Cell C explains OOB data price hike

BTW - does anyone use 'my data manager' - the app that does the hard cap and the notifications for you? I'm trying it now and I like the reporting but I haven't got near my cap yet to test it out.
 
I didn't buy bundles for data because .15c was acceptable for my data use(300-500mb per month) and family. Now I have the extra schlep of buying data for myself and family. Especially my children and wife who have no idea about data costs. Might have to leave CellC and head over to Telkom as they have a better management system for a group of phones where i can view what data my family has, on one web page and top them up when needed. And out of bundle is .29c
 
The_Librarian said:
If you say so.

But what about a hardcap option, for those of us who don't want to go OOB at all, yet need a phone on contract?
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Yeah I asked them about that. Telkom Mobile cuts you off before you go OOB and asks you if you want to pay OOB rates or buy another bundle.

Dos Santos said they're not looking at implementing an opt-in OOB system.
 
How many people use 100% of their bundle? If you only used 80% of the bundle by when it expires, then the other 20% is pure PROFIT for the MO. This is why MO's like bundles.....
 
marine1 said:
And then cut into massive profits for them? Doubt it would happen as if the networks actually cared, this would have happened long ago
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Then I have to ask.Can the regulator not regulate in this space(OOB)?
 
Wonder what would happen if you could reclaim 50% -> 70% of your OOB dependent on how much you went over. For instance you download 100Meg at R100 OOB, you go into the menu and it gives you the option to claim a data bundle worth R70.

Not only will the customer feel less screwed over, they will get the information they claim they need.

You should also be able to set your OOB limit without any hassle so you never go above R10 for instance. After which you are required to load another bundle, to reactivate the OOB which again can't go past R10
 
Jan said:
Yeah I asked them about that. Telkom Mobile cuts you off before you go OOB and asks you if you want to pay OOB rates or buy another bundle.

Dos Santos said they're not looking at implementing an opt-in OOB system.
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Maybe it's time to start a poll, "Should Vodacom/MTN/CellC" look into implementing an opt-in OOB system.
So that they will start looking into it.
 
@Jan ask Dos Santos if he is prepared to build in a mechanism that will allow users to from a web portal (desktop or mobile) provide for an OOB locking mechanism. I have a conceptual design ...
 
Paul Hjul said:
@Jan ask Dos Santos if he is prepared to build in a mechanism that will allow users to from a web portal (desktop or mobile) provide for an OOB locking mechanism. I have a conceptual design ...
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Something like this?

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you should be able to reverse engineer the thinking from my posts on the Vodacom OOB issue but I'll hold out for the lots of money JvZ has promised if somebody can solve it ... :)
 
As I mentioned, I think the quick and easy way to seems to be to download 'my data manager' for yourself and manage your own OOB moments. I'm trying it on me iPhone - would like group feedback. That way you can use any mobile network and still be independents.
 
entrepr said:
As I mentioned, I think the quick and easy way to seems to be to download 'my data manager' for yourself and manage your own OOB moments. I'm trying it on me iPhone - would like group feedback. That way you can use any mobile network and still be independents.
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Trying it out,thanx.
 
siraman said:
Trying it out,thanx.
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I have a just viewed a 5 minute movie on YouTube

> “And even if you go out-of-bundle… 99c is a good rate,” Dos Santos said.

It cost me R5. Is that a good rate Dos Santos?

Why are you punishing the market with 99c? You could have brought it down to more realistic levels, even 49c.

You made a fat mistake when you make it cheap and now you are playing sheep again with the industry. Where is the innovation in that? Is it because of financial struggles?

Did you now know that people's usage is proportional to their pipe? So if you punish them with high overuse, they will reduce their usage. Nowhere in the article is this mentioned. Screw it.

Peoples' purchases didn't go up because of high usage. It's some other marketing or momentum that's pushing those sales.
 
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