When GPRS launched I think it was R40, then it was reduced to R20 and then R2.
So we're now at R1 (which Vodacom skipped), so next logical step would be 20c.
Not much has changed though, the OOB is still @R40/R20, the only difference is were working in seconds instead of megs.
GPRS it took a while to get screwed, now you can get screwed so badly in a record amount of time that it can cost your job, ruin your financially (true story, we've seen it happen one to many times over they years)
If ICASA had the peoples' interest at heart, default OOB would of been capped at 50c, and OOB would be no more than 150% of the in-bundle rates.
You would get enforced data OOB caps and throttles to make sure someone who pays R99 month doesn't end up with a bill of R9999. It would be the operator's financial problem if the user goes over this cap, (no excuses allowed of systems that don't work fast enough).
And no I will never stop complaining about OOB, until it has been slowly gutted and destroyed.
At least the other operators are trying in someway or another, like Telkom mobile that gives you a choice.
Vodacom is suppose to be the leading operator, so they should in fact be the example and finally kill of the OOB shark once and for all.
The only Shark in SA telecoms should be CellC's Rugby team.
This is 2015, put that greed aside and kill it. Stop torturing pensioners and the less computer literate.
Want to expand your network, do it so by actually providing something of value instead of via scheme of stealing a few millions of R2 rands from million South Africans each year.
Rant over.
Just my 2 rands worth.
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