Pre Paid Data bundles clarification

[gboy]

hi,

I bought a pre paid simcard, I loaded R280 on to it, the guy at the shop said it would give me a gig of data, I doubt I transfered that much then it ran out, Yesterday I bought R150 and transfered 64mb then out, any Idea.

How does this thing work actually.

Do I just buy any amount of mony or is there a special unit i must buy.

like saying to the shop give me 1GB data insted of rand X.

please help

g

 

[bodhi]

http://www.vodacom.co.za/services/mobile_data/vodacom_what_cost.jsp

Load monetary value of data bundle (pre-paid data bundle) on the sim.

Purchase PPDB through:

*111# (via cellphone) or

http://www.vodacom4me.co.za

 

[gboy]

thanks, so if i got to the petrol station and buy airtime to the value of R289 i will automaticly get 1GB Data ?

 

[bodhi]

thanks, so if i got to the petrol station and buy airtime to the value of R289 i will automaticly get 1GB Data ?

Yep , only aspect is to purchase the PPDB through the options I mentioned.

HTH

 

[CathJ]

thanks, so if i got to the petrol station and buy airtime to the value of R289 i will automaticly get 1GB Data ?

No, if you buy R289 you'll get R289 worth of airtime. If you use that as it is, you'll be paying R2 per meg, which works out to something like 140 meg.

To get 1Gb, you need to buy a 1Gb data bundle with your R289, as explained by blueghost_39.

 

[gboy]

ok, just got R189 on it via STD Bank Internet banking, so i should expect to get 500mb

 

[gboy]

http://www.vodacom.co.za/services/mobile_data/vodacom_what_cost.jsp

Load monetary value of data bundle (pre-paid data bundle) on the sim.

Purchase PPDB through:

*111# (via cellphone) or

http://www.vodacom4me.co.za

loaded the monetary value on it.

 

[gboy]

damn this is confusing.

 

[bodhi]

damn this is confusing.

No problem - I'm also new to the Vodacom PPDB

 

[Alacrity]

damn this is confusing.

When you have the airtime you can buy a databundle using one of the two options already mentioned.

If you connect to the internet without a bundle you pay R2.00/MB. Thus, if you only bought R189 of airtime and didn't convert that to a databundle you wil only get 94.5MB.

 

[Frankie]

ok, just got R189 on it via STD Bank Internet banking, so i should expect to get 500mb

ONLY if you use that airtime you purchased to buy a data bundle.

I find it more convenient buying the data bundle using available airtime by logging onto the VC web site and process it there, as suggested above.

 

[Frankie]

ok, just got R189 on it via STD Bank Internet banking, so i should expect to get 500mb

ONLY if you use that airtime you purchased to buy a data bundle.

I find it more convenient buying the data bundle using available airtime by logging onto the VC web site and process it there, as suggested above.