Warid updates Zahi (Postpaid) packages

Im a warid user. All in all, i love their service. They do have their down points though, going through the usual teething problems of telecom operators when their growing in size, however, much of their service is still better than others. One major down point is the problem of connecting to warid through PTCL lines which makes me mad.... but only sometimes.

Anyway, two months ago, i shifted from Zem (prepaid) to Zahi (postpaid) plan, mainly because i was tired of loading a Rs. 100 or 250 card every day. Then i had it put on Direct Debit, where they automatically charge my credit card for the billed amount at the end of the month. Needless to say, im pretty happy with this arrangement as i dont even have to go to their franchise/service center to pay my bill. Plus the call rates are outstanding too.

Now, they've brought changes to both Zem and Zahi packages. I'll be covering this change pretty thoroughly over the next couple of days, (just because i want too). Today however, it's all about Zahi.

Instead of the five packages named from silver to diamond, they've introduced packages named Zahi150, Zahi500, Zahi1000, Zahi2500 and ZahiUnlimited. The salient feature of each of the package is..... its got as many free minutes as the line rent! Meaning, my new package (Zahi1000) has ONE THOUSAND free minutes on it. Pretty cool no? But there's a catch.... The free minutes are divided into which networks they're applicable to. 60% of the free minutes are applicable only for on-net (warid-warid) calls, 20% each to PTCL and other mobile networks. Still.. not a bad deal.

On top of that, each package has now got three billing options. Either per-second, per-half minute or per-minute, which makes them extremely flexible to whoevers using them. My initial calculations show that if you typically make

• 1 to 2 minute calls, go for the per second billing
• 2 to 5 minute calls, go for the per 30 second billing
• 5 minutes upwards, go for the per minute billing

This will make using your connection way more cost effective. The difference between these three modes is the price, with per second being the most costly in the long run, and per minute billing being the most economical. (Ofcourse, they're also true the other way round, if you make short calls and end most of your calls in the first 10 seconds of every minute).

As far as the rates go, they've gone really down as well, almost 50% down against the previous rates. With (these are for zahi1000 only with per minute billing) on-net calls coming to 60 paisas per minute, and other mobile networks at 1.3 rs per minute only. Add to that the huge about of free minutes and what you've got is freedom!

SMS, MMS, Internet rates are still the same though.