Cellphone users treated to real rivalry

[rpm]

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=667

 

[desraid]

Vodacom made a splash with its Happy Hour promotion, dropping its prices up to 55% during the peak hours between 7am and 8pm — but only for calls to other Vodacom numbers.

since when Vodacom dropped its fees for the peak hours between 7am and 8pm?

 

[jarr]

since when Vodacom dropped its fees for the peak hours between 7am and 8pm?

the "happy hours" rate is only applicable between 17h00 and 20h00 (for vodacom to vodacom calls).

but they also cut pre-paid peak time call rates (ie between 07h00 and 20h00) as of september 5th. you can read more about it here

 

[Vie]

5 September Changes:
Packages affected: 4U Prepaid / Vodago Standard / Vodago Smartstep
Calls to Vodacom / General Service Calls - Peak (8am to 8pm) - R3.25 to R2.99
Calls to MTN / Cell C - Peak (8am to 8pm) - R3.60 to R2.99

Happy Hours:
Only applicable to prepaid packages right now.
Only applicable to Vodacom to Vodacom calls.
Time band: 5pm - 8pm
All contracts with the exceptions of Corporate 500s (already R1.43/minute - cheaper than Happy Hours) and Messenger (stays at Messenger standard of R4.00/minute), will be R1.49/minute during Happy Hours as per below date.
Will only apply to contracts as from 1 October.

 

[jarr]

[nitpick]

just a note: peak hours are from 7am to 8pm

[/nitpick]

 

[bwana]

Vodacom made a splash with its Happy Hour promotion, dropping its prices up to 55% during the peak hours between 7am and 8pm

Another sterling example of another journalist not checking his/her facts.

 

[Decotey]

haha Cell C you guys are gonna lose out.

 

[RVFmal]

haha Cell C you guys are gonna lose out.

Hopefully they will come up with something a little more tantalising instead of the crumbs MTN and Vodacom are dropping for everyone.

Strange that they drop the prices for the periods when few people are actually making calls and also leave the window of opportunity so to speak as small as possible.

C'mon Cell C. Show us that you are real competition!

 

[bb_matt]

It's a deal to try to encourage usage in normally slower income earners - encourage, for instance, people to phone their buddies rather than text them from night life spots.

It has a "social responsibility edge" in that poorer people can now phone each other after hours for less, but then locks them into a time slot, which doesn't really help much at all. In fact, it will encourage usage via a false sense of a "good deal"

Any reductions are welcome, however, this is a piss-poor offering by anyones standards.

Across the board please - sweeping price reform across the board, stop f@cking with us !