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Now you can see why we can't get PPDBs - if this is how they are able to track usage, they dare not offer PPDBs - they will "lose" a fortune!
The pre-paid and post-paid systems are completely different systems.
Post-paid, or contract, counts your usage and uploads the data for billing at some interval. You then get billed. Thus also the latency you see in the data being available.
Pre-paid works in reverse, you first need to have credit, this is then 'reserved' and is deducted in real-time as you use data, the system reserves credit ahead of your actual usage, thus you see you pre-paid usage to be higher than expected until you disconnect and your balance is restored.
There is no problem with the accuracy of the billing data you see on 4me. I've personally investigated a number of complaints around billing 'discrepancies' and every time the records turned out to be accurate.
My two current favourites:
1) Son who install Limewire at night, download like crazy and uninstalls before morning.
2) Guy who uses 3G router with open WiFi access and ends up with a very happy neighbour.
In any case, the problem with 4me is not accuracy but latency.
What a load of crap!
This is what my account info says:
Month Threshold Used Bundle Remaining Bundle
September 512000 KB 55879.68 KB 456120.32 KB
This is how much I have used according to the itemised billing (when you add it all up): 402MB
There is a 347MB discrepancy in your own billing!
(both theses were taken from vodacom4me.co.za and not from the dashboard software)
Thanks V3G. One must do what is required I guess.
A lot of people are complaining about the accuracy of V4Me though, even in this thread. Is it possible all of them can be wrong?
Would it not be better to educate users in the ways and workings of V4Me, especially surrounding the usage stats.
People are up in arms and understandably upset about it.
Maybe a sticky or something? unless there already is one
Will revert as soon as I get an answer.
On one of the pages on the router web interface you can see the current session usage. But I think that's it.
We need to figure out how to log this data and turn it onto a report. Maybe someone here can write a script of some sort?
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Vodacom3G
It should be very easy for you guys to open a web service to the usage data, and then one of us can write a small program that can call the web service every when ever, to give the user an update on his usage.
A RSS feed could work too.
I will PM you with more detail.
Vodacom3G
It should be very easy for you guys to open a web service to the usage data, and then one of us can write a small program that can call the web service every when ever, to give the user an update on his usage.
A RSS feed could work too.
I will PM you with more detail.
Well, I agree.
But...
the government should also sort out crime and protect me, but since they don't, there's no point in leaving my doors open because it's their responsibility.
If we can suggest something from our perspective, maybe we will come up with better solutions than the company would?
Maybe I was just born with a helping personality.
But...
the government should also sort out crime and protect me, but since they don't, there's no point in leaving my doors open because it's their responsibility.
If we can suggest something from our perspective, maybe we will come up with better solutions than the company would?
Maybe I was just born with a helping personality.
If you are talking about the data on 4me; 4me sees it the same time we would, so that won't help much. The latency is between the back-end systems and 4me, so at best you'll see what 4me sees.
If we're talking about the router, you can (should be able to) do a direct http GET from the relevant page and get the usage stats back.
And the world is a better place for it, contrast with wallace who, last time we spoke, was going to sue me personally (as mc721221...something, at the time) for whatever problem he had at the time......Maybe I was just born with a helping personality.
Actually I'm surprised to see wallace back on Vodacom 3G. After we cancelled his contract at his insistence, he went across to another 3G provider, telling us we will never see his business again with the other provider so much better at everything
Working together is what made this forum strong and we should carry on with this. Last thing anyone wants is a us-versus-them mentality and litigation is sure as hell not the way to get a constructive dialogue going.
I should be getting my router back in the next day or two and then we can see what we can do to get a usage logging capability going.
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And then you never heard from him again? He must have decided it’s Vodacom’s responsibility to sue you.
V3G, is see what you are saying. I am assuming the backend system possibly writes the data usage in the database when we disconnect or at intervals. So then there must be some kind of batch process running every few hours (3???) or so which updates the 4Me web databasis with the latest usage.
Mmm. If that's the case, give me a few days, let me open an account with Dell, then I will sell you a very nice new server to run the batches quicker.
Another option is to say that if people use this data counter application on their PC, then they are possibly the type of people who are interested in getting the latest usage information. "Normal" people will not be that concerned about it, only us techie types. So, for pepole who run this little app on their PC, Vodacom can have a seperate job that runs more frequently? I can only guess out of the 1000's of users, only a small percentage will want to see their usage qiute often?
And then you never heard from him again? He must have decided it’s Vodacom’s responsibility to sue you.
V3G, is see what you are saying. I am assuming the backend system possibly writes the data usage in the database when we disconnect or at intervals. So then there must be some kind of batch process running every few hours (3???) or so which updates the 4Me web databasis with the latest usage.
Mmm. If that's the case, give me a few days, let me open an account with Dell, then I will sell you a very nice new server to run the batches quicker.
Another option is to say that if people use this data counter application on their PC, then they are possibly the type of people who are interested in getting the latest usage information. "Normal" people will not be that concerned about it, only us techie types. So, for pepole who run this little app on their PC, Vodacom can have a seperate job that runs more frequently? I can only guess out of the 1000's of users, only a small percentage will want to see their usage qiute often?