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riaan_pta
24-04-2006, 02:33 PM
Could not help but smile when I read the conditions on the Vodacom website:
"Fair Use Policy: Three hours (180 minutes) of mobile television content per subscriber per month is deemed fair usage. Vodacom reserves the right to limit a customer's usage of the mobile TV service should they view mobile TV beyond the fair usage limit."
Seems they took a leaf out of Telkom's book....
At R4 per minute for the pay per view channels, I somehow do not see anyone "unfairly" using the service anytime soon. :p
nicovdw
24-04-2006, 04:41 PM
Actually, that is R60 per month. And you can use 180 Minutes.
That works out to 33c per minute, dude.
riaan_pta
24-04-2006, 04:45 PM
The R59 per month is for the standard channels - the "pay per view" is R4 per minute...dude...
mancombseepgood
24-04-2006, 05:26 PM
Saw their ad on TV last night - they were talking about "Free mobile TV"
More false advertising for the ASA? Comments please...
Piesang
24-04-2006, 06:04 PM
Yip, and today when I was driving my car I heard on the radio about this "free" TV from Vodafone.
3g_rox
24-04-2006, 06:26 PM
The first 30 days are free if you subscribe before end of April 2006. Thereafter, R59 per month..... (other than the pay-per-view channels).
Have a look at http://www.vodacom.co.za/services/mobile_tv_about.jsp - that should clear it up..
riaan_pta
24-04-2006, 08:37 PM
Thing is, watching TV on my cellphone is not exactly something I plan to do anytime soon. In my opinion this 3G feature is marketed at teenagers with too much pocket money. Something cool to show your friends at school with 'stone-aged' non-3G cellphones.
I was wondering more about the article a few weeks ago about Vodacom entering the pay-TV market, using the cellphone as as a 'decoder' for your normal TV set. I asume the current offering is geared more towards testing the market and sorting out technical kinks.
I remember using GPRS via my cellphone 2 years ago - we payed R45/MB out of bundle. I also remember my first account - ouch!
Comparing this to the latest data offerings - I can only assume the TV via mobile broadband will (have to) become a lot cheaper over the next few years.
Ice385
30-04-2006, 03:31 PM
Do we have to unsubscribe at the end of the month to not get charged R59?
I subsribed for free at the beggining of the month, am worried now that they might charge me for not deregistering ro something...
anyone know?
AFAIK, you should unsubscribe.
TowerGuru
01-05-2006, 03:25 PM
yeah i saw on tv it was free, so i went on Vlive... and then i saw "free now but..." and i said AYKONA and just left. they are not trapping me into R59 a month thanks. personally i think unless Vodacom offers mobile TV for free they are not gonna get anywhere.
dghough91
02-05-2006, 04:41 AM
Actually, that is R60 per month. And you can use 180 Minutes.
That works out to 33c per minute, dude.
Is it just me or is that a complete total ripoff?
Fantastic1
02-05-2006, 08:18 AM
Mobile TV in SA should have a flat rate for unlimited viewing if they want users to subscribe & the service to grow :)
RichardP
02-05-2006, 10:59 AM
My suspicions is that you have to bind yourself in to a 24month Contract to get 1 month free.... there is no such thing as a free lunch.
Roman4604
02-05-2006, 11:21 AM
Mobile TV in SA should have a flat rate for unlimited viewing if they want users to subscribe & the service to grow :)Unfortunately Video over IP is not conducive to this. As your viewrship grows so does your infrastructure costs. Anyone serious about TV to the handset is focusing on DVB-H. Its closer to normal broadcasting so whether 1 or 10000 people (in an area) are watching, your infrastructure overhead is the same.
dghough91
02-05-2006, 11:23 AM
Mobile TV in SA should have a flat rate for unlimited viewing if they want users to subscribe & the service to grow :)
When I saw it I thought it was unlimited.
I guess I'm just used to the cheap offerings here in Australia. R60 for 3 hours is ridicilous.
yamneck
02-05-2006, 08:46 PM
Yea, that is R60 for 180 min for fashion TV and the stuff you already get with DSTV. The real good stuff (like HBO) is still gonna cost you R4/min. Ouch. That calculates to about R240 per episode for a worthwile series. I'd rather download it via the internet and watch it on my slightly bigger PC screen.
I am not knocking the concept, but I think we all know that this is only a test for much bigger things (not only screen size) to come. I agree with riaan - like GPRS @ R45/Mb, early adopters are used to test (and fund?) bigger and cheaper things to come...:)
dghough91
05-05-2006, 12:47 PM
Yea, that is R60 for 180 min for fashion TV and the stuff you already get with DSTV. The real good stuff (like HBO) is still gonna cost you R4/min. Ouch. That calculates to about R240 per episode for a worthwile series. I'd rather download it via the internet and watch it on my slightly bigger PC screen.
I am not knocking the concept, but I think we all know that this is only a test for much bigger things (not only screen size) to come. I agree with riaan - like GPRS @ R45/Mb, early adopters are used to test (and fund?) bigger and cheaper things to come...:)
Sheesh, talk about GRPS, you guys in SA get it for R2 a MB prepaid, we pay $20 a MB (R100)... :confused:
Offtopic question.. how much is DSTV a month anyway? I can't seem to find a straight up price on their site?
Surely it's not even R240, and that's just for episode, ****.
DSTV is about R420 per month.
LabAnimal
05-05-2006, 01:00 PM
waste of money i could use for an extra account on the internet to download what i want to watch. BLEH : )
dghough91
05-05-2006, 01:51 PM
DSTV is about R420 per month.
Mother!
nitro53
19-03-2007, 01:20 PM
Anyone know whats the latest rates are for vodafones mobile t.v ? Someone said its R5 for 24 hrs and R59 for the whole month.do you also pay for the data transferred ?
Anyone know whats the latest rates are for vodafones mobile t.v ? Someone said its R5 for 24 hrs and R59 for the whole month.do you also pay for the data transferred ?
Under purchase options on the vlive website, it states the following:
R5 for for Today only *
R59 per one month *
* Price includes delivery/browsing cost
Pay per view channels (Playboy and Blue) are R4/minute.
nitro53
27-03-2007, 01:55 PM
Hey with HSDPA mobiles now,things should be alot smoother with video streaming from vodacom/vodafone.if the connection is interrupted,what happens then ?