Free Data!!!

Here's what I got:
Vodacom is proud to announce the launch of a new data promotion from 1 June 2009 to 31 August 2009 for all Vodacom Contract, Top Up and Prepaid customers. Customers subscribing to the Broadband Standard and Broadband Advanced 24-month Data Contracts, 24-month Top Up Data Contracts, Month-to-Month, Once-off and Prepaid Data Bundles, will also receive free data.

Customers who buy or subscribe to a Data Bundle during the promotional period will receive an additional free data allocation with each bundle purchased or subscribed to. The additional free data allocated will be the greater of 25MB or 10% of the Data Bundle purchased or subscribed to.

For example, if a customer bought a 250MB Data Bundle on 2 June, the free additional data they will receive is 25MB, totalling at 275MB. Any unused data of the 275MB, can be used until 31 July 2009.

Please note: This data promotion does not apply to Corporate APN customers.
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I'm sure we'll be seeing 'creative bundle management' ;)
 
So is this the start of a split between contract data cost and prepaid data cost where I will be forced in the future to get a contract to get a descent price for data?
 
I'm left speculating if this is a kind of field excercise to either:

1) Try and guage if customers actually care for freebies. I would say that everyone should get in on the act and buy.
Thus showing the market (or VC in this case) that customers desperately need more affordable bandwidth and are actively looking for means to use larger volumes of data.

2) This could be a feeler to see how the infrastructure would cope with increased activity if VC were actually going to drop prices because of a Seacom connection. 10% more bandwidth across all of VC users over the "special period", would give VC an indication of how the network would handle projected usage as a result of taking the first steps to stimulating competition.

3) This could just be a feeler to check out Seacom's throughput. (If they were hooked up at that time)

4) It's a simple reward/freebie :D

Free is good right? ;))
 
Shake&Bake said:
I'm left speculating if this is a kind of field excercise to either:

1) Try and guage if customers actually care for freebies. I would say that everyone should get in on the act and buy.
Thus showing the market (or VC in this case) that customers desperately need more affordable bandwidth and are actively looking for means to use larger volumes of data.

2) This could be a feeler to see how the infrastructure would cope with increased activity if VC were actually going to drop prices because of a Seacom connection. 10% more bandwidth across all of VC users over the "special period", would give VC an indication of how the network would handle projected usage as a result of taking the first steps to stimulating competition.

3) This could just be a feeler to check out Seacom's throughput. (If they were hooked up at that time)

4) It's a simple reward/freebie :D

Free is good right? ;))
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To be honest, I don't think there will be much to read in the uptake of this. In my opinion, it's just a standard promotion, so use and abuse as you see fit.

I do predict a huge uptake of the smaller (<25M) bundles though...;)
 
:)

Either way ppl should take it. Now just to somehow get those prices down, significantly and permanently :D
 
hsdpasa said:
So is this the start of a split between contract data cost and prepaid data cost where I will be forced in the future to get a contract to get a descent price for data?
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vodacom3g said:
Huh? :confused:
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I think (s)he missed this bit:

Vodacom is proud to announce the launch of a new data promotion from 1 June 2009 to 31 August 2009 for all Vodacom Contract, Top Up and Prepaid customers. Customers subscribing to the Broadband Standard and Broadband Advanced 24-month Data Contracts, 24-month Top Up Data Contracts, Month-to-Month, Once-off and Prepaid Data Bundles, will also receive free data.
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So I guess it is pure coincidence that it is not possible to change my services on my contract phone on V4Me tonight... I have a 20Mb bundle that is used to check mail and do banking... A 5Mb bundle for the next to months would have been sufficient...
 
Antonf said:
So I guess it is pure coincidence that it is not possible to change my services on my contract phone on V4Me tonight... I have a 20Mb bundle that is used to check mail and do banking... A 5Mb bundle for the next to months would have been sufficient...
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Phone 155 and check if anything is wrong.
 
Saw it this morning - very welcome - thanks VC - & V3g.
Just a quick question - when checking DB on phone (*111#) it only shows this months balance but on the website it shows my 'leftover' from last month as well. I presume the one on the website is the one to work from...
 
Our ADSL at work is down, so I bought a 5MB bundle on my phone and got my 30MB (in total) :D.

But it sure is painful to use GPRS on my phone :(. (My HSDPA modem is at home:().
 
adsl3g said:
Just a quick question - when checking DB on phone (*111#) it only shows this months balance but on the website it shows my 'leftover' from last month as well. I presume the one on the website is the one to work from...
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I noticed this too. V3g, can't the 'leftover' amount be shown on *111# as well?

Hernia alert:
Vodacom use your new bundle before using the 'leftover' bundle.
Presumably the information you see on *111# will change when your new bundle is finished and you start using your 'leftover' bundle.
 
If you are a 5 MB subscriber, you get 25 MB free, giving you 30 MB in total. Why would anyone buy a 75 MB bundle, get 25 MB free and then have 100 MB. Much better to just purchase four 5 MB bundles ;)

I for one welcome the initiative by Vodacom – I don’t really understand why someone would complain about this promotion. It is 100% positive from a consumers perspective.
 
Promotional 200Mb Data for June 2009.

I had a pleasant surprise this morning when I checked by data bundle balance. There was an entry for an extra 204Mb of data for the present month. I'm glad to see that vodacom is doing good stuff like this.

Cheers!:D:D
 
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