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eltherza
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No roll over for telkom 3G I'm afriad, but if you find you aren't using your entire package, you should downgrade to a lower package and save some money. Else use it up, at 7.2Mbps that's easily done...
[ps. anything that needs months saved up bandwidth should be downloaded through a non-3G source anyway]
Very few towers actually support this... The 7.2 has nothing to do with speed, it is the name of the product only!
tjunyat
Senior Member
I'm shocked to say this, but I think Telkom may actually be forcing competition and price reductions. Yes, Vodacom's monthly package cost is higher, but with their higher coverage, it may actually be worth it.
On a personal note, I dislike all the cellular providers and think they're a rip off, let's hope this is the start of change though.
On a personal note, I dislike all the cellular providers and think they're a rip off, let's hope this is the start of change though.
AirWolf
Honorary Master
These prices refer to contracts that include a modem
There is rollover on ALL data packages. This article has the pricing for contract data bundles (not prepaid) - the mentioned OOB rates are correct for the contract bundles ie. < R2/MB depending on bundle.
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Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
Rolling over once does not make it rollover - it is just an extended bundle period.
The normal OOB is still way to high and so are the bundles prices. They are fixing the prices because we are willing to pay.
In short mobile broadband pricing in SA is NGE - Not Good Enough. The coverage and speed might be heavenly, but it is rendered a toasty pile of smelling turd nuggets when you look at the price.
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Agreed. A greed. The prices are outrageous!
What a pathetically sad and sorry story this is.
And reporters have the cheek to talk about a broadband price war.
davemc
Executive Member
Why don't they just charge R0.19 per MB and stop being so full of BS?
No rollover, no logging on and trying to sort out your account before it expires, no midnight bank-transfers and swapping sim cards between devices to "top-up".
And, 19c per MB is really expensive.
For example: Windows XP SP3 = 322 MB = R0.19 * 322 = R61.18 for a flipping service pack.
or, to apply modern Internet standards:
Runes of Magic = 3,5GB or 3,657MB = R694 for a FREE game, never mind the service packs.
Greed greed greed greed greed greed greed
No rollover, no logging on and trying to sort out your account before it expires, no midnight bank-transfers and swapping sim cards between devices to "top-up".
And, 19c per MB is really expensive.
For example: Windows XP SP3 = 322 MB = R0.19 * 322 = R61.18 for a flipping service pack.
or, to apply modern Internet standards:
Runes of Magic = 3,5GB or 3,657MB = R694 for a FREE game, never mind the service packs.
Greed greed greed greed greed greed greed
demon angel
Expert Member
What price war?
I am so tired of bending over and taking one for the team.
International websites regard South African internet users as leechers because we dont share enough.
They have very little idea of the hell we go through to afford a little bit of internet access.
And i have to ask whose fault is that?
Vote for the I.P [INTERNET PARTY],and we promise everybody free local and internet at 2c per mb.
I am so tired of bending over and taking one for the team.
International websites regard South African internet users as leechers because we dont share enough.
They have very little idea of the hell we go through to afford a little bit of internet access.
And i have to ask whose fault is that?
Vote for the I.P [INTERNET PARTY],and we promise everybody free local and internet at 2c per mb.
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
I wonder if Vodacom will ever do that.
I Think its not contractors who is sabotaging Telkom but fed up people.. Who want to show telkom they cant mess with their business/lives and get away with it.
But now telkom is trying to stay ahead of these people by implementing cellular internet.. What a joke.. FU TELKOM
Why cant we have non profit organisations taking CARE of our cable infrastructures ? Why does everything on africa have to be so ****ing corrupted to the core..
But now telkom is trying to stay ahead of these people by implementing cellular internet.. What a joke.. FU TELKOM
Why cant we have non profit organisations taking CARE of our cable infrastructures ? Why does everything on africa have to be so ****ing corrupted to the core..
Maelly
Expert Member
These prices refer to contracts that include a modem
There is rollover on ALL data packages. This article has the pricing for contract data bundles (not prepaid) - the mentioned OOB rates are correct for the contract bundles ie. < R2/MB depending on bundle.
Thanks for correction
vodacom has vast coverage because they are making a killing.. if there was competition then we would have 4-5 companies each operating in under-serviced areas trying to take their competitor's clients. Now its just 2 companies each with their own customers nicely locked in with 24 month contracts
as with everything else it is the final consumer that is left with no choice but to pay,
whatever the price. If you want it you have to fork out!!
From what I know after telkom sells their golden goose (vodacom), and neotel takes all of their broadband customers, they're going to tank, give it five years, imho
as for the bundle prices being exactly the sam accross SP's, I smell collusion and anyone who thinks there is a price war is living in a dream world
whatever the price. If you want it you have to fork out!!
From what I know after telkom sells their golden goose (vodacom), and neotel takes all of their broadband customers, they're going to tank, give it five years, imho
as for the bundle prices being exactly the sam accross SP's, I smell collusion and anyone who thinks there is a price war is living in a dream world
Of course they are not going to allow data carry over, they would be shooting them selves in the foot, and would go bust pretty quick!
vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
Actually, most of the points in Maelly's post were wrong and have been corrected above already.
But to re-iterate:
- BB-S does have roll-over.
- OOB rates on BB-S is as low as 45c/MB
- The reason why BB-A has a different tariff is because it's flat-rated.
Rouxenator
Dank meme lord
It depends on how you look at it.
From Vodacoms point of view that have all ways had data carry over / roll over. The data used to carry over / roll over for 30 days (yes, 30 times) and then it would expire. Recently they extended this to a whole 60 days ! Wow - 60 times roll over / carry over of your data bundle.
From a normal point of view they do not have any roll over or carry over. They simply extended the time window to 60 days.
The whole roll over and carry over concept is flawed. If you look at prepaid airtime for example, you buy it and you can use it as much or as little as you like. You will never loose it (unless your sim is recycled after 6 or 7 months of in activity). They should just do the same for data.
From Vodacoms point of view that have all ways had data carry over / roll over. The data used to carry over / roll over for 30 days (yes, 30 times) and then it would expire. Recently they extended this to a whole 60 days ! Wow - 60 times roll over / carry over of your data bundle.
From a normal point of view they do not have any roll over or carry over. They simply extended the time window to 60 days.
The whole roll over and carry over concept is flawed. If you look at prepaid airtime for example, you buy it and you can use it as much or as little as you like. You will never loose it (unless your sim is recycled after 6 or 7 months of in activity). They should just do the same for data.