{"id":69020,"date":"2013-01-25T11:01:49","date_gmt":"2013-01-25T09:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=69020"},"modified":"2013-01-25T12:32:49","modified_gmt":"2013-01-25T10:32:49","slug":"mtn-data-usage-rules-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/69020-mtn-data-usage-rules-changed.html","title":{"rendered":"MTN data usage rules changed?"},"content":{"rendered":"

MTN<\/a> appears to have changed the way it deducts data from users\u2019 accounts to always use the oldest loaded bundle first.<\/p>\n

Reports about the change came from Shaun Dewberry<\/a>, who had been criticising MTN throughout 2012 for the way in which it handled data that had been rolled over from a previous month.<\/p>\n

Dewberry is known for outing the inaccurate listenership numbers of online radio stations as reported by NetDynamix<\/a>, and being proven right.<\/p>\n

Asked about how MTN deducts data when a subscriber has an allocation that has been rolled over in addition to a recurring monthly data bundle, MTN initially said that the oldest data bundle is used up first.<\/p>\n

However, after further questioning and an investigation on MTN\u2019s part, GM of product solutions at MTN SA, Mike Fairon<\/a> explained how they deduct data:<\/p>\n

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Mike Fairon, general manager for product, innovation, and development at MTN<\/p><\/div>\n