Vodacom throttling image quality on 3G?

[Ockie]

hehehe... compressed porn ftl

NOOOO!!!!!!!!! I would never do that to paying customers! That is the reason why we all have the interwebz no?

 

[sajunky]

I remember Jannie statement that Vodacom is interested in situation when users consume more data (as opposed to less data). This case proves otherwise.
Just a comment once a case is over...

Anyway old concept of WEB proxy server compressing pictures (for those users who want it) would be rewarding both sides.

 

[PJBadenhorst]

Should be gone by midnight, I believe.

Now, 11:11 next day and it's still there:

<script src="http://1.2.3.50/jsi/flash.php?file=gordon.js" language="javascript">

This is seriously annoying! Why can't Vodacom just leave other peoples' software alone? I'm going to refer this to the guys at www.urban-rivals.com because if South African's on their site can't use the software they offer we have the first situation of them loosing revenue because Vodacom has decided to change their web application.

 

[PJBadenhorst]

The exception that Gordon is throwing is:

Webpage error details

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E)
Timestamp: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 09:19:48 UTC


Message: Object doesn't support this property or method
Line: 17
Char: 110
Code: 0
URI: http://1.2.3.50/jsi/flash.php?file=gordon.js

 

[PJBadenhorst]

I remember Jannie statement that Vodacom is interested in situation when users consume more data (as opposed to less data). This case proves otherwise.

No, this case shows that they are doing everything to bloat your bandwidth usage. Not only did you have to download the compressed version but also the original version that was supposed to be there in the first place once you hit the Shift-A/R.

By inlining the CSS and JavaScript files into the web page those code pages aren't cached and you had to download the contents EVERY TIME you downloaded the web page. The HTML would be it's original size + that of it's code files.

 

[PJBadenhorst]

Here's a nice local, non porn example: Ster-Kinekor's website breaks as well!

On Chrome it fails to load because of an error in Vodacom's Gordon file. On IE you can get beyond the first page but the browser reports the same error. (and because they don't have SSL I can't use HTTPS!) Thanks Vodacom, checking for movies, on my desktop PC is now an exercise in frustration.

Jannie, if you have any pull at Vodacom... MAKE THEM STOP!! PLEASE!

 

[VC-1]

Strange but opening Ster Kinekor site on Windows Phone IE9 & PC desktop using IE9 both being on 3g presents no problems at all in the Cape Town area. So Jannie must have done something right.

 

[jannievanzyl]

Here's a nice local, non porn example: Ster-Kinekor's website breaks as well!

On Chrome it fails to load because of an error in Vodacom's Gordon file. On IE you can get beyond the first page but the browser reports the same error. (and because they don't have SSL I can't use HTTPS!) Thanks Vodacom, checking for movies, on my desktop PC is now an exercise in frustration.

Jannie, if you have any pull at Vodacom... MAKE THEM STOP!! PLEASE!

Thought I did, let me check.

 

[PJBadenhorst]

I just checked again and gordon.js is not being injected at this time. It seems to be fine for now. Will have to check further to see if there are additional things being done that aren't as apparent as the two cases we've been struggling with the past few days but all looks well

 

[MeercatMilker]

gordon.js is still injected into my web data.

 

[Keeper]

Can any of you Java Experts check what other scripts vodacom is running behind our backs without us knowing?

 

[jannievanzyl]

gordon.js is still injected into my web data.

WILL sort it

 

[MeercatMilker]

Can any of you Java Experts check what other scripts vodacom is running behind our backs without us knowing?

I believe it's a flash player alternative. It's suppose to make iOS devices capable of showing some flash content, but it breaks 80% of websites using flash.

The poepol that enabled it should be fired.

 

[VC-1]

I believe it's a flash player alternative. It's suppose to make iOS devices capable of showing some flash content, but it breaks 80% of websites using flash.

The poepol that enabled it should be fired.

I can only but repeat - Strange but opening Ster Kinekor site on Windows Phone IE9 which has no Adobe flash application installed & PC desktop using IE9 with Adobe Flash installed - both being on 3g presents no problems at all in the Cape Town area. So Jannie must have done something right

 

[PJBadenhorst]

I can only but repeat - Strange but opening Ster Kinekor site on Windows Phone IE9 which has no Adobe flash application installed & PC desktop using IE9 with Adobe Flash installed - both being on 3g presents no problems at all in the Cape Town area. So Jannie must have done something right

When the injection was still happening I opened it in both IE and Chrome. Chrome failed to load the page. IF did report an error in the tray at the bottom but still continued playing the flash content. Both browsers reported the error but IE was just a bit more forgiving and let things go ahead in any case.

 

[MeercatMilker]

It has been fixed! Thanks Jannie.

 

[fM1DRKbzkFqwA]

Dunno who cares but the injection is back, and has been for a month or so.

 

[fM1DRKbzkFqwA]

Vodacom modifying web pages

Anyone else seeing 1.1.1.1/bmi in their html source? I thought this got switched off in June.

 

[fM1DRKbzkFqwA]

I realised I missed an example, so here it is: viewing mybroadband.co.za contains the code:

<img src="http://1.1.1.1/bmi/mybroadband.co.za/vb/images/misc/twitter.png" alt="Submit to Twitter" />

The original mybroadband.co.za source is probably:

<img src="http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/images/misc/twitter.png" alt="Submit to Twitter" />

vodacom is messing with the sites you view.

 

[fM1DRKbzkFqwA]

You can verify it yourself by connecting via 3G (dongle or tethered phone) and viewing the source of any web page you like.

You can also confirm it by viewing https:// sites and seeing that it's missing.

Sometimes it's 1.1.1.2, 1.1.1.3, etc. Always /bmi/, I think.