Tuesday, December 1, 2015

One Digicel Day

In Vanuatu, there are two cell phone service providers: TVL and Digicel. Peace Corps graciously provided us with sim cards for each, and put us on a calling circle so we can reach other PCVs for free.
Sometimes Digicel doesn't work, sometimes TVLs out, so it's good to have both options.
Overall, the service is good, the connection is decent, and it's not too expensive...
Then, there are the texts. Every day. Many times. SO MANY. I keep thinking I have friends, and then...Digicel again!
To give you all a small taste of the daily life of a Digicel customer, I compiled all of the texts I received yesterday, November 30.

"HAPPY UNITY DAY! Enjoy your public holiday with a FREE CALL offer! Call all your Digicel friends and family today. Dial 998 NOW. Only 320 vt."

"Top up today and DOUBLE YOUR CREDIT! Top up 50vt or more! Hurry up and top up NOW and get FREE credit to call all your friends this weekend!"



"Wish your friends and family HAPPY UNITY DAY with the BEST UNLIMITED SMS offer, 24 hour for ONLY 100vt! Text TUFF to 3999 NOW! Happy texting!"

"Congratulations to Jessica O & Mary R, who each won 5,000vt! Text FLY to 204 for the final day of the Fly High SMS Game! Improve your rank and win part of 200,000vt!



"Fly ahead! Text fly to 204. Deliver all your last items tonight before THE GAME ENDS at MIDNIGHT to win the massive point bonus and WIN Rank 1: 80,000vt. Rank 2: 50,000vt.


Oh Digicel, how I loathe thy spam.

2 comments:

  1. I think you can unsubscribe to that there was a code you enter to block it. Can't recall the code but I did it on my phone and the messages from digicel went down to nearly zero.

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    1. I have heard tell of this magical number, but no one seems to know what it is!

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