Virgin Mobile

Just another part of the government orchastrated rape of South Africa.
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Bit harsh dude! Orchastrated implies organised - whereas I reckon it is cluelessness and lack of care. Very much an individual thing - individuals being their worst because they don't know any better :rolleyes:
/edit/hopefully Richard Branson will bring good things to the country - across the board. I hope and wish. ;)
 
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kilo39 said:
Bit harsh dude! Orchastrated implies organised - whereas I reckon it is cluelessness and lack of care. Very much an individual thing - individuals being their worst because they don't know any better :rolleyes:
/edit/hopefully Richard Branson will bring good things to the country - across the board. I hope and wish. ;)
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The best thing about Virgin coming to SA is the packages (salaries) they offering!!:D :D
 
They're already in SA - started their call-center operation in JHB.
Currently preparing to start taking calls as soon as some details are finalized.
 
ic said:
I like WireFree's suggestion a lot - perhaps it's something that HelloPeter.com could do with data it already has and a survey that's run regularly...:)IMO CellC hasn't figured out how to charge for GPRS yet - subscription charge etc my foot - kicking CellC...
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I don't think hellopeter is geared towards that sort of thing. What we need is a proper surveys engine (JD in the UK uses a very complex algorithm in its analytical engine) to do this sort of thing. Perhaps someone with a stats background could get something like this going. I'm sure some forumites (myself included) would assist in the website side of things....
 
Virgin and CellC

I stand to be corrected on this, but this is how I understand Virgin will work:
1. They will not be a network operator, but rather a service provider. They will be a CellC preferred service provider.
2. This means that they will buy airtime from CellC, repackage it, and sell it on to the consumer.
3. This is the model they follow in most other countries.
4. Basically, they will work in a similar way to how Cellucity work with Vodacom.

In essence, they will charge the same, but compete on service, OR we can hope that they re-package products to offer either more minutes on a contract, free included SMSs etc.
 
Im not gonna spoil anything but come this weekend you guys are gonna be surprised with the rates
 
Virgin Starting their run

:) Virgin Phoned me today trying to sell me packages. It sound like they are going per second billing for the first second @ R1,70 flat rate per minute and R0,50 per Mb(I forgot to ask what they would charge for sms's).You can either have a debit order take the amount of money that you want loaded every month of your savings account every month and/or buy pre paid credit, similar to what happens in the U.K. They wont be selling off contracts with phones but you can buy any phone you want from them and pay it over a period of 6 to 24 months intrest free from them. Not to bad. Cant wait for my contract to finish!!!! I am sure we can all get ready for the much awaited price war!:)
 
The rate of R1,70 per minute is billed per second from the first second.The R1,70 would be all day every day!
 
To: Virgin Mobile

When Number Portability happens in South Africa I will be keen to check out your services. I am paying way too much as it is.
IMHO R1,70 is already R1 more than what the service is worth.

The day I can use my Cell Phone at a cheaper rate than my Telkom land line I will start using it.
Until then it can remain on my desk or on the charger. :)
>That goes for all Operators and Service Providers.
 
Uli said:
:) Virgin Phoned me today trying to sell me packages. It sound like they are going per second billing for the first second @ R1,70 flat rate per minute and R0,50 per Mb(I forgot to ask what they would charge for sms's).You can either have a debit order take the amount of money that you want loaded every month of your savings account every month and/or buy pre paid credit, similar to what happens in the U.K. They wont be selling off contracts with phones but you can buy any phone you want from them and pay it over a period of 6 to 24 months intrest free from them. Not to bad. Cant wait for my contract to finish!!!! I am sure we can all get ready for the much awaited price war!:)
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That aint a bad start if its like prepaid bundle and/or you can load a larger bundle that brings the costs down.
 
Even if they charge a flat fee of 50c per MB, this will be the service I will be using if VC/MTN don't slash theirs. he-he, I just love price wars
 
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