Any news?Originally Posted by ellipsis
Any news?
We raised the query with Vodacom, and got this response:
Although retail time billing is only available for Prepaid and Topup customers, we do have a call limit lock service for all customers which is fully functional. Customers with call limit locks in place not only have the ability to limit their data spend based on their preference but they also get SMS notifications advising them of both their voice and data spend.
Seriously? 8 months for that reply?
They know full well that the spend cap on post-paid only works for talk packages, not data packages. It is very easy to exceed your spend cap when using data because the session data is not updated real-time.
What about the fact that excessive OOB costs effectively equate to reckless lending? How can Vodacom get away with charging people R1k+ on a R149/m contract and not be in contravention of the National Credit Act?
There are some excellent "Studies and policy papers" on the Vodafone website -
http://www.vodafone.com/content/inde...cy_papers.html
Some of these papers study areas we are also dealing with at a regulatory level.
Also take note of when the older papers were published. Market conditions could have changed since the publication and hence the findings/conclusions may not be current.
WireFree
Last edited by WireFree; 31-01-2012 at 02:21 PM.
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UK termination rates to be slashed by 2014
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Advinne now stocks the World's Smallest Personal Hotspot - the XYFI
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thanks for that - pretty funny actually
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4p per minute
Wow that's insane.
4p in 2010. 0.65p by 2015.
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SA spectrum agency on the cards
3G South Africa
Advinne now stocks the World's Smallest Personal Hotspot - the XYFI
Use goava for low cost telephone calls
dominic has spent his weekend engaging with the bill - I'm sure we will have something for you on it soon
WYGIWYGAINGW
More of my tax money about to be wasted on cadre despotism.
Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2012
I haven't seen any discussion on MyBroadband regarding the Electronic Communications Amendment Bill 2012 that was published last month. Does MyBroadband intend to respond on behalf of it's community?
WireFree
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yip - deadline for submissions is the 30th August. Quite tricky to deal with as the various items are relatively complex to understand. will put threads up shortly.
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National Development Plan 2030
Readers of this Forum may be interested in the article - Commission moots idea of Telkom break-up.
IMO, based on the above article the NDP is Open, Fair and Honest.
For those interested in the full NDP 2030 plan it can be downloaded from http://www.npc.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=757
BTW, if you want a copy of the Draft Electronic Communications Amendment Bill, you can download it from http://www.info.gov.za/view/DynamicA...23&myID=345888
WireFree
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