Cellphone traffic boosted

Wondering if these SMS stats include delivery reports, and did both MTN and CellC include|exclude delivery reports in the stats...
 
Must be included...they'd do anything for publicity
 
ic said:
Wondering if these SMS stats include delivery reports, and did both MTN and CellC include|exclude delivery reports in the stats...
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Are you charged for Delivery Reports on MTN/Cell C or Virgin?
 
MrG said:
Are you charged for Delivery Reports on MTN/Cell C or Virgin?
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MTN did and probably still does charge for SMS delivery reports - it's one of the reasons why I refused to renew my MTN contract many many years ago, I also had an MTN pre-paid SIM for a short while several years back and I ditched MTN again for the same reason - at the time of buying that pre-paid SIM Card, I assumed that MTN had come to its senses - sadly I was mistaken.

BTW, this thread is nearly one year old.
 
ah, just did some research.

MTN.co.za said:
Pay as you Go, excluding WOW WOW and Call Per Second Plus, delivery receipts are charged at standard SMS rates and will deplete any SMS bundle. Delivery Receipts are not charged for contract and MyChoice Top Up customers.
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Soz, just nobody tends to reply to my questions in the Contracts or MTN section ever.. decided to reply on a thread about this issue instead :)

Now I got a reply. hehe
 
I suppose it is progress that MTN did stop charging its contract customers for SMS delivery reports, but the fact that MTN still charges its pre-paid customers for SMS delivery reports, shows that MTN has not changed much and is still exploiting the poorer customers that cannot get a contract.
 
ic said:
I suppose it is progress that MTN did stop charging its contract customers for SMS delivery reports, but the fact that MTN still charges its pre-paid customers for SMS delivery reports, shows that MTN has not changed much and is still exploiting the poorer customers that cannot get a contract.
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Do they really? :eek:

That any of the providers feels justified in charging more than a few cents for a sms is even more distressing.
 
bwana said:
Do they really? :eek:
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They being MTN, then yes - see what MrG located on mtn.co.za.
bwana said:
That any of the providers feels justified in charging more than a few cents for a sms is even more distressing.
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While I agree, there are inexpensive data-based IM alternatives to SMSes, and it is also my understanding that built-into the price of an SMS & calls etc, is a per transaction hardware vendor fee, so not all the revenue from an SMS goes to the cellular network operators...
 
ic said:
While I agree, there are inexpensive data-based IM alternatives to SMSes, and it is also my understanding that built-into the price of an SMS & calls etc, is a per transaction hardware vendor fee, so not all the revenue from an SMS goes to the cellular network operators...
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Really? How much?
 
ic said:
No idea, but when I get to see the contracts between one or more network vendors and network operators, I will let you know.
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ok - I wont be holding my breath then :D
 
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