lol Vodacom is going to take a tongue lashing on this one from users, no matter how technical peeps try to be the average user sees it as " I am on vodacom and its not working, but my uncle on cellc is" - hope this is sorted soon my life and business is on my BB lucky I have an ipad for emails also with cell-c.
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BBM Down again?
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Colin62
Executive Member
Yeah, but whatsapp shouldn't need BIS, it should be able to work without it...
That's not how Blackberry's work. Whatsapp works with BIS, unless your configure a manual APN on your phone and use a data bundle, or pay oob rates.
Kloofvreter
Honorary Master
Please clarify something here for me. I am not a BB user, never was been one, so I am not THAT clued up on all things BIS. If BIS is down for some reason, can one not use normal cellular Internet for BBM, WhatsApp and browsing?
You can use internet & whatsapp by manually configuring an APN, using data bundles or airtime, but you won't be able to use BBM.
Kloofvreter
Honorary Master
So people complaining about BIS and wanting to jump ship to Android or iPhone for WhatsApp can just change the APN and use their current phones for this? So when BIS is down, you cannot really say you are cut off?
MandM
Senior Member
Exactly. The problem is that most people (and I include people working for the service providers!) don't know how to do this.
Kloofvreter
Honorary Master
LOL so basically they just cannot wait to get a new phone that can do what they can do on their current phones anyway
I fail to understand your question. People choose to move away to Android and iPhone because you have super phones in comparison to the most expensive BB. BIS is an internet service that costs a fixed amount per month for uncapped on device browsing, hence the reason I have a BB. It's cheap communication, that's why I chose it, because I can afford it.
Gtx Gaming
Gtx Gaming
Kloofvreter
Honorary Master
Yeah well my question is simple. Aside from the free Internet being down, if you change the APN, you can still access the Internet as you would if you has another brand of phone?
Kloofvreter
Honorary Master
yep it can work at R2 a meg
Or WiFi / data bundles you would have to buy like the phone that you will leave BB for?
Toyerk
Member
Any idea how long it is going to be down for?
Yes, with limitation on what BB's offer. For instance, my BB Protect won't work (no backup of contacts etc.) no BBM, which is in my humble opinion way faster and superior to Whatsapp (I have both, but BBM 90% of the time). So the answer is yes, but then you could just as well buy a cheapy Nokia to access the Web and not a BB.
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
Then you would get charged for it.... everything works off BIS.
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blaaislaai
Executive Member
a couple of hours, unfortunately.
