Data rollover schemes land broadband providers in trouble

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Data rollover schemes land broadband providers in trouble

National Consumer Commissioner is nailing broadband providers for not rolling over unused prepaid internet data.

[Garyvdh]

Excellent! The length of Data Roll over before they terminate is way too short. It should be more like a year.

[Lycanthrope]

Excellent! The length of Data Roll over before they terminate is way too short. It should be more like a year.

+1

A year is acceptable.

As it stands now, it's pretty stupid

[reactor_sa]

+1

A year is acceptable.

As it stands now, it's pretty stupid

As it stands now it doesnt rollover (cellc), mtn I think is 1month, vodacom I think is none. Pretty lame.
And dont forget the ISP's too!

[recre8]

Doesn't Vodacom data bundles still expire at the end of the month? Why isn't that covered by the CPA?

[Quasimodo]

Excellent! The length of Data Roll over before they terminate is way too short. It should be more like a year.

It may well be excellent but it will also likely be expensive.

How do you think Afrihost and others manage to sell discounted bandwidth on a regular basis?

[Stalker]

If all broadband service providers are forced to roll over all unused data for a minimum of three years it may result in significant price increases in data bundles.

There is always a catch isn't there

[Odracir]

Interesting, one thing that is always constant is the customer will get shafted either way.

[ToxicBunny]

There is an "easy" solution...

They just need to provide data bundles that roll over for 3 years... and data bundles that expire after 30 days or whatever.

Then consumers have a choice.

[Digital_Maverick]

What does the new consumer act have to say about this roll over culture? From a consumer perspective, we need that 3 year time frame. But business wise? We wouldn't have awesome deals like the latests 8ta &cell c packages

[Chevron]

The reason I have uncapped is because my usage isn't predictable. I pay for the piece of mind. Not to download the internet. If I could purchase a 150gig or 200gig account with rollover I wouldn't need uncapped.

[SaiyanZ]

There is an "easy" solution...

They just need to provide data bundles that roll over for 3 years... and data bundles that expire after 30 days or whatever.

Then consumers have a choice.

I think Vodacom and CellC already have a 3GB bundle for R400 that expires after a year.

[Flojo]

How do you think Afrihost and others manage to sell discounted bandwidth on a regular basis?

Simple. With your money. I.e. The data you had already paid for, and they just reselling it.

This was actually something that I always wondered about, when DSL started. I.e. You pay for 3Gigs, use 2Gigs. What happens to the 1Gig. It really was a 'loose loose' situation for the customers.

[reactor_sa]

Oh ya, forget data bundles, my cellc 'inclusive minutes' only roles over 1month. That sucks, but atleast its 1month.

[b166er]

Brilliant news NCC! Nail these cellphone operators for their thieving