‘3.6 Mbps and beyond’ for Vodacom customers in 2007

Awsome, I can now finish my data bundle even faster than before!
 
I assume this is the HSUPA they were talking about. I think we may to get data cards for that if remember correctly. Luckily its almost contract renewal time for me!
 
He he - you're too quick for me pitbull... notice my thread changed 8:29am (before you posted 8:31am)...
 
Sounds a lot like, telkoms 4mbit with 3gb cap :(

All speed, no bandwidth
 
Not only is it just expensive it is unreachable for online gaming. I wouldn't even consider this product until the bandwidth price drops to around ten cents a meg and below. This is a realistic view and Vodacom can shove it before they try to sell any other offer to me.

And those subscribers are purely business or low usage consumers. They are never going to market this for gaming and other high end, intensive internet applications. Anyone would be a fool to pay those prices and sign a 24 month contract on those terms as well.

So sorry for you Vodacom nothing doing here...you can fascinate us with nice products but you can do nothing further...what a shame!! At least you are making some profit on 100 000 suckers. But not I :) a high-end user.
 
PiesangTee said:
He he - you're too quick for me pitbull... notice my thread changed 8:29am (before you posted 8:31am)...
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lol... Outch that was quick....:D

To be honest this is my take.

Vodacom & MTN are on the same page when it comes to roll-out of certain data products. The only thing that is making a difference between the two is the timing. Yes Vodacom has always spread the word first, IMO every time they burn their fingers. So yes let them keep their slogan "Another first for Vodacom" But it's the quality and the managing of the factors that makes the difference.... And Yes MTN has won that battle every time....lmao
 
Jonny Two Shoes said:
Not only is it just expensive it is unreachable for online gaming. I wouldn't even consider this product until the bandwidth price drops to around ten cents a meg and below. This is a realistic view and Vodacom can shove it before they try to sell any other offer to me.

And those subscribers are purely business or low usage consumers. They are never going to market this for gaming and other high end, intensive internet applications. Anyone would be a fool to pay those prices and sign a 24 month contract on those terms as well.

So sorry for you Vodacom nothing doing here...you can fascinate us with nice products but you can do nothing further...what a shame!! At least you are making some profit on 100 000 suckers. But not I :) a high-end user.
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It isn't designed as an ADSL replacement though for people that want 10 gig caps etc. The only reason people even consider using it for that is due to our dear friend Telkom.
 
‘3.6 Mbps and beyond’ for Vodacom customers in 2007"

All good and well, but why don't they also work at the reliability of their voice calls at the same time. Am I the only one on this list receiving sms's a couple of days to a week later than send and "network busy" messages when trying to make calls? I have a lot of friends experiencing the same problem.
 
It's been ok for me luckily, only thing I find is sometimes delayed are MMS's.
 
I don't think it matters if it is 1.8, 3.6, 7.2 or instantaneous.

At R500/Gig speed you just can't afford to do anything that will actually make use of the extra speed. So why bother?
 
Gatecrasher said:
I don't think it matters if it is 1.8, 3.6, 7.2 or instantaneous.

At R500/Gig speed you just can't afford to do anything that will actually make use of the extra speed. So why bother?
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I would think that the comapnies MTN/Vodacom would decrease their charge.

Reason is that like most people on here mentioned, What is the use of being able to download a GIG in about 6 hours @ R 500 a pop.

Doesn't make sense
 
The article says: "... they will launch a 3.6 Mbps HSDPA offering ... its technology roadmap, deliver speeds of up to 14.4 Mbps. ... may indicate a possible upgrade to 7.2 Mbps, ..."

Now 3.6Mbps, then possibly 7.2Mbps but can achieve 14.4Mbps. Hmmm.

So these already rich networks are going to expect us to pay to upgrade to 3.6 and just as we're about finishing the credit card payments on that upgrade they will launch the the 7.2 offering. No sooner have we finished paying finance charges on that upgrade, we will then be presented with yet another upgrade to 14.4 and we will have to pay yet again for that.

I'm not a dressmaker, I don't follow patterns. Anyone who falls into that trap may as well become a participant in the new TV hit show "IT-eye for that queer-guy."

... and "they" will try to baffle us with bull**** as to various "valid" technical reasons why we can't go straight to 14.4 or even 7.2, but no, you have to go 3.6 then 7.2 ...
 
apogeeza said:
... and "they" will try to baffle us with bull**** as to various "valid" technical reasons why we can't go straight to 14.4 or even 7.2, but no, you have to go 3.6 then 7.2 ...
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Well at the moment the highest speed the modem's can support is 3.6 and the only one that does is the E220 so that seems like a pretty valid technical reason.
 
I stay in the Honeydew area and only get around 1-2 bars signal on my k800i at home. :(

Oh and @ Syndyre I hear what you saying. However I could also argue that any type of internet usage should not be charged those prices point blank...not just for gaming.

But I could also believe it is not Vodacoms fault...it is Telkom.

By the way just on a side note...and you will see my point for this in the end...

I work at Abbott Labs on the MIS side. Just recently General Electric have made an agreement to purchase our whole ADD (Abbott Diagnostics Division) department, this was big on the news. (Means less work for me :D) Anyway while this was going on I learned quite a bit about General Electric's goals and policies and outlook on business and its employees.

Now Im not going to go over all of them I know...but it just shows you its no wonder GE is always circling the top ten companies in the World!!!

One of their goals is to exceed GDP growth by at least three times. Their treatment of employees and customers is apparently outstanding. It just goes to show that the right company policies and attitudes and consumer centric ways go a really long way in determining the success of a company.

This is something the likes of Telkom..and mind you many SA companies...can learn from. And I find it quite disgracefull that they don't.
 
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