Warid Zahi Postpaid Rate Comparision

One of the tools i find very useful when selecting a package is the actual cost of the calls i make. Whether its from 2 to 10 minutes to an hour long call.. i wanna know how much will i be paying for it. Till now, it was pretty simple. Prepaid had a single rate (or just divided into 2 areas, Onnet and offnet rates) which could be multiplied by the number of minutes.

However, Warid's latest Zahi offering changed that scenario quite a bit. Like i mentioned earlier, warid has introduced six seperate packages with three billing options each. Thats like 18 packages to choose from! Suddenly, its now not so simple anymore. So my old fomula, now took the share of a spreadsheet, from which i deduced that my usage would be more suitable to getting Zahi1000 with a 60 second billing cycle.

For the convenience of others, im sharing that matrix i developed online. It has call costs (from 15 second calls to 1 hour long calls) , categorized by destination (friend and family, on net, offnet-ptcl and offnet-mobile).

How do you use it? Simple, just select the destination where *most* of your calls go, select the average duration of your calls.. and that column will give you a comparision of how much the calls will cost.

Let me know what you think of it. Similar matrices for other networks may follow provided i have the time and sufficient motivation.

Link: http://www.geocities.com/mansoor_adenwala/warid_zahi_rate_comparer.xls