BSNL Slashes STD Long Distance Call Rates
Posted On Saturday, February 28th, 2009 By Ravi
About 3 years ago, BSNL was the first to introduce the lowest calling rates to anywhere in India at Re. 1. I remember the times when a call to Bombay costed Rs 50 a minute. It was a boon for me actually, but I still wished that the call rates would go down further as my bills were still high. Well, I am on the phone for 2500 to 3000 minutes a month. BSNL has intorduced a new plan called India Golden 50, which is a prepaid mobile plan, which attracts a monthly fee of around Rs 350, and you can make calls to anywhere in India for 50 paise. That means, if my bills were around Rs 3000 call charges + Rs 300 rental + Rs 407 service tax, my total bill would have been 3707, and with this prepaid connection, on which everyone gets lucky once in a while to get a full talk time on their recharges without any service charges or processing fees, I pay only Rs 1500+350 totallying Rs 1850, and I save nearly Rs 2000 a month. If I dont get lucky with the full talk time recharges, I pay the service tax too Continue Reading