Virgin STD/Local calls at 50p!

Think VIRGIN and think new. Virgin mobile has come up with this plan especially for STD facilities. After TRAI had slashed the STD rates to Rs 1.50, only Reliance and Virgin came up with 50p offers. Reliance charges a rental of Rs 249 to avail this offer.
   The Virgin offer features are as follows :

• With this all new offer from Virgin Mobile, calls to any number, anywhere in India is 50 paise/minute.
• The starter kit that you have to buy comes for Rs 99.
• If you are an existing customer, you can make the switch for a recharge of Rs. 12
  (This recharge also offers full talktime after Tax deduction)
•   The more you call in a day, the more you save. You can save up to Rs. 900 in a month on  STD alone.

However, there are certain conditions that apply along with this offer. It is obviously not mentioned in the advertisements that are shown.

•  For the first 3 local minutes of the day, your calls will be charged @ Rs.1/min. From the 4th local minutes onwards, you will be charged 50p/min.
• For the first 3 STD minutes of the day, your calls will be charged @ Rs.1.5/min. From the 4th STD minutes onwards, you will be charged 50p/min.
• STD calls @ 50p/min are subject to a maximum of 30 mins per day.

The biggest disadvantage is that only 30 minutes of talktime would be charged 50p. After that the regular tarrifs apply. This is a good pack if you want to save a little and if your calling is restricted to not more than 30 minutes to an STD number per day. Pretty good for an average caller.

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