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so more people can use the service = more money?
think about it.
Infrastructure is there but if it's too expensive then nobody uses it - make it reasonable and a LOT more people would use it...
See my post #186.
the network is fine - that's not the real problem.
They could make a special offer at night when the network isn't used anywhere near full capacity - but no, I promise you not even that would happen. why? because they are greedy - nothing to do with the network.
Cool, thanks for letting us know.
Can you post the results of your study please? I'm interested to see how many towers can do 7.2Mbps.
Also some graphs showing the percentage of the tower's capacity used at various times of the days would be nice.
+1. There is NO incentive for VC to reduce rates... If MTN does it, yes it might happen, but they have (mysteriously) exactly the same cost model, so charge exactly the same...
c'mon, be serious now - you KNOW their network is not really under heavy use between 1am and 6am. how am I supposed to get stats, I don't even have access to that sort of data.
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I really think this post needs to stay on the first page, so that when, (and i think they do) the powers that be come to the forum they're forced to see the title over and over again.
If I could i'd duck tape the eyes open and force them to read it until they looked like this
I really think this post needs to stay on the first page, so that when, (and i think they do) the powers that be come to the forum they're forced to see the title over and over again.
If I could i'd duck tape the eyes open and force them to read it until they looked like this
SaiyanZ
Executive Member
They should just start offering lower speeds such as 512kbps/1mbps and drop the prices proportionately. Rather have 7 people connect to a tower at 1mbps instead of 1 person at 7.2mbps. This will solve the "there is not enough backhaul so we cant drop prices" issue. Drop the speeds and the prices.
I would be prepared to buy 1GB 3G bandwidth at 1mbps speeds for R80. At R289 per GB you wont get a cent. Just three months left for my 24 month 3G contract to end. Can't wait to get ADSL and scrap Vodacom for good.
I would be prepared to buy 1GB 3G bandwidth at 1mbps speeds for R80. At R289 per GB you wont get a cent. Just three months left for my 24 month 3G contract to end. Can't wait to get ADSL and scrap Vodacom for good.
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I'm with you on that one. There's no reason why they can't do it. They already are able to limit you to a bundle type like the standard and advanced. Technology is in place, cunstomers are there to take up the offer. But greed is king here and it "dumbs" down the creativity of these companies.
pkid
Expert Member
I reckon they won't do this because most of their customer would drop down and it would cost them big bucks. I doubt many people who use 3G need anything more than 1 mb/s?
I would keep using the 3.6mbps service if it was viable. But 10gb a month would cost me more than an arm and a leg. It would include a nut too.
Ockie
Resident Lead Bender
Anymore complaining out of you and im gonna raise you the other nut also come next bill run jy!
I also would not mind to see pricing based on lower speed profiles....but not sure how or if this can be implemented. I would hate for the billing systems to be screwed up like MTN did because of "upgrades" to the system.
Were you perhaps that strange nut collecting creature from ice age in a previous life?
Vodacom is already billing people on broadband standard and advanced different rates while applying different speed profiles. So I see no reason why they cannot implement it. I think however it could make choices more complicated for customers and while the speed formula works for fixed (i.e. predictable) services I don't think it works as well for wireless. Just see how often we get have people posting here that they signed up for advanced and were suddenly expecting blistering 7.2 speeds but were not getting it.
The simplest solution IMO is for the caps to be bumped up across the board. In addition to that I would like to see the in bundle rates on standard match out of bundle rates, advanced can be scrapped and people who want 7.2/14.4 can pay a VAS rate. Oh and would I be beating a dead horse if I asked for real-time billing on contract accounts with proper hard-caps?
There is already a package, called "Advanced" for no logical reason, that enabled Vodacom to provide you with higher speeds provided there's sufficient backhaul and they don't screw up the speeds limitation at the end of the month (ask Ginggs about it), so WTF can't VC limit me to 3.6 (which is rarely, if ever, achieved) at a lower rate?
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I am one of those customers but stopped complaining because it did not help, with the "LIES" and "BIG CORPORATE" Bull**T that emminated from Vodacom, in the face of inderpendent forensic proof that they were talking Bull**T. I am one of many customers in the same boat.
All because they were to big to admit OPENLY that BACKHAUL was the problem.
I can't recall your thread so link for reference please?
Backhaul amongst other issues is discussed a lot in this forum and due to that I for one am very aware that nothing is guaranteed on a wireless network. I don't know who you were wanting answers from but I doubt 155 would be able to tell you if backhaul is an issue. Generally a test to speed.vodacom.co.za is a quick way to check if backhaul is a problem given good coverage and signal. A lot of the MTN & Vodacom articles published on MBB mention backhaul constraints so it's not like it's a top secret issue. The problem IMO is the irresponsible assistants at Vodashops upselling people to advanced on the notion of increased speeds rather than IB = OOB rates, which it what the advanced was designed for.
Even simpler, don't charge different rates for different theoretical speeds. MTN and Telkom 3G charge the same rate whether you get 3G, 3.6 or 7.2; you get the fastest speed your modem, their towers and their backhaul can provide. After all, they all charge per megabyte, so the faster you consume it, the sooner you are going to need another bundle.
There you go! VodacomData I will send you my banking details so Vodacom can deposit the joint consulting fees into my account. Will make sure ginggs gets his cut
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