Smartphone data usage in SA revealed

Vodacom said they're seeing average data usage of around 42MB of data per user per month,
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i.e. so the bulk of people using the R65pm BIS service are not getting what they pay for?

I use about 180mb of my R250MB bundle a month on my Android.
 
I do about 30mb. I use Opera and I disable images.
Why do we pay so much for DATA?
 
This is nonsense. The reason for the usage is because nobody dares go over their cap.
 
5 gig and sitting at a coffee shop waiting for cap to reset...

Sent from my Desire HD using MyBroadband Android App
 
I monitor my cap religiously. Just not worth blowing the limit with data so exorbitantly priced.
 
"With the popularity of BlackBerry in South Africa, which offers subscribers unmetered non-streaming data when accessing the Internet from a BlackBerry device, one expects that data usage on..."

If files get too large it's metered, even if it is non-streaming. Only typical normal browsing and mails are for free using a blackberry, if you download mp3s or if you receive e-mail attachments larger than 3MB(not sure what the limit is) you pay for the data.
 
Android
100MB of MTN 3G
400MB of WiFi - free
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I use WiFi at work / home to reduce the 3G usage.
The costs of 3G are just too high.

I spend more on Data than Voice!
Thinking of changing to Cell-C 2GB Bundle (R84/pm) and adding PAYG for Voice.
 
Android
~250MB MTN 3G
I don't know how much I use wifi. If I could convert my anytime package to data I would just love that.
 
Let me get this straight, people still use networks for data?
What's the matter, too dumb to setup wifi?
 
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