PEKANBARU – The damage to the cellular network of Telkomsel provider has made a number of Pekanbaru residents busy switching to other providers, because of the very high need for internet.
Monitoring GoRiau.com at a number of cellphone kiosks around Harapan Raya, Gobah to HR Soebrantas, it seems that people want to buy a new cellular card. One mobile card trader who is reluctant to mention his name, admitted that this surge occurred around Asr prayer hours, after information about the Telkomsel building fire went viral on social media. “Yes sir, around 3 o’clock many people started buying new cards,” he told GoRiau.com this, Tuesday (11/8/2020).Asked what card people have bought the most, he answered three. However, since Maghrib, many buyers have also complained about the slow network threeNot only that, the kiosk which only employs two people seems overwhelmed to answer questions and complaints from buyers, especially among older people.
The atmosphere at a cell phone kiosk on Jalan Harapan Raya.
-Still watching GoRsSeveral elderly people came to the kiosk on Jalan Kelapa Sawit, questioning the missing Telkomsel network since this afternoon. The ones who answered were not traders, but other buyers. This chat about the Telkomsel network then lured people in that location. All complained about the same thing. In addition, the kiosk keepers were also confused about answering complaints submitted by buyers, including unreadable cards on the buyer’s smartphone to smartphones that were not support Smartfren brand cellular cards, to those that don’t support 4G. “Can you register yourself, right? The problem is that if everything is registered, no. terkandle with me, “he complained.
The Telkomsel office that caught fire this afternoon.
-Meanwhile, the Telkomsel office appears to be in a state of blackout and the smell of burning cables is still pungent in the noses of people passing by, from a radius of 100-150 meters at the scene. ***–
