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They haven't apologized on the grand scale on which their ads were published. They apologized to a few people who already knew they were being lied to. This leaves a false impression on the general public who have already been exposed to the ad, and it's these people who need to hear the apology.kobie said:
i took that as their way of doing comparative advertising, without doing comparative advertisingHighflyer_GP said:
If they wanted to do that they should have said that it is capable of exceeding ADSL speeds available locally since it is generally slower than 1Mb ADSL.jarr said:i took that as their way of doing comparative advertising, without doing comparative advertising
iow they couldn't go and say "our product is faster than telkom's product", because that's illegal in sa. but, since telkom is the only adsl provider in sa, they could get the desired effect by saying that "our product is faster than adsl" and everyone would know they're talking about telkom
well, that's my take on it, at least
Seriously - I hate to keep harping and I dont have anything in particular against Vodacom but its for signups until the 9th of July.vodacom3g said:
I would also like to know. Will Vodacom sell them? I'll take one if there is at least a six month guarantee that it won't pop when I slip it in.diabolus said:
Really - sa makes a practise of spewing absolute nonsense; "a snap decision" - ja, right - vodacom (like other local telcos) can stall and prevaricate for ever - but now all of a sudden they make a "snap decision" supposedly affecting R100 million. Please pull the other one!! The other one = >50K. Ag pleez - how many of these would have upgraded (at 2k a pop!) (before the next great tech comes out) - ... short to medium term - probably a 10 million to 15 million decision - not R100 million!! And while voda (and the rest) can suck the consumer for R100 million these cards do not cost voda that (bulk discount from china?!) Plain fact - probably 10% would have upgraded immediately (at 2k a pop) - which means voda's much vaunted 3.5g network would largely languish - until next time. How much were the original cards? The fat profits from these will pay card upgrades for years to come - especially as there is no R100 million - more false advertising and "feel good" at the expense of the consumer.
How about a straight price reduction across the board... voda will write this 100 million off as "business expenses" - bring their fat overall profit down (but purely on the books and for the feelgood of the consumer - but actually being ripped off as per usual.)
So voda's marketing department consists of a few guys tossing beers on a sunday afternoon?! Pleeaze!!
If no one said anything nothing would have been done (damn, would have missed that sunday sojourn.) The telco industry is one big "mislead the public" - and profiteer accordingly.
What happened to this "significant reduction" on the "slower services"? Will it ever materialize?
This is also my interpretation. But that is not how Vodacom made it sound at first. A significant reduction is anything above 50% in my book, not 20%. And why keep the rate the same for HSDPA when it costs them less per MB than opposed to 3G/EDGE/GPRS. I think Vodacom has gotten peoples hopes up with announcing a significant reduction and has now disappointed everyone. I hope MTN can stick it to them.ic said:
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