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XperiAnce
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If you cancel the SIM the data and SIM will become de-active. You can keep the MiFi device obviously and it'll still work.
Once you've cancelled the data you won't be able to top-up again on that SIM.
Hope that covers it
That's a real pity. ADSL can be up for 3 - 4 months and then suddenly go down a long period of time. A lot of us would love to keep the SIM active, with R0 / 0MB setup on it and top it up as need be, all through the clientzone. Alternatively, if we know we're going somewhere with no connectivity, to use our Afrihost SIM on the device and buy data through the clientzone.
Even though the contracts are Month to Month, it's a massive market you're cutting loose by not allowing 'as and when we need it' clients to remain on your Mobile Network
I'd love nothing more than to give my money to Afrihost, but I'll probably end up getting an MTN Sim Card buying data for it at a pre-paid level. The rates are higher and there's no clientzone, but there's no monthly obligation to make use of the service.
+1 vote for being able to deactiveate the sim and bring it back on demand for a month. MTN allow you to keep a sim for xx amount of months without use before they remove the number from their system, can you guys not use that? It's going to be hella inconvenient to RICA a sim every second month.
kimbo
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I think depending on what the cheapest data bundle is come the public launch. I will just get that, when i dont need the sim just to keep it alive and when i need mobile data i will just get some from the clientzone. Would love to be able to keep the sim alive no matter what and get data when i want it.
Edit: Even if the charge us something small (R10/month) to keep the sim alive i think allot of ppl will go for that
Edit: Even if the charge us something small (R10/month) to keep the sim alive i think allot of ppl will go for that
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Let's see what comes out on launch day guys, still plenty awesome things coming up!
RichardG
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@AfriGuy - fingers crossed! I hope they much better than the prices currently out there with MIY(Men In Yellow) 
http://www.mtn.co.za/Internet/GetIt/pages/InternetPackagesTopUp.aspx
http://www.mtn.co.za/Internet/GetIt/pages/InternetPackagesTopUp.aspx
The_Unbeliever
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Yay. Speeds are so much better at Ookville.
So it was a buggery DNS server giving all of us grief
Yay. Excellent news!
So it was a buggery DNS server giving all of us grief
Yay. Excellent news!
The_Unbeliever
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+1 on SIM keepalive... and topups from clientzone
Afrihost just gets better and better (unlike some who love to throttle their users...)
Afrihost just gets better and better (unlike some who love to throttle their users...)
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R99/GB?
NeonNinja
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If you cancel the SIM the data and SIM will become de-active. You can keep the MiFi device obviously and it'll still work.
Once you've cancelled the data you won't be able to top-up again on that SIM.
Hope that covers it
Yes, you missed "reactivation."
RichardG
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has anyone used all their data up? If so, what is the throttle speed ?
kimbo
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They dont throttle you, they cap you, so if the 5GB is finished you must top up in your client zone
NeonNinja
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Where you got this throttling idea?
RichardG
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@slab I was just under the impression they throttle you once you reach your allocated CAP.
I read the fine print incorrectly then. This whole term about *CAP/throttle* is confusing
I read the fine print incorrectly then. This whole term about *CAP/throttle* is confusing
NeonNinja
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Link?
No this is 3G data. Normally if you reach your cap you get gobbled by the OOB shark at R2/Mb. On the Afrihost sim it stops dead until you recharge. 8ta has the same thing where when data depletes they direct you a website where you can then turn on the OOB shark or buy another bundle.
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Vodacom and MTN direct rather choose to hit you with a huge bill of up to tens of thousands in rand whether you are that credit worthy or not! That is deliberate.
kimbo
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Is the DNS thing back?
I get no data on my mifi connected but no data flowing
Edit: Seems like is was on my side
I get no data on my mifi connected but no data flowing
Edit: Seems like is was on my side
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Getting abysmal speeds at home on EDGE, and even worse at work Can't even stream a 48k AAC stream on TuneIn without buffering
Reminds me now exactly why I ported from MTN on my phone. I guess I knew that, but it will mainly be for uses in between and elsewhere.
Can't even stream a 48k AAC stream on TuneIn without buffering Reminds me now exactly why I ported from MTN on my phone. I guess I knew that, but it will mainly be for uses in between and elsewhere.
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