{"id":50470,"date":"2012-08-31T04:29:18","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T08:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=50470"},"modified":"2012-08-31T04:29:18","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T08:29:18","slug":"etisalat-subcribers-protest-airtime-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/?p=50470","title":{"rendered":"Etisalat Subcribers Protest Airtime Losses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Subcribers in Port Harcourt the Rivers State capital have<br \/>\nberated Etisalat Nigeria over what they describe as indiscriminate<br \/>\ndisappearance of airtime immediately after recharging.<\/p>\n<p>Some of those who<br \/>\nspoke with The Tide over the week, said the network provider ought to break up<br \/>\nand live up to expectations.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the situation was worrisome as they where<br \/>\nconsidering joining other networks.<\/p>\n<p>One who gave his name as Emmanuel, said that the 200.00 air<br \/>\ntime he recharged was never reflected on his account, and urged its management<br \/>\nto always make public each of its promos or any change in service as to reduce<br \/>\nfear among its customers.<\/p>\n<p>The middle aged man regretted that network providers in the<br \/>\ncountry were yet to offer their best to its teeming customers. He also noted<br \/>\nthat the air time disappearance started since last week, adding that he now<br \/>\nlacks the courage to recharge his phone.<\/p>\n<p>Others blamed the lapses of network operators in the country<br \/>\non the inability of concerned agencies to use one scape goat for failing<br \/>\nsubscribers for over eight years of operation in the country.<\/p>\n<p>When the Etisalat office was contacted, one of its officers<br \/>\nsaid the alleged airtime disappearance was a misconception of its on going promo.<br \/>\nAccording to him, subscribers are rewarded with 100 percent value of each<br \/>\nairtime recharged, hinting that the amount will not be indicated on the phone.<\/p>\n<p>The Tide learnt that the amount is usually withdrawn every<br \/>\nSunday at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>John Bibor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subcribers in Port Harcourt the Rivers State capital have berated Etisalat Nigeria over what they describe as indiscriminate disappearance of airtime immediately after recharging. Some of those who spoke with The Tide over the week, said the network provider ought to break up and live up to expectations. According to them, the situation was worrisome [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-icttelecom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=50470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50470\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=50470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=50470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetidenewsonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=50470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}