Indian ISP Market

I see many Blogs on Broadband India and India Telecom Market. Before we can talk about the private players in the market, I would like to first define the golden word "Customer service". Sadly, most of the private players in the field think it is "Customer RACKING". I wonder what is the instrument of the private operators to give us such a bad service?

I can think of only the following reasons for giving such a service.

1. They want to make quick money. - (don't they know that such games will not last long before the game ends? All private companies hire top MBA graduates from the best institutes and I think any marketing book, business book, quality policies would explain and stress upon "CUSTOMER IS THE KING and KEY TO SUCCESS", if they satisfy five customers, they would in turn get another 35 people who would be potential buyers!)

2. CUSTOMERS IN INDIA HAVE VERY LESS SAY - For example, I had a problem with TATA Indicom billing, I spoke to every possible rut in the planet that were concerned with TATA that I could get to answer! They understand it is a problem but they don't want to work on it... instead they invited my to disconnect and I was so furious that I had to wait in a long queue to file a complaint because there were so many people who wanted to do the same (I had to wait close to 2 hours every time I wanted to speak to them) END RESULT - WHAT CAN I DO MAXIMUM but to throw the rubbish phone on them though I may have to forgo 6000 bucks.

I came out of the customer center with little to say or do. Were as in the US, the customers have lots to say and do. They can get a refund immediately they can even sue the company because they have a good consumer court! The scare keeps them at the top.

That is service!

I can talk about the pathetic customer service of SIFY, TATA INDICOM, AIRTEL, and BSNL and so on. I think most of us have experienced the same things but this is just falling into the dead ears of private players!

If TDSAT, TRAI or any governing bodies want INDIA to be a super power, TELE DENSITY to increase... It is not going to be companies spending hefty amount to market but it should be companies trying to retain customers. COMPANIES need to remember only when they retain customers with joy will they see more and more people signing-up for the same. Customer’s experience will be a key and will reduce advertisement budget.

Let me again stress that ones a customer has a bad experience you can be rest assured that the customer is never going to sign-up again in is lifetime.

This message is for the governing bodies "PLEASE GIVE THE CUSTOMER A FAIR TEETH TO FIGHT FOR THE SERVICE THAT WE PAY FOR"

What do I mean teeth?
1. Gives us easy and customer friendly ways to file in consumer courts
2. Customer should not be asked to come 100 times to the court. Instead, they should be given the power to fight through a consortium, which could be a discussion board like this.
3. FINISH THE CASE FAST (max 15days). If you do not have the people to do this, charge all customers a cess of 0.5% for this cause. I am sure everyone will be ready to part this money!
4. Finally the defaulting company needs to pay a very hefty fine (I know what you are thinking! The private operator will pass the fine on us...Mr. FM will have a way to track this...suggestion cut the final profit amount in the balance sheet and see to that the next years profit is less than the current year. This will bring tremors that would only make INDIA a place to live with better service).

This is the only way that I think off will bring down unhappy customers.

This post was syndicated from the India Broadband Forum