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Hi I just check my bandwidth usage report that is e-mailed to me daily...

it seems as Iburst has decided to add a little control on my mail stating that I have

0.00 MB carried over

Can anyone confirm this? is there something new in the pipeline?
 
that only apply when you buy more bandwidth...

read : http://www.iburst.co.za/default.aspx?link=new_latest_news&blogs=10

QOUTE :
iBurst now offers subscribers the ability to carry over unused data bundles that have been purchased to the next month.iBurst Subscribers who purchase additional data bundles will have unused data carried over for an additional month. Carry Over will only apply to data bundles that have been purchased and not to data quotas assigned to iBurst subscribers with their respective packages.

Additonal Data Carry Over will be available for all iBurst subcribers that have purchased additional bundles during the month of June 2006. The remaining portions of these bundles will be carried over for a maximum of 1 month.

Call 0861 927 4357 for further information
 
Well, if they can carry bandwidth over for members who have purchased more in a month - why can't they do it for 'normal' bandwidth?
 
kingrob said:
Well, if they can carry bandwidth over for members who have purchased more in a month - why can't they do it for 'normal' bandwidth?
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I guess these is a first step towards caried bandwidth:D
 
It's a clever way of getting people to buy extra bandwidth during the month.
I.E more money for WBS
 
Crash said:
It's a clever way of getting people to buy extra bandwidth during the month.
I.E more money for WBS
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Not neccesarily, the base package does not get carried over, but only extra bandwidth, which will make it an attractive option for people who top up every so often...

This also makes iBurst an attractive package especially that you can top up near the end of the month and not lose the top-up bandwidth.

Definitely a plus, and will generate more happy customers.
 
My question still remains - why can't iBurst carry over monthly bandwidth?

If they can carry over purchased bandwidth, why not 'normal' bandwidth?

Please enlighten me!
 
They won't do it because they are afraid of scenarios where people will stop using iBurst for 3 months to horde up bandwidth and then use it all in one go thereby overloading their network.
 
JTech said:
They won't do it because they are afraid of scenarios where people will stop using iBurst for 3 months to horde up bandwidth and then use it all in one go thereby overloading their network.
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Given cost considerations in SA at first glance that seems unlikely unless you were not in the country. In which case you would most likely be paying for access on top of the expensive one you are keeping in SA.

Maybe I missed your angle. Please explain.
 
Jongi said:
Maybe I missed your angle. Please explain.
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Allow me.

Consider my usage over the past 6 months:

Feb: 1GB
Mar: 3GB
Apr: 1GB
May: 1GB
June: 6GB
July: 3+GB

As it stands now, in June I either top-up or go-slow. If the normal carry-over was in effect, I would have had 6GB outstanding, and would have been able to go full speed (and would probably have gone to 9GB) - do that for a whole load of users, and you could end up with an overloaded network.

I believe that is what JTech was getting at.

[afterthought]
That said, how do iBurst handle loads of 9GB paid users? The real issue, as already mentioned, could be money. Why carry over unused bandwidth when you caould get users to pay for more?
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Well purely from a company point of view, the bundled data is more expensive than the data that is purchased out of bundle, so that could be the reason why they dont carry over bundled data.
 
For example, there has been months where I have lost 2 gb because I was away and didn't get a chance to use it... add up all those unused amounts over the year and you end up with 9-12 gbytes. They don't want users to then suddenly decide OK I have got 12 gigs let's download some movies and then the network suffers.
 
I'm PAYING for 3GB a month, it's mine - now why are there people defending iBurst for stealing my 'left-over' bandwidth? But, hey, if they pay extra for it, they can carry it over till Kingdom comes!

I really don't understand this, maybe I'm just not seeing it 'from an iburst perspective', or the other users saying that it's OK for iBurst to steal my bandwidth?
 
But I think they work on the fact that they should have alot of users not using their full amount each month. Much like telkom ISP do.. if they stop this then they loose out on money, and all those users that usually have a few hundred megs left over might suddenly get clued up one day and notice that they have about 30 gigs left over. This wouldnt work for Iburst, like JTech says.

Ok, shure alot of people like this are on the hardcapped options, but many are still one 1G or 3G and dont use all their bandwdith.

They have to cover alot of free bandwidth that they give away to the 64kb'ers. We can be more gratefull for that, most of us actually gain about a gig or two each month from the 64kb service.
 
I understand what Ekhaatvensters and JTech are saying here but I do think iBurst can compromise on this a bit.

Allow your base bandwidth to roll over for 1 month only, which will stop it piling up.

So imagine I have a 3gb package.
January usage 2.4Gb
February I then have 3.6Gb I use nothing
March i now have 6Gb and use nothing
April I still only have 6 because Feb's excess bandwidth has now fallen away.

This way a user can never build up a dangerous amount of bandwidth and bring the system down....
 
Listen to us..... Here we are talking about building up dangerous amounts of bandwidth when people oversea's download as much as they want with lines 20x faster than ours..... :(
 
I fully agree - my download limit in the UK was 1GB a day, which was never enforced, and I was on BT's 'cheapest' package.

We should stop making excuses for crap service - we are just removing ourselves more and more from the 'Global Village'.

How are we supposed to be competitive with other companies in the international arena?
 
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