Beware: Botswana Data Roaming is Robbery!

Keeper said:
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Nice, but my question is WHY is it even R2 in the first place? That's quadruple the price that we should be paying for ROAMING. I'm absolutely DYING to know what's going to happen when stuff like 4G/160Mbps LTE goes live?
R2/MB :sick::sick::sick: it's the reason I've remained FAR away from any GPRS/3G-related data service. I'd just love to see the R2/MB justified, because Vodacom is a first-tier ISP with their own infrastructure. I doubt they pay anything even close to that for the bandwidth, or the complications in last-mile delivery thereof. Someone is raking in exorbitant profits, and it's ... well, :sick:ing. Isn't mobile Satellite internet even cheaper? come on...
 
cchhhhrght.....come in VodacomData, come in VodacomData, do you read me, over......cchhhhrght

i've made a nice little sketch for you, do you still not understand or can you not explain the cost?

I ask again, in laymens terms: How the heck do you guys come up with this price ?
 
kaspaas said:
The VC markup is debateable but not the real issue.

The issue is VC being prepared to accept the rates from the foreign cellphone company in the first place.
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In the end Vodacom is doing their customer a Favour by negotiating access. For some people having access is obviously worth R300/meg otherwise no one would use it.

As I understand from VD, is that the foreign network charges vodacom about 75-80% of the tariff we pay. Vodacom then adds their markup of 20-25% on top of the foreign charge. This will obviously be necessary as Vodacom will be responsible for the bill from the foreign network and will need to recover the money in turn from the customer. If the customer cannot pay, it will be Vodacoms loss and not the loss of the foreign network.
 
VodacomData said:
What do mean its acceptable its certainly not , you missing that bigger picture.

We do not charge the client the foreign network does we then debit WHAT they have sent to us as a bill.


Regards
VodacomData
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Point take - you're just passing on the cost that the roaming country's provider charges. But what does VC charge other countries' users to roam on VC's network? I can't image that Mascom charges R33/MB for Vodacom customer while VC charges Mascom roaming customers, let's say, R5/MB.
 
Borrels said:
Point take - you're just passing on the cost that the roaming country's provider charges. But what does VC charge other countries' users to roam on VC's network? I can't image that Mascom charges R33/MB for Vodacom customer while VC charges Mascom roaming customers, let's say, R5/MB.
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That is exactly what i'm asking. still no answer though :sick:
 
I just want to know why did vodacom even introduced this service? Its a waste of time and money cause I don't think any one in their right mind would use it. Damn. I allmost got a heart attack at some of those prices.
 
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