Vodacom: #EpicFail

Mike Hoxbig said:
Ok, typically people who have ADSL lines at home, can set up a wireless access point from the ADSL router. Then you can connect devices that support WiFi (laptops, cellphones, etc.) to this access point, and access the internet via your ADSL line. You can configure your devices to automatically connect to the access point, so that when you get within range, it will use your ADSL account. That way you don't have to do it every time.
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good answer! I have wi-fi setup at home that my phone connects to as soon as I pull into the driveway. Also at my SO house, which is quite handy as I spend a lot time there obviously.

Gonna be house sitting for 2 weeks so I better hook it up to that okes wifi as well :p
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Ok, typically people who have ADSL lines at home, can set up a wireless access point from the ADSL router. Then you can connect devices that support WiFi (laptops, cellphones, etc.) to this access point, and access the internet via your ADSL line. You can configure your devices to automatically connect to the access point, so that when you get within range, it will use your ADSL account. That way you don't have to do it every time.
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Ok I understand that you pay for your own account. But what if you're in range of someone else's wi-fi and not going through your own? Wouldn't it then be the same theft as with BIS? My head just tells me nothing is for free - somebody as got to pay for it?

I just see people raving about free wi-fi. But if one is paying for one's own account, then one sound a bit stupid raving about free wi-fi right? Then there isn't any reason for me to look into wi-fi for myself other than the convenience of it, coz I'll be paying for it in anycase?
 
By the way, thanks for your patience with me. Am 39 yrs old and this is my first cell contract. Signed for it Jan this year so I consider myself still a newbie, lol.
 
You can have up to 3 wifi access points in the same environment without overlap, and if you allow for overlapping then you can have many more but performance may not be good. Most wifi access points uses a passkey before you are allowed on the network. Some routers allow for multiple access points (SSID) so you'll typically have one you use and another one for guests that gets throttled or something.

If you are like most people who go to work and then go home using wifi is perfect, you will typically have cheap (or uncapped) internet at home and work and by defining these access points on your phone it will automatically use them once it moves within range. The rest of the time it will use mobile network data.

That is how many people get to use their phones and pay very little for mobile network data.
 
hes basically saying you need a password to join a wifi network ;) nothing is for free. you some some people who forget to put a password on, like my next-door neighbour. Luckily (for him) I have 10mb uncapped so I wont bother. I did let him know the other day though lol He was like, huh!?!? :wtf:

if you not in range of one that you have connected to previously (and your phone will remember them) then you will use the normal cellphone signal for your data = pricey
 
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True - I have a guest APN called FreeInternet enabled on my router. Having 4mbps uncapped makes me feel like a care bear - and sharing is caring.
 
Rouxenator said:
True - I have a guest APN called FreeInternet enabled on my router. Having 4mbps uncapped makes me feel like a care bear - and sharing is caring.
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how do you manage that? Is is discoverable? Or do you just let people know when they arrive?

Poster on the front door or something :D
 
Yes its discoverable, and every now and then when I look in the routers DHCP table I can see quite a few passersby made use of it. But I do not advertise or anything.
 
How/where can we view and monitor our BlackBerry data usage?? I guess with such a low cap, the BBM Music service launched overseas will never be viable here in SA!
 
Not sure why it wasn't mentioned before, but my sources tell me the average usage per month is 26mb (compressed) so in the region of 100mb. So the 100mb is in essence closer to 400mb of normal data. People are blowing this way out of proportion.
 
dracolusus said:
Not sure why it wasn't mentioned before, but my sources tell me the average usage per month is 26mb (compressed) so in the region of 100mb. So the 100mb is in essence closer to 400mb of normal data. People are blowing this way out of proportion.
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Your sources are Jaded Vodasuck employees.
 
dracolusus said:
Not sure why it wasn't mentioned before, but my sources tell me the average usage per month is 26mb (compressed) so in the region of 100mb. So the 100mb is in essence closer to 400mb of normal data. People are blowing this way out of proportion.
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This is what Jannie also said in another thread.
 
Kdaisy said:
@ Vzta22 - it makes a lot of sense what you just shared. Thank you.

We tend to see things from a consumer perspective and don't hold the business end into account.

However, they should still honor their current agreements and bring the change in with new subscriptions/clients/contracts.

P.S. I've checked the *111# data bundle service, the prices are still the same it's been for the last year and a half, nothings' changed there.
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It's my pleasure and welcome to MBB - MyBroadband not MyBlackberry, lol!

You're right, it is unrealistic for VC to impose a cap on existing customers. Changing the Ts&Cs before the contract expires implies that VC is not honouring its contractual obligations despite the fine prints to "theoratically" protect the company of such changes. This announcement will simply warrant unnecessary grounds to flood the Department of Trade and Industry with consumer complaints vis-à-vis consumer protection act.

The way I see this whole fiasco is that the CPA will unfortunately not help consumers except in isolated cases such as cancelling the contract. If for some reason VC is forced to reverse its decision due to one piece of legislation or the other (I'm no lawyer) and people uphold their contracts, what can stop VC from sitting back and letting customers suffer crappy speeds?

In the past, people have complained but no one has held VC accountable for getting EDGE/GPRS speeds despite some devices being capable of broadband speeds. Either way, I don't see consumers winning this one easily - not on the VC network. Yes, VC will probably cut some costs and improve customer experience, BUT at what expense is the big Q?

The biggest worry for VC should be the perception the company has been creating lately. It takes years to build and minutes to destroy something!
 
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dracolusus said:
Not sure why it wasn't mentioned before, but my sources tell me the average usage per month is 26mb (compressed) so in the region of 100mb. So the 100mb is in essence closer to 400mb of normal data. People are blowing this way out of proportion.
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How does this compression work? How do you compress jpegs, avi files, music downloads etc?

Another thing, how are people abusing BIS, isn't there something like a 5 or 10mb file size limit for downloads? HTF do you download 300gb in such small chunks?
 
SiriS said:
How does this compression work? How do you compress jpegs, avi files, music downloads etc?

Another thing, how are people abusing BIS, isn't there something like a 5 or 10mb file size limit for downloads? HTF do you download 300gb in such small chunks?
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Would also like to know that. If they can compress it like that, why can't we compress the whole interwebz? :D :wtf: I have no idea how their compression works.
 
dracolusus said:
Not sure why it wasn't mentioned before, but my sources tell me the average usage per month is 26mb (compressed) so in the region of 100mb. So the 100mb is in essence closer to 400mb of normal data. People are blowing this way out of proportion.
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The actual usage is irrelevant when the selling point of the product is that it was supposed to be unlimited.
 
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