Who's eating my left-over Data?

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Rick@Harties

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Let's monitor progress on the proposed ruling to change the, "Losing of unused Data already paid for", unfair practice by the ISPs. The 60+60GB, PP, by 8ta is a good start (valid for a year), now let them do the same on the 10+10GB and allow carry over of unused Data until used up and they'll be market leaders in "Fair practice", come on 8ta, be a Star and make my day.
Are there any other ISPs ready to stop stealing our Data?
 
This industry needs to grow up

I'm amazed at the immaturity of the ISPs we have to service our needs. The daily interactions and reactions competing for our hard earned cash is frustrating to say the least. You need a very good understanding of all the options to make an informed decision as to how you're going to entrust your needs to an ISP. Most of us don't have the time or knowledge to come to the correct solution.
Data usage is becoming an important part of everybody's budget and each month we could be sorry that we signed one or another contract, they're changing the rules as fast as they change their CEOs.
Just imagine if we bought our Butter or Post Toasties this way. Buy what you think you need but if you don't use it in time, you throw it in the bin. Go on holiday for a few weeks and the stuff piles up on the stoep and goes to pot. When you need more, ha now we've got you over a barrel. When there's a glut of butter, sorry but you agreed to pay the now exorbitant price. Tough titties, the buyer beware.
You can buy your Data in about a hundred different ways of packaging, quantity and quality. Don't believe that buying the bigger box will give you the best deal either, just like when you buy your Post Toasties.
Give us a break and make us a fair offer, give us what we pay for and not make us sorry we did.
 
While I'd love unlimited roll-over I understand the ISP's point of view here too as they don't actually provide data ito GBs per month, but rather just the tunnel to access it by. The alternative is to sell internet usage in the same form, ie uncapped where we pay for a certain bandwidth. The per GB sales product is just a way to make it easier for the end user to manage, and buy, internet access.
 
Disappointed, no Torrents.

Expected a deluge of comments but alas a drought. I kind of understand the ISPs problem with how they sell their Data. They own the highway and sell space on it for us to drive to wherever. The more cars on the road the heavier the traffic and of course, traffic jams will slow down the whole lot. It's not so much the data you use but the space in the bandwidth available. I don't agree that by stealing your left-over Data (already paid for) is fair nor do I believe that that would reduce the traffic jams. You're basically being robbed of any bandwidth you haven't used, after the agreed period, to prevent you getting back on the road again. However they have no problem letting you back on if you pay extra by buying another bundle. So where's the traffic jam? Marketing is serious and difficult business and designed to maximize profits, nothing else. I suggest that by taking away something you have already paid for is a fundamental error in judgement and not well received by the paying public. It's an affront to what we believe is fair and reasonable and will come back to bite the hand that takes away the data. I'm not about to suggest how the ISPs should market their wares but I would try to come out as the good guy and take the lion share of our ever diminishing available shekels. Come on guys, let's hear it from the horses' mouths.
 
Rick@Harties said:
let's hear it from the horses' mouths.
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I have it on good authority that he went: "whinny, whinny, whinny, snort"

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Edit: He prefers eating carrots (uncapped).
 
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