4G network claims from Cell C - The battle rages on

How do you feel about the 4Gs branding?

  • If the price is right, what's in a name?

    Votes: 47 33.8%

  • 4G is wrong, 4Gs is fair game

    Votes: 24 17.3%

  • Indifferent

    Votes: 13 9.4%

  • It's misleading

    Votes: 55 39.6%

  • Other (state reason in thread below)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    139
some guy from marketing in our company sent an email to everyone, wherein he states that cellc has launched a world class 4G network. i find it odd that they keep insisting that this is not misleading, they're doing everything else right :confused:
 
Regardless, I'm still interested in testing their "close to 4G as is available now" as soon as it available in Cape Town. After being on MTN's 3G service, surely this has to be better right? True 4G is merely a matter of time I think (even for these here parts) lol :D
 
"Reddick added that the US operators T-Mobile and Sprint have also used the term 4G in their marketing campaigns, and that the US’s advertising regulations are probably stricter than those of South Africa."
This is a rather reprehensible statement as the US's advertising regulations are incredibly lax compared to ours. Sprint's 4G offering is a 10mbps wimax offering which, although is capable of much more, is even slower than HSPA.
 
The fact that they're calling it 4G does not bother me as much as all the people who don't know better
speaking about 4G and they want their 3G upgraded.

ok it does bother me, they shouldn't be misleading the public
 
The price is right, VC & MTN just can get over it.
 
4G is wrong, 4Gs is (un)fair game, but still game.
 
VC and MTN trying to push Cell c out by discrediting them, because if Cell c succeeds they have to drop their prices to keep their customer base.
 
Am I the only one tired of reading the same story day after day? Isn't there something new to report? Who cares what they call it? If they call it 4G or 3.75G or whatever, they still advertise the speeds they claim so who cares?
 
Looks like Cell © is f_ _king up plenty recently. This and their new branding they spent a fortune on before getting legal opinion on their new trade mark. Makes you wonder who they have running the show there. Nevermind expensive lawyers.... If they had bothered to ask someone's son or daughter who was half way through first year in Law of Trade Marks 101, they would have been told that the trade mark would not be registrable before shelling out over a hundred million in marketing. To me it looks like none of their internal lawyers know ANYTHING about trade marks. Either that, of the marketing department kept the rebrand super secret and wanted to surprise even the internal staff... NEVER keep secrets from your legal advisers... we're not interested in the marketing departments need to create excitement, surprises and cr4p like that...

Now the 4G claims and then changing their tune once confronted, only tells you they either knew their claim was unfounded and decided to wait for someone to take issue, OR they didnt know that their claims would be a problem. Can't decide which of these two scenarios is worse.
 
I for one will be using CellC's kennyG network

we've been saying it for years, we don't care about speeds if it still costs a fortune.


I for one think their 4G Logo is a good thing, for me personally. It will rake it more idiots onto their network and allow it to grow faster, thereby causing more competition too, and therefore pressuring vodacom and mtn to lower their prices too.

Go on CellC, rake them all in - steal as many users as you can!!!!!
 
Simple
Lars Reichelt=****!
Is network 4g, no, then don't call it 4g , you are lying to your customers.
 
kdub said:
Am I the only one tired of reading the same story day after day? Isn't there something new to report? Who cares what they call it? If they call it 4G or 3.75G or whatever, they still advertise the speeds they claim so who cares?
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+1000000
YAAAAAAWWWWN...
 
OK, so they've established a 3.75G network. Seeing that we get ripped of in round numbers/Gb 3.75 rounded down to 0 decimals is 4.

FFS, call it whatever, just get it rolled out because the PRICE is GOOD, I know of many people will pay those rates for 3G, never mind 4G or 10G or whatever.
 
kdub said:
Am I the only one tired of reading the same story day after day? Isn't there something new to report? Who cares what they call it? If they call it 4G or 3.75G or whatever, they still advertise the speeds they claim so who cares?
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Antonf said:
+1000000
YAAAAAAWWWWN...
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i don't get it, did someone force you to read the article?
 
They can call it 500G for all I care they can even call it PIET POMPIES network the pricing is great and the speed is good.

2 gig =R83.25 per month(R999.00 data sim)
5 gig =R166.59 per month ( R1999.00 data sim)

this is cheper than VC or MTN and cheaper that the cost of a 384k adsl line only.
 
What would have not been so kwai if they claim 4G network and charge more because of that, but instead they charge even less than what we get for 3G...

Not only that, those that is all up in arms about the 4G's is going to signup if VC & MTN don't compete.
 
Natas said:
Looks like Cell © is f_ _king up plenty recently.
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Looks like you know f_ _k all about marketing........... They are in the press... people are talking.... & that's the basic rule of building a brand..... Look, you are even talking about them....

Here's a tiny telco, with minimal budget, punching far above it's weight in order to change the market just for you....... and taking a massive financial risk.....

Give credit where credit is due & don't simply shoot your mouth off because you don't understand the principles (or are too narrow minded to see them)

Cheers
 
quikdine said:
They can call it 500G for all I care they can even call it PIET POMPIES network the pricing is great and the speed is good.

2 gig =R83.25 per month(R999.00 data sim)
5 gig =R166.59 per month ( R1999.00 data sim)

this is cheper than VC or MTN and cheaper that the cost of a 384k adsl line only.
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R83 for 2GB CellC or R88 for 110MB Vodacom, let me think........

R166 for 5GB CellC or R165 for 400MB Vodacom Advanced?
 
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