Vodacom Data on iPhone,..

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DION786

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Another one that baffles me,..

You use iPhone during the day on the net,..
two routes,. via wireless and via the installed sim,..

It seems to me, i can sit all day on the net and use under 6mb,.
incl: surfing a little minus pics, rss, email, im's

do the same on the iPhone and you rack up a 10Mb+ usage in under a day,..

I used to use a Nokia 95 8gb online during the day for mails/news/im's etc and there is a vast difference,. i mean,. the reason we sit online 24/7 via mobile is that it cuts costs,..

Now with the iPhone, seems all that is out the door and being online on the PC is again the cheaper route,..

Fancy that then!?

Anyone found any similar,.. any fixes?
I have already routed non essential mail to another acc seeing as there is no download "headers only" for iphone email,..

Cheers,..
 
DION786 said:
Another one that baffles me,..
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No need for bafflement - with a couple noticeable exceptions Safari is a full featured browser - as a result its data hungry.

If you want value for browsing money get a blackberry with its R59 per month unlimited data plan and save the iPhone browsing for wifi.
 
Dare we step ahead of ourselves here,.
What are the chances you can connect that unlimited data aroused Blackberry to a usb port/tethering and use it, the bb, and the unlimited data as your modem and data line on ones laptop or desktop,..

Wow,. now that would be a workaround that would make my christmas very merry,..

Cheers,..
 
DION786 said:
Dare we step ahead of ourselves here,.
What are the chances you can connect that unlimited data aroused Blackberry to a usb port/tethering and use it, the bb, and the unlimited data as your modem and data line on ones laptop or desktop,..

Wow,. now that would be a workaround that would make my christmas very merry,..

Cheers,..
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Short answer - ZERO chance. I thought the same when I 1st read about the BB thing.
 
ToxicWazte said:
Why not? Please explain.
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The blackberry can be used tethered but the traffic flows over the normal APN and is therefore charged for accordingly.

People shouldn't expect otherwise - the r59 has always been for on device data. The bb APN travels via RIMs servers (Europe for SA users) and is heavily compressed.
 
bwana said:
The blackberry can be used tethered but the traffic flows over the normal APN and is therefore charged for accordingly.

People shouldn't expect otherwise - the r59 has always been for on device data. The bb APN travels via RIMs servers (Europe for SA users) and is heavily compressed.
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Thanks... So there is some sort of hardware/software protection on the device for the free BB APN? Right?

How do they protect this APN? Is there some sort of authentication that happens behind the scenes, or what?
 
ToxicWazte said:
Thanks... So there is some sort of hardware/software protection on the device for the free BB APN? Right?
How do they protect this APN? Is there some sort of authentication that happens behind the scenes, or what?
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Sorry I can't give you any more info, just know normal traffic goes over the normal R2/mb APN or something to that effect. You may find some details using Google I'd guess.
 
There are some alternative browsers to Safari that compress web sites.
 
Ja read that today as well. Hopefully soon, the iphone just makes internet browsing so easy...only have R15 airtime left for the month.

Wish we could see a decrease in 3G pricing.
 
fxit_man said:
+1 :(

are there any data plans for vodacom that someone can recommend? Prepaid.
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With TopUp you can convert your airtime into data bundles (but not sms bundles - need to buy additional airtime for that according to Vodashop Stellenbosch Square) so I am going for the TopUp 315. If you take it without a decent phone you don't even pay R315/month. They offered me the deal with a Nokia 1208 (whoopie) and a R1000 gift voucher at monthly cost of R240.
 
MadMan!! said:
With TopUp you can convert your airtime into data bundles (but not sms bundles - need to buy additional airtime for that according to Vodashop Stellenbosch Square) so I am going for the TopUp 315. If you take it without a decent phone you don't even pay R315/month. They offered me the deal with a Nokia 1208 (whoopie) and a R1000 gift voucher at monthly cost of R240.
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this sounds awesome... upgrading to the cheapest phone available then, u know if i can choose not to take a phone and get an even lower rate?
 
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