just request for a new simcard lor.. im pretty sure there must be simcard problem..

haha im already switch from xpax to hotlink...

registered at 12pm at hotlink promotion booth, just within half hour my xpax simcard is not active anymore and i had to change to the new simcard (hotlink) provide by maxis..

registration procedure really easy and fast, just bring ic and they'll give new simcard free

i think i'll use this hotlink a week or two, then i'll port to celcom uox for better rates

This post has been edited by badon: Nov 8 2008, 01:31 PM

You got nothing better to do?

u so free wan ah??

haha no need to be free to do that, today i jalan2 cari makan and suddenly walk by a hotlink promotion booth at a shopping complex, just left my information details to them and after 10-15 minutes i go back to their booth and they give me the simcard... nice~

He did that because of Xpax can't port to UOX directly.

yup tats the real reason i do the porting actually...

forgot to say the hotlink representative i meet earlier said that any amount of credit below RM50 will be automatically transfer into your new telco

but if your credit balance is above RM50, only RM50 will be transfer and the remaining will be forfeit..

but this apply porting from celcom>>maxis, not sure for others..

LOL...when i read the first sentences, i was like..."what the..."
until the last line, just i know ur purpose...haha..
so its true cannot convert directly from xpax to uox heh?
i read somewhere, we can already do that...

sure bout tat?
if i remembered correctly..
some members lost their credit coz couldn't finish using it in time...

im sure i heard it,

i even get back my xpax credit (before porting i have a lil credit bout rm2 somethin ) into my new hotlink...

but i dont know if tat regulation only apply to xpax>>hotlink transition.... forgot to ask for other porting

maybe they're still improvising the MNP thingy for customers benefit lol ..

Snag in number portability

KUALA LUMPUR: The much-awaited mobile number portability (MNP) service has finally been introduced, but not all cellphone users are jumping for joy.

There are other issues to grapple with now, involving call and SMS charges.

With MNP, users can switch from one service provider to another while retaining their phone numbers, prefix included.

But here is where it gets tricky – mobile phone users could end up paying higher bills as call charges to different network providers are usually higher.

With users retaining their prefix numbers but changing network providers, users calling out will not know if they are connecting to the same service provider or another as the prefix will not “show” anything.

Calls between subscribers of the same network provider are cheaper, compared to calls to other network providers.

For example, calls between Maxis subscribers are charged 12 sen a minute (postpaid, Value Plus 50 plan), as against 18 sen to other networks.

A Celcom subscriber (XPax prepaid plan) would incur a 35 sen charge a minute within the same zone, as opposed to 45sen a minute in calls to other networks.

Enquiries by The Star revealed that some network providers were offering certain solutions.

DiGi Telecommunications said its subscribers would be informed if those listed under their Friends & Family (FnF) package switched to other network providers.

“When a user calls someone who has ported out of DiGi for the first time, a pre-recorded voice message will be heard, saying that the contact is no longer a DiGi subscriber,” a spokesman said.

U Mobile Sdn Bhd said a pre-notification service would be introduced to its customers, informing them which network they were calling.

A Maxis Communications official advised subscribers to alert their contacts if they decided to change service providers to avoid confusion.

He said the subscribers’ decision to switch operators via MNP will not be automatically communicated to those who wished to contact the user.

This has made some users, like engineering student Siti Qistin Mohd Noor Azaman, 20, decide against switching networks.

“Don’t you think it would be rather awkward to ask someone that you just met about his or her mobile service provider?” she asked.

Copywriter Jason Sebastian, 26, felt that it was the network providers’ responsibility to inform their subscribers of their contacts’ service providers.

Tina Ong, 40, one of those who have opted to switch networks, said she was happy to have done so.

“I don’t have to worry about losing touch with my important contacts whom I have developed over eight years,” said Ong, who runs a café with her husband Dino Foon, 54.

According to estimates, there are 20.6 million prepaid and 4.6 million postpaid users in the country.

URL: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=...7986&sec=nation

those who are against the MNP idea, typical mindset

Important Notice !

For those old time postpaid subscribers who was required to pay deposit during postpaid sign up, you may now call up your respective telco to get a refund. A friend of mine managed to get back his 8 years old deposit fully refunded to his account recently based on the following grounds.

1) Tell the custcare agent that deposit is irreverent now as new customer sign up a postpaid line no longer required to pay deposit.

2) You being a long time loyal customer but was treated unfairly all these years with deposit requirement as compare to newly registered customers where no deposit is required.

3) (This is the most effective) Tell the custcare that you insist you want the deposit fully refunded (based on the above 2 reasons) because you really DON'T SEE THE NECESSITY TO PORT OUT TO OTHER TELCO ( this is the polite way to tell them if they don't refund, you will port out.

The telco have no other choice but to refund you the deposit. Because if you port out to other telco, they still have to refund you the deposit but worst, they lose you.

This post has been edited by aeiou228: Nov 10 2008, 03:40 PM

the sort of problem can be overcomed, MNP is very useful to people like me, who wish to change network, but want to keep the number.

crap articale.....those people who complained about MNP, do they know that there are two telco that offers flat rate>?? sure those are the ppl who are from $axis

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Added on November 10, 2008, 1:37 pmlatest update, Online application are now nationwide, u can appy MNP online than DiGi'll send u the sim card to your doorstep...is that cool??


This post has been edited by llmcso: Nov 10 2008, 01:37 PM

yah man. with one flat rate for voice, sms & mms, if you call with digi it doesn't matter who you're calling to!!

i just came back from Celcom Centre, Alor Star.. the celcom staff said Celcom has been undergoing major problems for the past 2 weeks, especially during SMS & MMS process (sending fail but receiver got sms, sending deferred, receiving SMS late e.g. 10hours later, etc..) and also network issues (fluctuation in network coverage, including 3G coverage)..

"We will try to clear this major issue a.s.a.p. but for the mean time, most of our customers are going through the same problem.."

In other words = WAIT & SEE.

juz bear wit it lor. at least, they working on the problems rite..

yeah.. they must've underestimated the amount of ppl porting to celcom thus the network problem occurs.. oh well.. at least d calls ins/outs are alrite..

After MNP, you are advice to avoid at all cost using Celcom Xpax prepaid. The only prepaid that are still charging exorbitantly expensive off net adjacent (RM1.40/min) and non adjacent (RM2.40/min) calls.

Example: Penang 019Xpax calling Johor 019Digi = RM2.40/min

sos: http://www.celcom.com.my/cep/xresources/Ce...CORP/index.html

This post has been edited by aeiou228: Nov 10 2008, 10:59 PM