Vodcom/Iphone data bundle vanishing

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Does anybody have a problem with data vanishing on a iphone?

I've upgraded on the 9th to the iPhone 4s. I bought a 250Mb data bundle and started using the phone once it was activated. According to the iPhone usage counter I have used until 5pm today a wobbly 69MB. I checked my Dataman app and it said I've used 66MB. This is TX and RX totals. I use the Onavo app and Opera Mini to even lessen the data usage and I switch of the location services. I even download apps via iTunes on the computer.

So great was my surprise as I logged on to Vodacom were they so graciously tell me that I have used ONLY 157MB!! WTF??

Now my question is as follows: Is iPhone and Dataman junk and can they not calculate the amount of data send and received or is Vodacom just blatantly stealing my data? We are talking of about 90MB in three days that I did not use! Is this how Vodacom make their cheaper data bundles sustainable by stealing a little here and a little there?

Sorry, but I can not think that Apple can not calculate usage on their phone.

Any thoughts?
 
ginggs said:
Ah, a typical Apple user. ;)
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Harharhar. It's because I can think that I question.

The original question still remains: If the phone and the app tells you you have used 69MB, why does Vodacom tells you you have used 150MB? And that only in 3 days? A 5-10MB difference is understandable, but...
 
ocleroux said:
/Spanks ginggs.

You NAUGHTY! :-)

To OP. Switch your data off and see if your data stops vanishing. If it does...then it aint Vodacom stealing your data.
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I think he's saying they aren't counting properly somewhere along the line. Of course it will stop decreasing, but it won't tell us the cause.
 
Lounger said:
I think he's saying they aren't counting properly somewhere along the line. Of course it will stop decreasing, but it won't tell us the cause.
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I tested this a while ago on my Linux machine when I was still on contract. I did a speedtest using my contract voice sim and the next day I checked on my itemized billing on the system. Vodacom's billing matched up almost exactly to what I had on Linux Network manager when I added up the sent + received data it reflected there for that session.
 
ocleroux said:
I tested this a while ago on my Linux machine when I was still on contract. I did a speedtest using my contract voice sim and the next day I checked on my itemized billing on the system. Vodacom's billing matched up almost exactly to what I had on Linux Network manager when I added up the sent + received data it reflected there for that session.
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This cannot be true, as you have always lost packets between client and tower. What is lost is counted on the sending site and not-counted on the receiving site.
 
ocleroux said:
I said it matched almost exactly.
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Pls don't be upset. Posted is to not leave an impression that it has to be like that. On poor connection difference can be 10% and even more. Even more is lost on retransmitted packets due to the errors, but these are counted on both sides.
To be honest, I have never had problems with bytes counting, there were very realistic. However I lost almost entire monthly allocation due to the obfuscated rollover policy. And it happened when I needed it the most.
 
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