My MTN conspiracy theory ;)

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So,

As a first time MTN data user I found it absolutely pathetic to pay R60 for 2 days and about 16 page views.

That's checking gmail, a few threads here and searching on google.

I had about R5 left of the last R30, I decided to open my Outlook to check for mail on my other accounts to save me from logging in to each individually, this was Saturday (or Sunday).

I downloaded according to Outlook 250KB worth of email (from one account) the other 3 accounts synchronized through IMAP about twice, suddenly I was disconnected.

So you are telling me, I spent R5 worth of airtime, just checking email, without any form of browsing?

I'm not even mentioning the other R55 blown to bits from the 16 page views as mentioned above.

I'm really considering making another tera fire and melting that MTN simcard, maybe to make some ant nest for the poor creatures of the wild to populate and use some natural resources in a natural way, without having to pay a Corporate mess such as MTN R60 just for a measly few page views.

To further support my conspiracy theory, I had 5 bucks left on my Virgin Sim, with pathetic signal I used about the equivalent of MTN and I managed to shoot off 3 sms's today. I'm not singing Virgin's praises, but at least they know how to count.

:rolleyes:

The great part however is how MTN shamelessly punts their CSD data plans on their site with no real explanation that it's going to cost you at least 2 lungs and 4 kidneys, you have to be a rocket scientist to actually click that it's a data call and not a session, pathetic :rolleyes:
 
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did you convert to data

the problem sounds like you have the sim on the out of bundle prices, when you buy 'in bundle' the price is quite cheap at about 19 - 30c per meg but on RSA data packages you pay both ways not as in other countries where you only for what you upload. Not for the browsing. When you buy the data you have to convert it for browsing or you pay the full enchilada and thats about R130 per, so get the sim , put in a mobile cellular and then type in *555# or get the MTN people to do it for you. I fyou are on Voda you have to dial *111# and choose option 1 then option 6 to change bundles. I have about ten or eleven sims as MTN the morons limit the amount of money you can spend with them per sim. Voda does not but the line is so **** I have the MTN on most times.

That in the USA or UK you can get a phone line with free local and national calls as well as high speed unfirewalled internet access for under the equivalent of R150 pcm (per calender month) What about Aussieland? They even get Virgin internet free with thier mobile!

http://broadbandguide.com.au/plans

http://www.virgin.net/customers/contactus/#

RIP OFF RSA its the old story the locals accept second best and so therefor thats what we get. Stop accepting second best and complain. Contact ICASA or as I usually say , dont get mad get even by making money.

Start your own cable network, mesh together but do not accept second best.

The only way to be first is to be fastest and why we as a country cannot see that in the working environment as well as on the sports fields is baffling!

Its time to take a stand and not accept second best, go that little bit further and try a little harder and it starts with each and every one of us.

We complain about the crime but think nothing of breaking the law when we park illegally or walk on the road instead of the pavement.

Stop accepting second best and pick up that litter, don't accept second rate service and most of all try your very best to be the best. The future does not look after itself.

And stop blaming others when you have not read the manual "when all else fails - read the manual" even if it happens to be a competing companies manual as the technology is the same its only the numbers that are different. I worked out that the MTN booklet was only written for idiots and non-data hungry users so I called and asked for help. They were very polite spoke great english not that manglish and did it immediately. The only others companies that have impressed me like that are virgin. Don't talk to me about that awful

'oh hi, I am the whispering twit on Cel -C' please forget to breathe when getting help!

The voice over sounds like those cheap nasty british based "chaps, looking for a friendly grl to chat wiv " that you see on late night tv.


Above all else learn to whinge at the heads of the companies, start petitions and make a noise.

Bitch and complain to those who can make a difference - your mates and their mates and so on. never stop and never accept less than the best, learn to manage the suppliers expectations.
 
:rolleyes: I see a lot of text, but half of it does not compute.

I'm not on a mission to become the 4th Cellular operator, I'd like to be a consumer and get what I paid for. The real reason you have 10 or more MTN sims is because MTN is such stupid morons that they expect a person to live with one data bundle for 30 days, even if it's 10mb (which I did and which I won't do again).

Off to sim fire ;)
 
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teraside said:
:rolleyes: I see a lot of text, but half of it does not compute.

I'm not on a mission to become the 4th Cellular operator, I'd like to be a consumer and get what I paid for. The real reason you have 10 or more MTN sims is because MTN is such stupid morons that they expect a person to live with one data bundle for 30 days, even if it's 10mb (which I did and which I won't do again).

Off to sim fire ;)
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generally speaking when offering a client a modem package, you should tell them pro's and cons, so that the client can make up their own minds.

i personally run off just two simcards, both loaded with 2GB data bundles. the first one i purchased loaded 2GB and in 2 weeks it was finished, i bought another simcard, loaded 2GB and in 2 weeks it was finished.

Just in time for my first simcard to get it's second 2GB bundle loaded. and thus the cycle continues, until present. i load airtime from the ATM, thus eliminating the need to put the simcard in a phone.

Other than the initial setup of the simcards where i had to unbar the simcards for GPRS, which all prepaid simcards are, loading the airtime and ordering the bundle.

All in all i'm happy with my e220, it runs very well on linux and i have had no time where my bundle disappeared. The connection is pretty decent considering the telkom have still to date have to replace our stolen cable. i get 560kbps on a bad night (download) and 1.40+ kbps on a good night. i'm very happy, other than a few network issues which is to be expected, that are fixed right away not six months later and counting.
 
I get what you're saying unspokenchaos.

I just find it unfair, as per my description, that a few page views would amount to that amount used. And no, I don't have spyware or running tasks chowing bandwidth, as the Virgin example showed.

If you're going to bill R2 per megabyte, by all means do it, but don't count 1mb as 2mb or 250KB as 4mb ;)
 
teraside said:
:rolleyes: I see a lot of text, but half of it does not compute.

I'm not on a mission to become the 4th Cellular operator, I'd like to be a consumer and get what I paid for. The real reason you have 10 or more MTN sims is because MTN is such stupid morons that they expect a person to live with one data bundle for 30 days, even if it's 10mb (which I did and which I won't do again).

Off to sim fire ;)
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Did I ever tell you that you're A ok in my book tera? :)

Burn that effer buddy. ;)
 
teraside said:
I get what you're saying unspokenchaos.

I just find it unfair, as per my description, that a few page views would amount to that amount used. And no, I don't have spyware or running tasks chowing bandwidth, as the Virgin example showed.

If you're going to bill R2 per megabyte, by all means do it, but don't count 1mb as 2mb or 250KB as 4mb ;)
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lol at 250kb as 4mb...

ok the system is far from perfect and perhaps us as users need to take these examples, where we have proof to show, according to the data counter'S i have on my system this is what i have used please show me how your's can be so different.

i usually encourage that evidence is often the best way to deal with people, more than one source of evidence/proof is even better. one could then ask if they could trace your number, being prepaid means that MTN doesn't keep records of your transactions for longer than two weeks which means once you have gathered evidence for a week move on it. the best people to assist would be the 1555 desk, they have the best knowledge and are more than willing to go the extra mile. play nice though they bite... hehe...

i'm personally still looking for a program that shows me what connects to the internet as soon as a connect my datacard in a windows system. perhaps i'll need to make one. i know for a fact that on my laptop that uses windows as soon as i connect the data counter starts moving. on linux it stays steady on zero until i start browsing or start downloading email etc... even though i have taken off my automatic updates, checked for spyware, mailware and even once turned off my antivirus to see if that's chowing bandwidtj. but to no avail it continues to diligently take 2.4kb everytime i connect at a steady pace, for an hour even though i'm not browsing. it's really interesting, and then my brother updated on vista, the modem connection came up with an error 50... wtf what's error 50, browsed and found that we need to turn off the windows firewall, which is silly because windows should really work hand in hand with the modem.

i'm rambling sorry, it's just that i've seen what happens and it's scary not to know why one day the modem works on windows and the next day it comes up with a random error...

ps error 619 generally means no airtime... hehe...
 
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