Pre-paid Data Bundles [PPDBs] How To

I bought a 4u prepaid SIM to use for 3G. I tried to connect using this SIM in a MTN E620, but it fails to authenticate. Do I need to enable it for data before it will work? I haven't loaded any bundles yet, want to wait for the end of the month.

Also, I notice it is a 32K SIM, is that OK or do I need something else?

Regards,
JJF.
 
Okay, so I just bought myself some airtime R200 bucks to be exact
Now, I want to convert it to data500..will do that on the 1st of May
This expires exactly a month after purchase eh ?
 
PPDB not functional.

Hi V3G,

Any idea when the PPDB issue will be resolved ? Been trying to purchase a data bundle all day via V4Me and 111 ......... no luck as yet.

Have already sucked dry my VC contract, VM and MTN sim's ......... running on fumes left on my collection of Prepaid sim's.

AWB5RKGF63N
 
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ic said:
Mutually inclusive, i.e. the PPDBs are for use with GPRS and EDGE and vanilla-3G and HSDPA - all at the same price regardless of bearer network and speed, same goes for CDBs as of 2007-04-01...
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Interesting... does that mean Vodacom made a mistake with their hsdpa data is more expensive line... :D
 
MyDraadloos said:
Hi V3G,

Any idea when the PPDB issue will be resolved ? Been trying to purchase a data bundle all day via V4Me and 111 ......... no luck as yet.

Have already sucked dry my VC contract, VM and MTN sim's ......... running on fumes left on my collection of Prepaid sim's.

AWB5RKGF63N
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I guess waiting for a call from 155 saying that the service is fixed would be the foolish option.

Will give then a wakeup call in the morning ......... looks like PPDB are still very much Beta :-(
 
OK, so day 2 of PPDB problems. They claim to be working on it, but have no sympathy for the plight of their clients .... i.e. no compensation as it is deemed a general network error. I would have thought that "generally" it is still their network.

The helpdesk solution was simple : pay R2 p/MB or don't connect at all.

Not sure who Candace Turner is but apparently she is working on it.

All this brought back memories of dealing with Vodacom Data and Billing departments ........ being a 500 pound gorilla means that you have a lot more fleas.
 
Why is is that Vodacom GPRS is slow in Cape Town city centre? It is annoying!!! I use my laptop to connect to the internet and my phone(motorola v360v) as a modem and it is so slow. I tested Virgin Mobile and it is faster than vodacom. WHAT IS WRONG????
 
207070652 said:
Why is is that Vodacom GPRS is slow in Cape Town city centre? It is annoying!!! I use my laptop to connect to the internet and my phone(motorola v360v) as a modem and it is so slow. I tested Virgin Mobile and it is faster than vodacom. WHAT IS WRONG????
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Throwing away the V360 would be a good start. Sticking with Virgin might be a better option if all you require is GPRS speeds.
 
Prometheus said:
Just wondering if the line will now be hsdpa is less expensive so we should get more people using it.
:rolleyes:
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Logically HSDPA costs more to provide, but it created so much confusion in some people who could not comprehend it (;)), that we canned the idea. Pity, because some users are now probably not as well off as they could have been.
 
MyDraadloos said:
OK, so day 2 of PPDB problems. They claim to be working on it, but have no sympathy for the plight of their clients .... i.e. no compensation as it is deemed a general network error. I would have thought that "generally" it is still their network.

The helpdesk solution was simple : pay R2 p/MB or don't connect at all.

Not sure who Candace Turner is but apparently she is working on it.

All this brought back memories of dealing with Vodacom Data and Billing departments ........ being a 500 pound gorilla means that you have a lot more fleas.
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Generally when something like this happens with Cell C and VM, and I hear it happens a lot, they compensate you (read free airtime).
ic said:
Are you using a Pre-Paid Data Bundle, or not?

PS: Welcome to MyBroadband :).
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Should it make a difference to his speed? :confused:
MyDraadloos said:
Throwing away the V360 would be a good start. Sticking with Virgin might be a better option if all you require is GPRS speeds.
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He said v360v. Afaik that is a 3G phone.
 
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