Mobile providers and VoIP

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Stupid Idiots. I certainly won't be recommending them
 
No, this is not acceptable MTN. Now that its officially on the wbeiste that VOIP is banned I am officially on my personal anti MTN mission. Im gonna get anyone off the network as fast as possible and I will never again pay to use their network.

I am currently a proud Vodacom customer, (as long as Vodacom dont pull the same tricks, which as the article said probably wont happen), but MTN has totally lost my repsect as a company that wants to do good for its customers.

MTN can actually benefit out of VOIP big time if it played its cards right. Sorry MTN, youre on your own.

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I guess for those that play World of Warcraft (like I did) for short periods and used Teamspeak its also not gonna work anymore. Pathetic, thats all I used MTN for when I did...with a data bundle to play WoW. (Glad Telkom finally installed my DSL)
 
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MrG said:
No, this is not acceptable MTN. Now that its officially on the wbeiste that VOIP is banned I am officially on my personal anti MTN mission. Im gonna get anyone off the network as fast as possible and I will never again pay to use their network.

I am currently a proud Vodacom customer, (as long as Vodacom dont pull the same tricks, which as the article said probably wont happen), but MTN has totally lost my repsect as a company that wants to do good for its customers.

MTN can actually benefit out of VOIP big time if it played its cards right. Sorry MTN, youre on your own.
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The only problem is that we warn the people.

I know for a fact the Vodacom has the same stance on this.
MTN is making it no secret.

and so I would assume the same for all the other Cellular providers. Fact is that VOIP is taking away revenue.... So back to Telkom for you then.... :D
 
No cellular provider should be blocking new technology. Especially the likes of VOIP. Anyways, with a prepaid card on MTN, id firstly like them to notice the VOIP traffic, if they do... cancel my prepaid simcard... why not :D .... charge me the R25 per MB tarfiff.... um, you gonna give me a negative balance?

lolz @ MTN
 
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As someone who is an MTN customer for the last 15 years, and is at the end of his two year contract, and is looking to buy a mobile PCMCIA solution for my notebook in the next few months, this MTN stance sickens me.
There is no financial cost reason whatsoever why MTN should be doing this. It is simply a profit protection move.
I am also someone who gets asked about what technology to implement, and this will definitely be something I'll be adding to the MTN consideration.
I am hoping that MTN will realise that the bad press and word-of-mouth will be nowhere near what they will be "saving".
I'll be keeping an eye on Vodacom, and around March, if they are not doing anything silly in this regard I'll go with them.
 
roamerz said:
As someone who is an MTN customer for the last 15 years, and is at the end of his two year contract, and is looking to buy a mobile PCMCIA solution for my notebook in the next few months, this MTN stance sickens me.
There is no financial cost reason whatsoever why MTN should be doing this. It is simply a profit protection move.
I am also someone who gets asked about what technology to implement, and this will definitely be something I'll be adding to the MTN consideration.
I am hoping that MTN will realise that the bad press and word-of-mouth will be nowhere near what they will be "saving".
I'll be keeping an eye on Vodacom, and around March, if they are not doing anything silly in this regard I'll go with them.
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Agreed 100%
 
This is just another pro-Vodacom, anti-their competition, MyADSL "news" report. The editorial bias is showing through here once again.

We had a similar M&G article recently (somewhat more balanced) that showed MTN and Vodacom in exactly the same boat.

MyADSL however has it on good authority that it is highly unlikely that Vodacom will venture down this path, which means that MTN stands to lose thousands of high-end customers if they introduce higher VoIP rates.
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Which is exactly why MTN won't venture down that path either.

Truth is, neither MTN nor Vodacom want VOIP traffic on their networks, both have "plans" in place to counter it, both "reserve the right" to charge extra, but neither have the balls to carry out the threat. It might not even be legal. So right now, there is a roar and a snarl, but no teeth.

The "News" will be when one of the networks actually starts charging punative rates for VOIP traffic.
 
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roamerz said:
... at the end of his two year contract, and is looking to buy a mobile PCMCIA solution for my notebook in the next few months, this MTN stance sickens me...

I am also someone who gets asked about what technology to implement, and this will definitely be something I'll be adding to the MTN consideration.
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Me too :(
 
Welcome to the world of Naspers.... "If you dont like it, dump it."

(MTN, DSTV, MWEB, Kalahari.net News24 are the same group)
 
Pitbull said:
Fact is that VOIP is taking away revenue.... So back to Telkom for you then.... :D
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How can it be taking away revenue? VOIP is here to stay. If companies don't fit in with it, they will lose out. The normal calls are not being used to subsidise Data Services, therefore any VOIP calls that are made will be making money for MTN. MTN should be happy because they don't have to pay the exorbitant termination fees. The attitude from both MTN and Vodacom reeks of profiteering. I am cancelling one of my MTN contracts today and will cancel the other when the contract is up. I am switching to Virgin, no more contracts for me. The terms and conditions of the contracts are just too weighted in the providers favour.
 
Abe said:
How can it be taking away revenue? VOIP is here to stay. If companies don't fit in with it, they will lose out. The normal calls are not being used to subsidise Data Services, therefore any VOIP calls that are made will be making money for MTN. MTN should be happy because they don't have to pay the exorbitant termination fees. The attitude from both MTN and Vodacom reeks of profiteering. I am cancelling one of my MTN contracts today and will cancel the other when the contract is up. I am switching to Virgin, no more contracts for me. The terms and conditions of the contracts are just too weighted in the providers favour.
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Ok But what will happen if the stance is the same on all Cellular providers ?
Eg: No VOIP.

What does that leave U the consumer with ?
 
Pitbull said:
I would advise you to have a look at a previous post by rpm.
There is a statement on there By the Head of Data from MTN - Brian Seligmann

I'll try and find the article.

Found it

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=5071
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Thanks, not very conclusive though, but I guess that's all we'll hear for now.
Fact is in a lot of cases VOIP might actually bring in revenue. Eg I use Skype etc. a lot for international calls and would possibly do so over the MTN network, thereby bringing in income, I'd never make normal circuit switched international calls off a cell.
 
Yes

Pitbull said:
I would advise you to have a look at a previous post by rpm.
There is a statement on there By the Head of Data from MTN - Brian Seligmann

I'll try and find the article.

Found it

http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=5071
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I have seen that post... but policy states that if MTN decides to bite me for using it, they can at their discretion...
MTN is not my friend in other words...
But I've said it before... MTN must not flatter themselves - their network is incapable of carrying VOIP - especially GPRS and EDGE. I have tested in many locations.
 
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