worling
03-09-2011, 03:07 PM
I am currently living in Korea and it is possible to get a top of the range smart phone with unlimited data for around the equivalent of R350.
This means most people simply use apps such as KakaoTalk - the most popular app here - to send messages and communicate and hence save costs and never exceed their call limits thus the bill at the end of the month is always the same.
I want to know why it is possible for countries like Korea and various others to offer unlimited 3G and now slowly even 4G data for a fairly reasonable price and yet in South Africa the fees are ridiculous - even with vodacom's new "price cuts"?
Is it a case of us being screwed by the networks or are their technical restrictions which force the networks to limit our usage?
Cheers.
This means most people simply use apps such as KakaoTalk - the most popular app here - to send messages and communicate and hence save costs and never exceed their call limits thus the bill at the end of the month is always the same.
I want to know why it is possible for countries like Korea and various others to offer unlimited 3G and now slowly even 4G data for a fairly reasonable price and yet in South Africa the fees are ridiculous - even with vodacom's new "price cuts"?
Is it a case of us being screwed by the networks or are their technical restrictions which force the networks to limit our usage?
Cheers.