Vodacom SuperMobile project

Whats the point of conecting every1 if no1 goin to use it because your data rate to dam expensive even in kenya you get 2gigs for R79
 
Better performance is one thing, but to reach the masses, the prices have to be right (as already mentioned in this thread).

iPAD/Android Tablet with VIS @ R99/month - that's the way to go - pc and internet penetration done in one go.

VIS = Vodafone / Vodacom internet service similar to BIS.
 
This is fresh coming from a company that had a price change in 2007 last. (Excluding the current "below cost special"). VodaCon can keep the hot air they're blowing tyvm.
 
Donsy said:
No mention of price ?

So with internet connection and super speeds, the rural population can spend their weekly wages in 10 minutes flat

So much for empowering the poor
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Well, they probably got what they voted for, more ANC VodaCorruption :D
 
So confident is the Vodacom CEO that these initiatives will pay off, that [highlight]he has set a firm target of increasing the number of Internet users on their network from the current 9 million, to 25 million - in just two years.[/highlight]
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That will never happen with the unsustainably high data bundle prices from Vodacom.
 
AirWolf said:
VIS = Vodafone / Vodacom internet service similar to BIS.
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VIS....does have a ring to it hey. I like it.

I have often wondered about a service like this....but the problem is that I dont think there is a way to limit the connection to your phone only. We activate the VIS apn for you on your line.....now you go and take your sim and put it into your modem, change the APN on your laptop or whatever you using and presto.....unlimited interwebz on your laptop. Blackberry has solved this by developing extensive software for their phones that controlls access to the BIS apn.
 
RPM this is a propaganda piece, look at it context... firstly, 8 months are CellC's promo launch VC decide to offer a promo matching CellC's @ 2GBpm(7c/mb)... then Mr Uys tells us mobile data products are not sustainable at prices below 10c/MB... then why on earth offer the promo? CellC have forced VC's hand... the bigger picture is market share, the only reason VC made a move is a knee-jerk reaction to try protect market share! VC lost alot of credibility in the market recently... this is their attempt to rebuid it!

VC's spin doctors must be working overtime!
 
Somebody used the time machine again?

All I keep hearing is "cheaper prices from Vodacom". Learn something Uys, Lars didn't just keep talking about cheaper internet they just brought something to the market that surprised us all. The way to increase market share like Cell C is to actually drop prices and not just talk about doing it but actually doing it.

Love how VC is contradicting itself again...
Uys is also confident that their WebBox Internet-on-your-TV device may help in their quest to get more people online, albeit not with its current pricing model. Some of the ideas behind the WebBox device include affordable flat rated Internet access (similar to SA’s BlackBerry Internet pricing) and even including a DVT-2 tuner in the device to coincide with the country’s digital TV migration.
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So now anything under 10c/MB is not sustainable but uncapped is? :confused:
 
If tech savvy folk complain bitterly about contract vs prepaid data and the capping, etc. thereof, once the monthly allocation has been consumed, can you imagine someone out in the sticks and who has never had the internet on his cellphone before, going to understand what controlling his data usage means, or how?

Hmmmm !!!!!!
 
dabbler said:
If tech savvy folk complain bitterly about contract vs prepaid data and the capping, etc. thereof, once the monthly allocation has been consumed, can you imagine someone out in the sticks and who has never had the internet on his cellphone before, going to understand what controlling his data usage means, or how?

Hmmmm !!!!!!
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Vodacom can easily fix that problem by withdrawing the option of contract data bundles on all new contracts and instead point new customers in the direction of the Topup data bundles and contracts that are not vulnerable to huge OOB bills, this would also help to get rid of Vodacom's advanced contract data bundles.
 
j4ck455 said:
Vodacom can easily fix that problem by withdrawing the option of contract data bundles on all new contracts and instead point new customers in the direction of the Topup data bundles and contracts that are not vulnerable to huge OOB bills, this would also help to get rid of Vodacom's advanced contract data bundles.
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OOB is where they make the money, so they would never recommend TopUp to the ill-informed.
 
was this an interview?????
or a recycled article from someone else?
ask the right questions. price price price price
Spinning spinning all the way and they think we will believe this ****. they want to give the all people access to the internet but they know that they will not be able to pay this crazy prices. But they will be given a smart phone at low prices and nailed at R2 a meg
 
Antonf said:
I read the rest of the article with high hopes, sadly the word price was never again mentioned.

I have come to the conclusion that the CEOs of the three mobile networks in this country are all would-be politicians - no matter hoe many times you tell them the same thing, they are not interested at all.

Maybe a complete ban on mentioning any speed whatsoever is necessary. The only thing Arrive Alive is achieving through its boring campaign is to get me to agree to "Speed kills". The whole speed thing is a joke. Give me 3.6 at an affordable rate and I will enter into some sort of a prepaid arrangement with your company.

Getting South Africans connected to the Internet at a cost of around 7c/Mb wouldn't help a great deal, it will help a hell of a lot.
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Yeah, I will open a business and give away all my commodities at cost or half what they cost me - then consumers will love my business. Billsheet, you want something you pay for it. I am sick and tired of South African crying over broadband prices very day without a ficking clue on how much it costs the providers to provision these services. I wish people knew what they are talking about.
 
Big Sub-Zero said:
Yeah, I will open a business and give away all my commodities at cost or half what they cost me - then consumers will love my business. Billsheet, you want something you pay for it. I am sick and tired of South African crying over broadband prices very day without a ficking clue on how much it costs the providers to provision these services. I wish people knew what they are talking about.
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So you are fine with the fact that you are paying R289 for a gig. you are fine with the fact that they are charging R0.80 cent for a sms and it cost them 1 cent. you are fine with the fact that places like nigeria are paying less than us for data.
i think you need to read some of the posts in the forum before you say people are clueless.
perhaps your surname is Uys......
i pay 19c a meg and other people in africa on a vodacom network pay less than 10 cent. and you are happy
 
"SuperMobile"? Yes, for all SA's telecomms problems, it's important that we come up with catchy names to market the same overpriced carp.
 
Big Sub-Zero said:
I am sick and tired of South African crying over broadband prices very day without a ficking clue on how much it costs the providers to provision these services. I wish people knew what they are talking about.
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Virtually every country in the world offers 3G cheaper than SA, and not just by a little, but by a VERY VERY wide margin. Doesn't strike you something might be wrong?

Also I do have a rough idea how much it costs to license popular songs for marketing campaigns, to have meerkats animated, to sponsor sport, launch very expensive pervasive "we're red" marketing campaigns.

I also have the ability to look at Vodacon's financial results and ponder the ongoing R20billion/year profit situation, while the average SAn is just making ends meet and getting their wallets raped with their vodacom bills.
 
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