kick of a dying horse.
The laudable is more often than not rendered laughable by overclaim
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DtheK
#9 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 1:56:00 PM
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Also thought I saw an advert for a yu double SIM phone for 2,000 why did they have to wait so long? if they had done this back in the days of supa ongea they would have achieved something.
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selah
#10 Posted : Tuesday, July 12, 2011 2:07:59 PM
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Barrywhite wrote:
Free on-net calls is NOT a new thing in this market. Its been done by all operators at different times, l had actually assumed YU had tried their hands on it too. I am surprised from these discussions, it appears like this is the first time they are doing it. Their action could excite the market for a short while, but l dont see it being significant. Safcom have 1/- on-net in near similar timeframes. I think you they have an idle network; so rather than keep running it (opex costs) while its idle, they have resorted to driving dunda tune subscriptions and make money somewhat, however little; in the hope they could get the numbers too. But with 3G ruled out entirely and just EDGE for data, l think this is the very last kick of a dying horse.


The previous free offers had a subscription of about 10/= a day which restricted its uptake.

This strategy is a killer in that it has no preconditions with chinese phones flooding the market it will be a matter of time b4 its subscribers shoot up.

'......to the acknowledgment of the mystery of God, and of the Father, and of Christ; 3 In whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.' Colossians 2:2-3
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