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Question of the Day: Are you keeping your Prime subscription?
Web Africa's new ADSL pricing revealed
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Giarc86
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lol Duh?!!
Did his sig give it away? Or was it the WA-specific support he gave? He must be devastated now that his cover is blown.
Pilgrim
Wugger
@ entrepr, all you need to do is contact our sales department: [email protected] and they will walk you through the process, very little is required from your side. This process is completely seamless yes
Kudos for trying to salvage something from this thread.
Yes, you can see in his footer he works for WA
I wonder if wamatt is ignoring this thread now, or if he is in a meeting trying to plan some damage control?
Smiley_lauf
Expert Member
..and so if the Complete packages are a good value for money, the top-ups @R70/GB must be where WA is making the money; when for R39/GB from Afrihost still trumps this deal.
Shhh, people obviously like to be shafted. How else does MWeb and WA make any money. Don't ruin their day!
d0b33
Honorary Master
Afrifost FTW.
If the billing goes smoothly next month I'll forgive them for the slip up this month.
If the billing goes smoothly next month I'll forgive them for the slip up this month.
Wow, must be some sort of bile producing flu going around... *cough cough*
I must say i havnt bothered to change away from WA simply because im lazy, and i couldnt really care less. Unfortunately i think this may make me a prime example of why they think they can try this. Ive been with them for about 3 or 4 years now, and i havent had any problems, and theyve been quite competitive for a long time. I would like to ask what theyve done with my R20k ive given them over that time, and whether they think that im going to continue to just give them money even after they slap me in the face with the massive bollocks they must have for trying to pull this off. I hear their argument that they cant do both at the same time, and i call FOUL. Really? you managed to set up your network to support us leeching it dry with your trial accounts, and you have the audacity to whine that you cant drop prices for the complete and BW packages at the same time. Shame on you sir, shame. These days, the "mom and pop" that you keep on mentioning are becoming more and more tech savvy, and the simple process of buying things online etc has become quite commonplace (my mother is the least technical person ive ever met, and she managed to get and afrihost account this afternoon after i told her without even a call to me asking for help... -1 customers from my word of mouth and counting.). Your added value services are simply a marketing ploy to have more things to pull over our eyes while you attempt to become yet another money oriented, customer exploiting corporate machine. Even your WAGE system seems to be ineffective, even on RIG we see more regular cod4 players than i see on wage. In the past you have had the image of the cunning rogue, swinging in with a cape made of cheap bandwidth, a cutlass of innovation and forward thinking clenched between your teeth, now you are simply a boring desk jockey, wearing a grey suit stiched from line-tie-ins, with a plain grey tie woven from a fabric of majority-consumer-ignorance driving a plain grey BMW. This change shall not go unnoticed. Your followers will not ignore this snubbing.
In closing, like everyone else i call you to rethink your policy of selling yourself on the corner to pay for your network mammary enhancements, they are unneeded. We are simple to please people, some cheap bw, a little stability, one or two extra services. I shall be moving my dsl bw from your clutches, and will move on to the newest "take from the rich to give to the poor" isp, until the time when you come out of your delusions of grandeur, realize that youve alienated your strongest supporters, and once again assume your position of a powerhouse for the people.
PS: i must say your hosting packages are nice tho ;-)
I must say i havnt bothered to change away from WA simply because im lazy, and i couldnt really care less. Unfortunately i think this may make me a prime example of why they think they can try this. Ive been with them for about 3 or 4 years now, and i havent had any problems, and theyve been quite competitive for a long time. I would like to ask what theyve done with my R20k ive given them over that time, and whether they think that im going to continue to just give them money even after they slap me in the face with the massive bollocks they must have for trying to pull this off. I hear their argument that they cant do both at the same time, and i call FOUL. Really? you managed to set up your network to support us leeching it dry with your trial accounts, and you have the audacity to whine that you cant drop prices for the complete and BW packages at the same time. Shame on you sir, shame. These days, the "mom and pop" that you keep on mentioning are becoming more and more tech savvy, and the simple process of buying things online etc has become quite commonplace (my mother is the least technical person ive ever met, and she managed to get and afrihost account this afternoon after i told her without even a call to me asking for help... -1 customers from my word of mouth and counting.). Your added value services are simply a marketing ploy to have more things to pull over our eyes while you attempt to become yet another money oriented, customer exploiting corporate machine. Even your WAGE system seems to be ineffective, even on RIG we see more regular cod4 players than i see on wage. In the past you have had the image of the cunning rogue, swinging in with a cape made of cheap bandwidth, a cutlass of innovation and forward thinking clenched between your teeth, now you are simply a boring desk jockey, wearing a grey suit stiched from line-tie-ins, with a plain grey tie woven from a fabric of majority-consumer-ignorance driving a plain grey BMW. This change shall not go unnoticed. Your followers will not ignore this snubbing.
In closing, like everyone else i call you to rethink your policy of selling yourself on the corner to pay for your network mammary enhancements, they are unneeded. We are simple to please people, some cheap bw, a little stability, one or two extra services. I shall be moving my dsl bw from your clutches, and will move on to the newest "take from the rich to give to the poor" isp, until the time when you come out of your delusions of grandeur, realize that youve alienated your strongest supporters, and once again assume your position of a powerhouse for the people.
PS: i must say your hosting packages are nice tho ;-)
Joe Average
Senior Member
@ entrepr, all you need to do is contact our sales department: [email protected] and they will walk you through the process, very little is required from your side. This process is completely seamless yes
Kyron, I just phoned your sales dept. and they told me the new DSL Complete packages are only avaialble from 1 March and that I should phone back then - serious ?
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imel
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web africa, this is a sad day, you have just lost your last few remaining loyal customers it seems. The phrase 'too little, too late' comes to mind.
What a legend, except I dont think these guys are gonna be driving any ol BMW after they are done with us.
/slaps you in the face.
Its your choice what ISP to choose just make a informed choice. You can get better value els were. Telkom do and saol.com gives tons of extra local for the same or cheaper price!
I was a loyal customer of WA since 2004 and kept on defending them at work since I heard about Afrihost's pricing.
5 minutes after I read this I canceled my account and applied for an Afrihost one. If your so called competitive pricing comes out in July, I’ll give it another look.
Until then, I’m taking my business elsewhere.
5 minutes after I read this I canceled my account and applied for an Afrihost one. If your so called competitive pricing comes out in July, I’ll give it another look.
Until then, I’m taking my business elsewhere.
Krayon
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@Joe Average, you can sign up immediately and receive the new rates, but you will only have 13 days to use the allocation
Not reading through 300 odd posts, but has it been pointed out yet that the article states that prepaid goes from R70/gig to R59/gig, yet their matrix shows it at R69/gig. Article correction please?
As for the actual price decrease, it's pathetic. As of today, I am an ex-WebAfrica user. Afrihost here I come.
Oh, and the competition is a PR fail as well. It's exclusionary and very, very limited...
As for the actual price decrease, it's pathetic. As of today, I am an ex-WebAfrica user. Afrihost here I come.
Oh, and the competition is a PR fail as well. It's exclusionary and very, very limited...