When Vodacom, MTN, and Cell C must block OOB data

[Newsfeed]

When Vodacom, MTN, and Cell C must block OOB data

 

[abbott10k]

There goes Vodacons OOB cash cow!

 

[Pythonista]

Finally - a win for the man in the street. Let's hope it doesn't get all held up in legal challenges.

 

[ekske1]

It is only an actual and true win if its actually implemented and enforced with penalties. It is Ikaka after all...

 

[DXL]

Agreed 100 %

There goes Vodacons OOB cash cow!

At R2 a megabyte the enjoyed stealing from the less informed. Thank God this practice will soon be dead.

 

[marine1]

Finally there goes vodacoms mafia business. I'm sure this will drop their profits considerably. This is long overdue and I am sure vodacom and mtn will find another way to take their customers. Prices will go up

 

[j4ck455]

It is only an actual and true win if its actually implemented and enforced with penalties. It is Ikaka after all...

[highlight]@Jan[/highlight], what (if any) penalties were included in the draft regulations for non-compliance (if operators refuse to cage the OOB shark by default)?

 

[BBSA]

Shame, Jannie was trying to implement this for the last 15 years.

 

[Randux]

Shame, Jannie was trying to implement this for the last 15 years.

The technology just wasn't there.

 

[j4ck455]

Shame, Jannie was trying to implement this for the last 15 years.

Don't you mean realtime data usage on contract data bundles (as opposed to caging the OOB shark by default)?

It will be interesting to see what happens when Vodacom's contract data bundle customers get bitten by the OOB shark when they haven't specifically opted in for OOB, and the OOB data usage is 3 days old before being notified that they have gone over the bundle limit.