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Bona Botse
A little insight goes a long way
wow, i think this shows just how much we're still being raped by the other providers. tsk tsk tsk
Insider
Senior Member
Not quite. Example:
Controlchat 100 which includes R115 airtime and 100 SMSs for R60 a month.
24 months x R40/month discount = R960 saving.
If you get it from CellC at R100/month you get a cellphone included which ranges from R1500 to R2000 worth.
So you lose about R1000 under the impression you're not being "raped".
As a glorified prepaid option, its awesome. Many people already have phones and couldnt care less about upgrades.
I was also chasing the cooolest phone, but iv'e been slowly coming to the conclusion i like my phone ot be a phone and id rather spend the extra money on a nice laptop or something.
If you use the features then cool, but ive realised i hardly use half my phones features. So this leaves me with an obvious question, why do i lust after the coolest phone.
I'd get more pleasure from a new ati 4850 than a phone with a 5 mp camera.
Sure on some contract u get a R5000 to R7000 phone and so you justify it as if you getting your airtime free. But i realised tha R7000 is generally an overpriced piece of kit which doesnt really do much other than make calls, surf the net on a crappy screen, oh and can tak pics which are below even the cheapest digital camera.
I was also chasing the cooolest phone, but iv'e been slowly coming to the conclusion i like my phone ot be a phone and id rather spend the extra money on a nice laptop or something.
If you use the features then cool, but ive realised i hardly use half my phones features. So this leaves me with an obvious question, why do i lust after the coolest phone.
I'd get more pleasure from a new ati 4850 than a phone with a 5 mp camera.
Sure on some contract u get a R5000 to R7000 phone and so you justify it as if you getting your airtime free. But i realised tha R7000 is generally an overpriced piece of kit which doesnt really do much other than make calls, surf the net on a crappy screen, oh and can tak pics which are below even the cheapest digital camera.
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ajax
Executive Member
An awesome deal for those wanting to budget and who couldn't care less about the latest gadgets.
pkid
Expert Member
Very cool.
drukkie
Expert Member
Maelly
Expert Member
Damn!!! I may consider this when my contract comes to an end...
ajax
Executive Member
The nice thing about control chat is that the airtime carries over indefinitely.
What about the sms'es? Do they also carry over? That would be great.
Just such a pity that CellC has almost no data to speak of!! I want to buy prepaid power maybe do some banking or even just the fun video call to the girl once in a blue-moon. I sumtimes IM... All this use DATA and cellc's EDGE keeps disconnecting on me
thats why i changed to VC & MTN(depending on coverage)
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Pavlov
Active Member
At last check the airtime only carried over for a max of two months.
ajax
Executive Member
ok, I stand corrected. You can accumalate a maximum of 3 times the monthly airtime value, sms don't carry over. Still a good deal, I think.
when did this happen to you
Hey when did this happen to you. the edge kicking you off all the time
What about the sms'es? Do they also carry over? That would be great.
Just such a pity that CellC has almost no data to speak of!! I want to buy prepaid power maybe do some banking or even just the fun video call to the girl once in a blue-moon. I sumtimes IM... All this use DATA and cellc's EDGE keeps disconnecting on me
Hey when did this happen to you. the edge kicking you off all the time
How much is R50.00 airtime? 5 Minutes?
Have to work out the per minute rate. Bear in mind that they can't drop below the interconnect rate charged by MTN and Vodacom otherwise they'll be losing money on every call.
Have to work out the per minute rate. Bear in mind that they can't drop below the interconnect rate charged by MTN and Vodacom otherwise they'll be losing money on every call.
and one must pray that you can get signal. im on cell c and am in the process of paying out a year of my contract so i can port.
their data is shocking, when you can get on.
from another point though, this is a fantastic product for the masses....
their data is shocking, when you can get on.
from another point though, this is a fantastic product for the masses....
Vox packge
All they have done is taken the "Connection incentive" which is paid by the GSM Networks (In this case CellC) to Service Providers *and is passed on through dealer chains etc, and they offset that against the package.
i.e. if the Incentive paid by the network is R1500, on that tariff scheme, then they have not put it towards a phone that they would normally give you for free or at a discounted rate, but provided the benefit of that R1500 against the "line rental" of the package.
So R1500 divided over the 24 is R62,50 per month. This is how they "halve the Line rental" on the chat 100. They then claim airtime at half the rate.!!! Its just more marketing drivel.
If they were actually discounting anything outside the bundle then I would take my hat off, but this is just again clever marketing. So claiming "half" is nothing but marketing, as you would normally walk out the shop with that
R1500 value in the form of a phone anyway.
MTN and Vodacom until now, have had a rule that to claim the "Incentive" from them, the Provider must provide a new IMEI number. ie the serial number of a new phone. This allows them to control that the incentive is spent the way they want it spent, which is towards a "a handset."
A few years back, if you went to a service provider and renewed your 24 month contract but "didn't want the Phone" you as the client could pocket the "Network Incentive" in one swoop or have it offset as a credit against your Airtime account.
The problem with that was certain people realised that you could request activation of 10 000 sims in one month, and run away with the money or just use it as cash flow mechanism, hoping to sell off those connected sims before the following month. Nothing is for free its just fiddled to sound that way.
Lets see how long it takes a dealer out there, to have a bumper month on Cell C, request connections of sims that has no clients at the end of them, then claim the Incentive ie R1500 per connection (that's 15 million rand cash flow) and fold the company and run, as it was going down the tubes anyway.
A few years ago the crime around this type of fraud ran into multi millions, and the Networks had to employ a full team of investigators.
6 of 1 half a dozen of the other...........yawn.
All they have done is taken the "Connection incentive" which is paid by the GSM Networks (In this case CellC) to Service Providers *and is passed on through dealer chains etc, and they offset that against the package.
i.e. if the Incentive paid by the network is R1500, on that tariff scheme, then they have not put it towards a phone that they would normally give you for free or at a discounted rate, but provided the benefit of that R1500 against the "line rental" of the package.
So R1500 divided over the 24 is R62,50 per month. This is how they "halve the Line rental" on the chat 100. They then claim airtime at half the rate.!!! Its just more marketing drivel.
If they were actually discounting anything outside the bundle then I would take my hat off, but this is just again clever marketing. So claiming "half" is nothing but marketing, as you would normally walk out the shop with that
R1500 value in the form of a phone anyway.
MTN and Vodacom until now, have had a rule that to claim the "Incentive" from them, the Provider must provide a new IMEI number. ie the serial number of a new phone. This allows them to control that the incentive is spent the way they want it spent, which is towards a "a handset."
A few years back, if you went to a service provider and renewed your 24 month contract but "didn't want the Phone" you as the client could pocket the "Network Incentive" in one swoop or have it offset as a credit against your Airtime account.
The problem with that was certain people realised that you could request activation of 10 000 sims in one month, and run away with the money or just use it as cash flow mechanism, hoping to sell off those connected sims before the following month. Nothing is for free its just fiddled to sound that way.
Lets see how long it takes a dealer out there, to have a bumper month on Cell C, request connections of sims that has no clients at the end of them, then claim the Incentive ie R1500 per connection (that's 15 million rand cash flow) and fold the company and run, as it was going down the tubes anyway.
A few years ago the crime around this type of fraud ran into multi millions, and the Networks had to employ a full team of investigators.
6 of 1 half a dozen of the other...........yawn.
ajax
Executive Member
I can't find any links to the offering online. Does Vox mobile even have a site for SA?
Debbie
Banned
I would look into getting one of these packages at those prices.
However, I need a cellular provider, not a walkie-talkie network.
However, I need a cellular provider, not a walkie-talkie network.