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MTN 7.2 Mbps speed claim under fire
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AirWolf
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Was only a matter of time before MTN was exposed.
AirWolf
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true they said up 2 3.6.....
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WTF vodacom adverts shows a big 3,6 hsdpa not a single word on up to. page 7 on there new vodaworld. they are all bull****t@rs
You're missing the point, which is that ASASA's ruling says that units of measuring speed, e.g. "kbits/s", "Mbits/s", etc, are not allowed in adverts, and if companies are not allow to specify a speed, then they are also not allowed to mention an "up to whatever speed".
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i hear what you are saying but my point is that when you go to a vodacom shop they will tell you it is a 3,6mbps. bits bytes is all the same to the persone and myself in the street. i say take the 3.6 out and say you will get a very fast connection. I know it sounds stupid but i asked some of the people at work and they all said that to them it looks like the 3,6 is the speed you will be getting. Sadly it is not.
LOL, yes, I've had people ask me that stuff a lot as well over many years - probably just about every forumite has been asked about the bits and the bytes and kilo megabitsy-bytes, and had to explain the IT equivalent of the birds & the bees and what they do in the trees...I have to agree.
You have no idea how many people i have to tell that there are 8 bits in a Byte and 1024 B in a KB and 1024 KB in a MB
I tend to agree with you there, except that "very fast" etc still implies a speed, maybe something like HSDPA version 1 [i.e. 1.8] and HSDPA version 2 [i.e. 3.6] and HSDPA version 3 [i.e. 7.2] would be better ways of upholding ASASA's ruling...
Repeat offenders should be fined, exponentially more for every repeat offence. MTN probably figured lets do this and then retract it, by then 1000s of people have already seen the advert and are signing up.
The ASA needs to put a stop to crap like this... Release false adverts, stop using them when caught, watch the customers come pouring in.
The ASA needs to put a stop to crap like this... Release false adverts, stop using them when caught, watch the customers come pouring in.
AirWolf
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This is precisely what Vodacom does, isn't it. They use the term "HSDPA 3.6", which, arguably, a hypothetical reasonable person would understand to mean the speeds available are up to 3.6Mbps. If I'm wrong then why do they use 3.6 if not to refer to speed?
Exactly >> Again, as with Vodacom, who ever received typical speeds of 1.8, when that was the claim. And now that we are asked to try 3.6, who in Cape Town actually gets 3.6Mbps?
I think both MTN and Vodacom should refrain from using any reference to speed if they cannot provide these on a regular basis. I believe Vodacom and Mr. Coetzee (not your average consumer obviously) have shot themselves in the foot because Vodacom will have trouble substantiating their own claims.
Actions speak louder than words - please submit your complaint to the ASA
.Actions speak louder than words - please submit your complaint to the ASA
i complained to them about other things, it only works if lots of people complain telkom excluded of course