Vodacom to start charging extra for email?

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Grumpy Old Man

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I received the following sms from Vodacom this morning:

Hi, Your [email protected] email account will be automatically migrated to a new premium service on 31 March 2022, and will cost R29pm. Reply 1 to Accept or 2 to Decline, to 31118. Click here for more info: http://voda.com/vodacom-email. T&Cs apply. Further together

Does anyone know what this is about. Is this an upgraded email, and will i keep my current email plan if I decline? I am not in the mood to phone VC to try and find out.

Thanks
 
Also got the sms, will definitely decline, used Vodamail long ago for quite a while but not using the account anymore
 
Grumpy Old Man said:
I received the following sms from Vodacom this morning:

Hi, Your [email protected] email account will be automatically migrated to a new premium service on 31 March 2022, and will cost R29pm. Reply 1 to Accept or 2 to Decline, to 31118. Click here for more info: http://voda.com/vodacom-email. T&Cs apply. Further together

Does anyone know what this is about. Is this an upgraded email, and will i keep my current email plan if I decline? I am not in the mood to phone VC to try and find out.

Thanks
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@Grumpy Old Man - The most obvious course of action is to inquire from Vodacom via email to [email protected] acetaining the veracity of the information. The bonus is that you have it in writing.

The interesting fact is most persons have adopted Outlook.com or Gmail in lieu of Vodamail for obvious reasons.

Dealing with any corporation eg. Vodacom via any forum is useless and a waste of time.
 
Ivanr said:
@Grumpy Old Man - The most obvious course of action is to inquire from Vodacom via email to [email protected] acetaining the veracity of the information. The bonus is that you have it in writing.

The interesting fact is most persons have adopted Outlook.com or Gmail in lieu of Vodamail for obvious reasons.

Dealing with any corporation eg. Vodacom via any forum is useless and a waste of time.
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Thank you. I sent them an email and will give feedback as soon I receive an answer. I was hoping that someone had the information already.
 
Grumpy Old Man said:
Thank you. I sent them an email and will give feedback as soon I receive an answer. I was hoping that someone had the information already.
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I am in discussion with them on Twitter and they have confirmed, you will be automatic upgraded to premium for R29 a month unless you send them a 2 to the number 31118. Mine went eventually through, but I have received no confirmation.
 
Red Plumstead said:
I am in discussion with them on Twitter and they have confirmed, you will be automatic upgraded to premium for R29 a month unless you send them a 2 to the number 31118. Mine went eventually through, but I have received no confirmation.
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Thank you. I am trying to find out what will happen if I don't accept the premium option. Will I still have my current email? I still use vodamail for a number of places, although I have been using other options lately.
 
@Grumpy Old Man - Please continue with your written enquiry - My info indicates:-
As of 2022/03/31 ALL Free 3G Vodamail will be closed and migrated 5G Premium at R29 per month fee. All holders of FREE Vodamail were sent SMS to inform and offer the option to migrate if they wish. This is not a unilateral move as stated by some..!
 
I have VC data contract - I don't even know if it qualifies for a 'free' email, as it doesn't interest me in the least - the sim is in my router and I couldn't be bothered to check if there is an SMS - Imma be pissed if they start their R29 sh|t with me
 
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