DND Registry is Namesake.

DND Registry is Namesake.-- Well, yeah Its true, at-least in my life. I'm using this Airtel Sim card for over many years now. I switched from BSNL to Airtel since they didn't have enough coverage in my class-room, which was pretty obtrusive in boring classes when we used to message. When i switched to Airtel, BSNL didn't host any booster cards, no fancy plans, Just two plans in Prepaid and two other in Post-paid. Post paid bills are not quite an entertainer when your parents see it before paying the bill. Hence Students on the whole opt for Prepaid services with lot of offers. I was certainly one of them.

Then, I liked Airtel, It had damn good overage in my classes and every other class in my whole university. They had booster cards for calls and SMSs. I loved it. Then one by one came the shitty part of Airtel. They change booster card plans and denominations in their liking. As frequently as twice in a month. They introduce Shitty plans and remove good ones. Change plans of good booster card denominations, which would have been a good rate-cutter before they change. This is not all. I'd like to have a poll. How many people around here use GPRS services often? And would you even use that with a class10 Device. They, at airtel offer free activation of GPRS, which means automatic, which eventually means even if you don't want to setup GPRS in your mobile the would send settings which flash up and say "Update required". I thought of it to be some other Update like SMS2.0 and installed it. That's the instant I started hating Airtel.

They send browser messages, i.e. WAP ads which are to be used at premium rates. Do you want hot pictures of some actress for Rs.100? I'll kill myself instead. The world is going 3G and they still waste time on outdated WAP websites with premium content which aren't even premium enough. These ads are not from airtel and they don't take responsibility for any of that. The also send Promo normal messages. This is normal in almost all networks but Horoscope in mobile for ten-Rupees where you can collect it in a news paper which costs Rs.5 Max is bullshit. and they have the nerve to advertise this shitty offer.

Love/Marriage/Money/Lucky 

Stones/Numerology/Vaastu

 and much more! 

Call our Astrologers NOW

 at 55315 from your Airtel Mobile. 

Charged at Rs.9/Min.

Just like these there are around 10 messages a day So i decided that The DND registry by the government was indeed a necessary thing for people like me just don't like to be disturbed by an ad. So I went ahead and registered in the Do-Not-Disturb Registry in the Airtel's website (Hurray !!) . That me, celebrating in the braces didn't live long enough, not even for a minute. They said after registering that complete deactivation of all ads towards your mobile will take at least a month. Okay that's so cool a month to deactivate ads. That's super fast isn't it.They must have recruited armed personnel in trekking gear to deliver this message of Not-Disturbing-Me by foot to do the job. Awesome Airtel I couldn't have done it better myself. At least i was rest assured that a law will not be broken and hence their fleet of soldiers would deliver their messages in a month or so (Hurray !! Again!!).

That me celebrating in the braces again didn't live long either. It had been 50 days since i registered and today i got a call from an ICICI insurance agent advising about my insurance policies. He went on talking and talking. When I got a pause i crept in and told that Not-at-all-listening-to-me asshole that i don't earn money and I'm a student living in my parents' money. This again proves that the DND Registry is an eye-wash, It might work for some blessed people. I'm just not blessed and I'm sure ain't lucky.

I Hate Airtel but I sure am loving its motto. Express yourself.