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eagle-slayor

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Ok I'm a bit lost in here.
Everywhere I go I see R389 for a 2GB bundle on 3G contract, but I am stuck with R449 in the 2GB contract, and it is practically useless to argue with vodacom customer care as they will always say I am wrong. Can someone please enlighten me in this issue?
Thanks!
 
Are you on contract?

I think its 389 for the bundle, plus a bit extra for the modem you have on contract.

I stand to be corrected on this one, by someone who actually works for Vodacom tho :)
 
eagle-slayor said:
Ok I'm a bit lost in here.
Everywhere I go I see R389 for a 2GB bundle on 3G contract, but I am stuck with R449 in the 2GB contract, and it is practically useless to argue with vodacom customer care as they will always say I am wrong. Can someone please enlighten me in this issue?
Thanks!
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Vodacom is correct, you have misunderstood, click here...

The ZAR449.00pm you're paying includes the cost of the modem that you received with your 2 year contract, a 2GB data bundle on its own without a modem costs ZAR389.00.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Are you on contract?

I think its 389 for the bundle, plus a bit extra for the modem you have on contract.

I stand to be corrected on this one, by someone who actually works for Vodacom tho :)
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You got it right there.

The R389 for 2Gig is on the Prepaid Option. Dunno how much it is on the Ad-Hoc Option, should be less?

The R449 (+ E220/Data Card) is on contract. (R249 for 500MB, R349 for 1GB, and R449 for 2GB)
 
Just had a look on the website.

Its R389 for the 2Gig bundle, not sure if thats Ad-Hoc or what, but it lists the price as R389. I might be switching to something along those lines fairly soon since my 3G contract is coming up to 2yrs v soon and I might just discontinue it if I get myself an HSDPA phone.
 
Iam3G said:
...Dunno how much it is on the Ad-Hoc Option, should be less?
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Incorrect: Pre-paid Data Bundles and Contract Data Bundles [on their own without modems] of the same size, are exactly the same price - there is no discrimination between pre-paid data and contract data.
 
ic said:
Incorrect: Pre-paid Data Bundles and Contract Data Bundles [on their own without modems] of the same size, are exactly the same price - there is no discrimination between pre-paid data and contract data.
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Thanks ic. Was just unsure about that.
 
There used to be iirc, but Vodacom learnt v quickly that it confused too many people so they canned that idea.
 
eagle-slayor said:
Wasnt there some difference between HSDPA and 3G prices?
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ToxicBunny said:
There used to be iirc, but Vodacom learnt v quickly that it confused too many people so they canned that idea.
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Yes, also some of us continually bitched & moaned about the price difference :D until Vodacom reverted back to a single data price regardless of bearer network & technology, this was on 2007-04-01 IIRC when Vodacom's new price reductions kicked in.
 
ic said:
Yes, also some of us continually bitched & moaned about the price difference :D until Vodacom reverted back to a single data price regardless of bearer network & technology, this was on 2007-04-01 IIRC when Vodacom's new price reductions kicked in.
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Yes, and now the poor guys with the lower speed connections must pay the same...;)

I know it was more complex, with different pricing structures, etc., but I always thought you should pay according to your access speed.

(Not less for faster links as *some* forumites would have us believe but rather a price that rises in relation to access speed).
 
vodacom3g said:
Yes, and now the poor guys with the lower speed connections must pay the same...;)

I know it was more complex, with different pricing structures, etc., but I always thought you should pay according to your access speed.

(Not less for faster links as *some* forumites would have us believe but rather a price that rises in relation to access speed).
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My philosophy is that a customer should get the best speed that their equipment and coverage and location etc allows for, at the same time I believe Vodacom has to give 2.xG customers an incentive to switch to using 3.yG, so having the same price for 2.xG and 3.yG will encourage people to migrate from the old to the new, and of course it makes things much simpler if all the data bundles cost the same price and are based on zMB of data instead of the speed at which one could theoretically consume that data...:)
 
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