Vodacom apologizes for false claim

<quote>Vodacom could not say how it was possible that such a mistake could slip through</quote>
This gaffe coming from an organisation which can't even remember to pay their bills (http://co.za/cgi-bin/whois.sh?Domain=vodacom), sending their entire online infrastruture into disarray is not surprising.........
But you've got admire their response - not acknowlege that their internal procedures were wrong - they tried to hang one of their staff out to dry.....
It's kind of like suing your clients because you don't deliver the service you promised, and using your financial power to squash them..... what? vodacom doesn't do that?
 
Flashing red is a domain in the terminal phase of suspension - the bill is 2 months overdue.

Sorry to shoot the messenger - me can't help but be a sceptic... and none of this reads true "snap decisions on a friday afternoon - affecting big policy; the price of 3G, a 100 million rollout"... pleeaze. All leads me to the conclusion V3G is a lot more than a service droid.

... and got to say: there will come a time when these companies can't give these services away - where every claim is met with a raised eyebrow - where any amount of feelgood will do no good.

PS. the cheques in the post.
 
ic said:
@orange, how does the url you intended to post, prove your claim that Vodacom neglected to pay co.za for vodacom.co.za? - from what ic it seems like Vodacom is fully paid up...enlightenment please...
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Have a look at this particular line:
2004-02-02| R | 50.00|[email protected]|2004-05-18| 4 | 336130|Vodacom Group

That payment was processed after the suspension date (see http://co.za/schedule-archive-2004.shtml) which can only mean they were down for a while (at least thats how I read it).
 
Nah - after the suspension list it goes on the deletion list (for another 2 months?) - all the time the domain is available - until one day it's not.
 
Lets give it to Vodacom: They blundered, they admitted and they acted. All in a very short timeframe.

Have a look at the ASA website and see how many blunder, and continue to do so until they are found guilty, and even then continue.

Like Telkom telling us we are getting bargains...
 
And just before that, I really liked Vodacom...
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There is nothing to like about these companies - they are ravenous beasts who are only interested in (rich peoples) money. The rest [of da people] can go to hell.
 
kilo39 said:
Nah - after the suspension list it goes on the deletion list (for another 2 months?) - all the time the domain is available - until one day it's not.
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At suspension the domain is no longer resolvable on the Internet - ie. it dissapears, and is most definitely not available.....
 
Wow, one would think that by default HSDPA would be included in the changes.

Who the hell would want a service that downloads up to a theoretical maximum of 1.8Mbps and then pay R2/MB? R2,000/GB?

Helluva way to encourage uptake. Other countries they start off with low prices and then watch the people stampede - but in South Africa they start off with HIGH prices, watch the customers trickle in like maple sauce, and then reduce prices fractionally as time stumbles along.

Textbook rules aren't what they used to be.. times change, technologies change, markets change, customers change. But this is South Africa and the old stiff marketing ideologies still stay. Sigh.
 
Helluva way to encourage uptake. Other countries they start off with low prices and then watch the people stampede - but in South Africa they start off with HIGH prices, watch the customers trickle in like maple sauce, and then reduce prices fractionally as time stumbles along.
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Then - after they have reached market saturation of the few - they raise prices - or come up with anything to avoid lowering the price (value added services) - to maximise profit from their now 'saturated market' (of the few.)

I would like to know how many of the 88% of pre-paid (why so high??!) - actually use their phones in any kind of meaningful way - or are they just pretty toys that live in the pocket (for 'emergency' use only).

What is wrong with this equation? 88% are prepaid (when pre-paid is by definition the poorer market who don't qualify for contracts - but 88% have to suck up added call costs because they are not contract.)

Modern technologies are supposed to make communication ubiquitous - instead they have been turned into a limited resource.
 
kilo39 said:
I would like to know how many of the 88% of pre-paid (why so high??!) - actually use their phones in any kind of meaningful way - or are they just pretty toys that live in the pocket (for 'emergency' use only).
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The new mandatory registration is sure to (eventually) give a more accurate accounting - bet they dont like that much. :D
 
The new mandatory registration is sure to (eventually) give a more accurate accounting - bet they dont like that much.
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They don't need registration to know these figures - cell companies like to brag - we have 20 million subscribers - but what is the call rate and what is the billing (compared to contract,) and how does that compare to any "real world" numbers?
 
"Hey Mike.. howsit going"

"Naaah lekka.. self?"

"Nooit hundreds my bru.. tryna get on the net with this new HSDPA thing, u know anything about that?"

"Ja.. I was gonna use it but checked the price was crazy. Maybe in a few years I will use it when its cheaper".

"So u saying its not worth it my china?"

"Naah d00d dont bother.. no one I know even uses it cos they all say its too expensive. If it was cheaper then we would use it but **** its pricey.. rather spend the money on something else."
 
kilo39 said:
I would like to know how many of the 88% of pre-paid (why so high??!) - actually use their phones in any kind of meaningful way - or are they just pretty toys that live in the pocket (for 'emergency' use only).
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They do use it meaningful - as receiving devices for calls made by buddies from the "work's" phone at the cost of the Boss.
 
It was an honest mistake

It was an honest mistake if they were intending to mislead the public... they honestly intended it?

Vodacom would like to apologise for any incorrect information apparently reflected by its latest advertising campaign launched last week claiming that Vodacom’s mobile data tariffs might soon be the lowest in the world,” they said.
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hahahahaha
 
Nail on the head

MaD said:
"rather spend the money on something else."
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Bottom line... if you really think about it... what else could you do with the dosh...
 
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