Data billing very strange

[AirWolf]

Hi

Yesterday while using the internet on my pc via phone modem (motorola v1050) i checked my balance on my phone (i'm on a top-up contract). On my pc i it showed +/- 4 mb received, +/- 1mb sent, total +/- 5mb. But my balance on my phone had already dropped by +/- R20.00

I disconnected from the internet and checked my balance again. It had gone up by +/- R 10.00.

Even today, after a total of +/- 2mb usage my balance is down by +/- R12.00. Mr/ Ms V3g, what exactly is happening? And has anyone else experienced this? What happens when my false balance hits zero?

 

[ic]

This isn't the first report of strange up & down balances that then correct after a disconnect, at a guess I would say that Vodacom is implementing a fuzzy-logic [pre-paid] data usage guesstimate system that corrects after a disconnect...

v3g?

 

[ajax]

I get the same on Virgin

 

[TowerGuru]

i heard they are taking a deposit everytime you connect, then refund it back to you or something... all very complicated and mysetrious.

 

[vodacom3g]

This isn't the first report of strange up & down balances that then correct after a disconnect, at a guess I would say that Vodacom is implementing a fuzzy-logic [pre-paid] data usage guesstimate system that corrects after a disconnect...

v3g?

Pretty much, will get the details on how it works.

 

[ld13]

Welcome 'Vodacom Representative'!

 

[AirWolf]

Pretty much, will get the details on how it works.

those details are taking quite a while

 

[vodacom3g]

Basically the higher your download rate, the more of your balance gets reserved, am still waiting for the exact formulas. When you disconnect, it's all recalculated and your balance updated.

 

[TowerGuru]

why do you do it this way though???? sounds like alot can go wrong...

 

[DBrasco]

because it's pre-paid, they need to take from you first in order to determine whether you have enough money or not.