Cell C slashes out-of-bundle rates, extends data validity

Hey, Jose Dos Santos, shove your data expiry up your arse, if i buy six 2-liters cokes, pick and pay does not come and collect what's left after 30 days, unless, wait for it, i buy a few more liters before the 30 days!!!!!!
 
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supersunbird said:
*woosh!*?

Because the price is different for different access periods.

Next you'll ask why your movie ticket only limits you to a certain time and day, you mos paid for it...
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Which would be fine if there was an expiry on whole sale data.

But as far as I know there isn’t.

It should be as simple as bulk purchase cost + margin.

Instead the money isn’t being made on the data itself but rather on the “system”.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Which would be fine if there was an expiry on whole sale data.

But as far as I know there isn’t.

It should be as simple as bulk purchase cost + margin.

Instead the money isn’t being made on the data itself but rather on the “system”.
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That's because there is no wholesale data, just wholesale network speeds.
 
supersunbird said:
That's because there is no wholesale data, just wholesale network speeds.
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Which makes the problem even worse if it’s completely internal to the provider in question.

But of course their is wholesale data at play. No single provider operates an internal network that doesn’t break out to someone else.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Which makes the problem even worse if it’s completely internal to the provider in question.

But of course their is wholesale data at play. No single provider operates an internal network that doesn’t break out to someone else.
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They don't buy like 100 terabytes from others, they buy/pay links at speeds.

We must in fact forget this data bundle nonsense, you should buy network access for at whatever speed it can attain (due to being wireless, speed's not guaranteed due to many factors) for however long you desire.
 
supersunbird said:
We must in fact forget this data bundle nonsense, you should buy network access for at whatever speed it can attain (due to being wireless, speed's not guaranteed due to many factors) for however long you desire.
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Doesn't that equal congestion?
 
The argument still starts and ends at price for me. How many people are complaining about the breakage on that 500GB Telkom night bundle?
 
In South Africa CellC is the cheapest below 1GB @ 15 SA cent per MB. Is that right? Also their bundles below 1GB are meaningless. Not only they end-up costing more but the data will disappear after 30 days.
Which means it is better not to buy the bundles at all and just use OOB :D
 
Gaz{M} said:
Think of it like this: You are buying, say, 30 days of access to the data network, with a cap of 100MB. You are not buying 100MB that "expires" after 30 days.

If you want only 100MB for use anytime forever, the price is the Out of Bundle rate (it doesn't therefore expire).

I don't know why people are so against companies making any kind of margin or profit on their products. Don't forget your pensions are all invested in these companies, so be careful if you destroy their profitability.
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Becuase this is a utility it's not a for profit exploit.

Data, water, electricity I view them in the exact same category they are essential for this country to move forward.
 
Thor said:
Becuase this is a utility it's not a for profit exploit.

Data, water, electricity I view them in the exact same category they are essential for this country to move forward.
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You want to a cellular state utility network run like Eskom and the various water boards? :crylaugh:
 
Gaz{M} said:
Think of it like this: You are buying, say, 30 days of access to the data network, with a cap of 100MB. You are not buying 100MB that "expires" after 30 days.

If you want only 100MB for use anytime forever, the price is the Out of Bundle rate (it doesn't therefore expire).

I don't know why people are so against companies making any kind of margin or profit on their products. Don't forget your pensions are all invested in these companies, so be careful if you destroy their profitability.
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Thanks for getting it.
 
supersunbird said:
You want to a cellular state utility network run like Eskom and the various water boards? :crylaugh:
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No I don't want it to be run like Eskom that's retarded, but I so want it to be a utility. Eskom is not the problem. Guptas are.
 
supersunbird said:
They don't buy like 100 terabytes from others, they buy/pay links at speeds.

We must in fact forget this data bundle nonsense, you should buy network access for at whatever speed it can attain (due to being wireless, speed's not guaranteed due to many factors) for however long you desire.
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It costs them no more or no less to provide a given amount of data.

The only reason the expiry concept exists is for profit.

That way they can sell the given cost of providing said data three or four times over.

Fact remains there is a given wholesale cost. This remains finite or becomes cheaper the more of it gets used.
 
Consumer Protection Act Section 63.

Slootvreter said:
Why the fck does the data expire when you paid for it!
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Data should not expire - it's against the Consumer Protection Act Section 63.
It states that a prepaid certificate, card, credit, voucher or similar device does not expire earlier than “the date on which its full value has been redeemed in exchange for goods or services or future access to services” or “three years after the date on which it was issued, or at the end of a longer or extended period agreed by the supplier at any time”.

supersunbird said:
Which price did you pay for it? The 1 day price or 7 days price or the 30 days price or the 365 day price or the never expires price?
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supersunbird said:
*woosh!*?
Because the price is different for different access periods.
Next you'll ask why your movie ticket only limits you to a certain time and day, you mos paid for it...
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supersunbird said:
I know you do, because you fail to see that you are buying an access period AND a data amount when you agree to give them your money.
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Comparing Data to Movie ticket is not a valid comparison.

Rather compare Data to Electricity - both electronic.

Postpaid Electricity - you pay for access + what you consume.
Prepaid Electricity - you prepay for what you will use and does not expire.

The problem is ICASA and NCC are toothless and don't enforce the CPA.
 
You paid for the data, therefore it should not expire. Its that simple
 
Yep. As said by system32 pre-paid electricity is the best comparison. How would people feel if electricity they bought expired? Even when the cell companies sell the data they sell it as a fixed amount of data with small print that states it expires. Its crazy, and clearly a collaboration between them all to fleece us.
 
In your prepaid electricity comparison, data would increase in price the more you use.

Cell C is bankrupt. Telkom is barely profitable. So I don't see how you can all complain about profits if neither of these two companies make any (who by the way have the cheapest data!).

If you want data that doesn't expire, then stop buying data that does.
 
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