Have your say, vote for Data Bundle Rollover

If Data Bundles lasted longer than 30 days, would you buy larger Data Bundes?

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles valid for 3 months; OR

    Votes: 91 13.7%

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles valid for 4 months; OR

    Votes: 2 0.3%

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles valid for 5 months; OR

    Votes: 2 0.3%

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles valid for 6 months; OR

    Votes: 30 4.5%

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles valid for 7 months; OR

    Votes: 1 0.2%

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles valid for 8 months; OR

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles valid for 9 months; OR

    Votes: 5 0.8%

  • Yes, I'm prepared to pay more upfront for larger Data Bundles with no expiry date; OR

    Votes: 92 13.8%

  • Yes, I want Data Bundle Rollover - but I do not want to pay more; OR

    Votes: 437 65.6%

  • No, I do not want Data Bundle Rollover.

    Votes: 6 0.9%
  • Total voters
    666
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sky.akash said:
That said, how then is the relationship between SAIX and ADSL ISPs different from the relationship between VODACOM and their customers? :confused:
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:confused: what aspect of these 2 different relationships do you want to compare?

Vodacom is one of Telkodemonopolies-SAIX's customers, but Vodacom has the additional expense of renting many backhaul & peering links from Telkodemonopolies, in order for HSDPA to be of any use to Vodacom customers; whereas SAIX-ADSL ISP resellers do not have any significant backhaul or peering links to factor into the cost of running their businesses, with the only exception being RADIUS servers used for ADSL ISP Account authentication, that might be hosted outside of Telkodemonopolies' NOC or wherever they are usually hosted within Telkodemonopolies.
 
sky.akash said:
That said, how then is the relationship between SAIX and ADSL ISPs different from the relationship between VODACOM and their customers? :confused:
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Probably the best analogy is that the ADSL ISPs are like cellphone service providers e.g. Nashua. Autopage etc. They basically resell SAIX network access, they don't have their own, just as Nashua doesn't have its own cell network but resells Vodacom network access. Vodacom have actually physically built their own network with towers, backhaul links etc.
 
Syndyre said:
Probably the best analogy is that the ADSL ISPs are like cellphone service providers e.g. Nashua. Autopage etc. They basically resell SAIX network access, they don't have their own, just as Nashua doesn't have its own cell network but resells Vodacom network access. Vodacom have actually physically built their own network with towers, backhaul links etc.
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Yep, a great analogy :).

One thing I think I need to post, before I get jumped on by SAIX-ADSL ISP resellers, is that there will be micro-expenses that each of those resellers needs to factor into the cost of running their reseller business, e.g. billing & support etc, but my point is that those micro-expenses pale in comparison to the macro-expenses of renting links from Telkodemonopolies, and it is the macro-expenses which Vodacom & MTN & iBurst etc have to factor into the cost of their services, in addition to being able to turn some sort of profit as well - bearing in mind that in a capitalist system, businesses are not successful if they give primary services away at cost. Having said that, I think everyone should read this article and refer to the comparison table at the end...
 
Analysis & Snapshot of the poll results so far...

  • Number of overall votes: 245
  • Only 2 voters do not want any form of Data Bundle Rollover
  • which means that 243 or 99% of these 245 voters do want DBR, and out of these 243 voters in favour of DBR:
    1. 156 or 64% of these 243 voters are not prepared to pay more for DBR.
    2. 87 or 36% of these 243 voters are prepared to pay more for DBR.
      • 51 or 59% of these 87 voters want DBR to last for a specific number of months, where:
        • 33 or 65% of these 51 voters want DBR to last for 3 months.
        • 14 or 27% of these 51 voters want DBR to last for 6 months.
      • 36 or 41% of these 87 voters want DBR that never expires.
 
ic said:
  • Number of overall votes: 245
  • Only 2 voters do not want any form of Data Bundle Rollover
  • which means that 243 or 99% of these 245 voters do want DBR, and out of these 243 voters in favour of DBR:
    1. 156 or 64% of these 243 voters are not prepared to pay more for DBR.
    2. 87 or 36% of these 243 voters are prepared to pay more for DBR.
      • 51 or 59% of these 87 voters want DBR to last for a specific number of months, where:
        • 33 or 65% of these 51 voters want DBR to last for 3 months.
        • 14 or 27% of these 51 voters want DBR to last for 6 months.
      • 36 or 41% of these 87 voters want DBR that never expires.
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Group 1 Roll over=yes, Pay=No, Period=? (aha):rolleyes:
 
sky.akash said:
ic, I think Csnoopy means that for the people that don't want to pay, we don't have a time period for that type of bundle:)
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@Csnoopy, is this what you meant? - I have read through your subsequent posts, and am still not sure what you meant.

@sky.akash, true, unfortunately the poll system would not allow me to add any more options for the 'no i don't want to pay more category', the system used to allow me to do that but not anymore - no idea why.
 
ic said:
@Csnoopy, is this what you meant? - I have read through your subsequent posts, and am still not sure what you meant.

@sky.akash, true, unfortunately the poll system would not allow me to add any more options for the 'no i don't want to pay more category', the system used to allow me to do that but not anymore - no idea why.
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Yes for how many months will the suggested rollover be? That is for the largest % group. I don't see it on my system if it is there. :rolleyes:
 
Csnoopy said:
Yes for how many months will the suggested rollover be? That is for the largest % group. I don't see it on my system if it is there. :rolleyes:
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Ok, well we can have a separate poll for that, in a separate thread, although I suspect I can predict the results. ˙sǝɹıdxǝ ɹǝʌǝu ʇɐɥʇ ɹǝʌolloɹ ǝʇıuıɟǝpuı ʇuɐʍ oslɐ llıʍ 'ɹǝʌolloɹ ǝlpunq ɐʇɐp ɹoɟ ɐɹʇxǝ ʎɐd oʇ ʇuɐʍ ʇou op oɥʍ 'sǝʇıɯnɹoɟ ʇsoɯ ʇɐɥʇ ʇɔıpǝɹd ʎqǝɹǝɥ ı
 
ic said:
Ok, well we can have a separate poll for that, in a separate thread, although I suspect I can predict the results. ˙sǝɹıdxǝ ɹǝʌǝu ʇɐɥʇ ɹǝʌolloɹ ǝʇıuıɟǝpuı ʇuɐʍ oslɐ llıʍ 'ɹǝʌolloɹ ǝlpunq ɐʇɐp ɹoɟ ɐɹʇxǝ ʎɐd oʇ ʇuɐʍ ʇou op oɥʍ 'sǝʇıɯnɹoɟ ʇsoɯ ʇɐɥʇ ʇɔıpǝɹd ʎqǝɹǝɥ ı
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Hey what's this upside down writing. (I agree.) That is not what I am saying. I only asked. The option in question, does not indicate how many days,weeks or months, or is it left to Vodacom to decide. :)
 
Csnoopy said:
IMO, Option 9 is a bit misleading. That is why the majority voted for it? :p
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˙pǝʇonb uǝǝq ǝʌɐɥ ʇou plnoɥs ʇı ˙ǝ˙ı 'uoıʇɔıpǝɹd ʇǝɹɔǝs ɐ ǝq oʇ pǝsoddns sɐʍ uoıʇɔıpǝɹd ʎɯ :sd

¿ƃuıɥʇ ɐ ɥɔns ʎɐs noʎ plnoɔ ʍoɥ 'ƃuıpɐǝlsıɯ
 
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