Free Facebook promotion on Cell C

Quey_Quick said:
Fix your damn network first.
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Crap I'm too late.If Cell C doesn't work for you too bad,they did say they are upgrading their network if you cant wait then go get ripped of by the other networks.They've also just signed for Vodacom 3G roaming so the performance should improve dramatically in those areas that don't have Cell C towers.

Fortunately for me it works just fine and I can live easily with the 4 mbps download speeds that I get at home and work.
 
falcon786 said:
Crap I'm too late.If Cell C doesn't work for you too bad,they did say they are upgrading their network if you cant wait then go get ripped of by the other networks.They've also just signed for Vodacom 3G roaming so the performance should improve dramatically in those areas that don't have Cell C towers.

Fortunately for me it works just fine and I can live easily with the 4 mbps download speeds that I get at home and work.
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I am a Cell C user, I don't mind their contract prices at all...but my phone signal is really poor in Sandton where I work and it's beyond annoying.
 
Thanks rbarryza for these links, everyone else: Read Them (second one first, I'd say)

rbarryza said:
Internet.org is bad, really bad. It's a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing and only creates the illusion that CellC and Facebook want to help poor consumers. In fact they want to lock them in. Here's a really good writeup about why things like this are bad in the long run :

http://qz.com/385821/poor-internet-...ooks-internet-org-amounts-to-economic-racism/
and here:
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/opinion-internet-org-facebooknet/

We should be rejecting it like India did, not applauding it.
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I suppose their MVNO's do not enjoy this benefit?
 
Quey_Quick said:
I am a Cell C user, I don't mind their contract prices at all...but my phone signal is really poor in Sandton where I work and it's beyond annoying.
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Have you tried roaming on Vodacom?The data throughput is crap for now on Vodacom edge until they get 3G online but at least calls should be fine.I had to do that in Sodwana bay.
 
rbarryza said:
Internet.org is bad, really bad. It's a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing and only creates the illusion that CellC and Facebook want to help poor consumers. In fact they want to lock them in. Here's a really good writeup about why things like this are bad in the long run :

http://qz.com/385821/poor-internet-...ooks-internet-org-amounts-to-economic-racism/
and here:
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/opinion-internet-org-facebooknet/

We should be rejecting it like India did, not applauding it.
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Turgon said:
Thanks rbarryza for these links, everyone else: Read Them (second one first, I'd say)
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http://techcrunch.com/2015/05/04/facebooks-internet-org-project-is-now-a-platform/
 
rbarryza said:
Internet.org is bad, really bad. It's a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing and only creates the illusion that CellC and Facebook want to help poor consumers. In fact they want to lock them in. Here's a really good writeup about why things like this are bad in the long run :

http://qz.com/385821/poor-internet-...ooks-internet-org-amounts-to-economic-racism/
and here:
http://www.wired.com/2015/05/opinion-internet-org-facebooknet/

We should be rejecting it like India did, not applauding it.
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Agreed.

I'm surprised Apple didn't come up with this.

"Do whatever you want... As long as you do it exactly how we say you can."

Disgusting.
 
Does this have anything to do with why I can't access facebook?
 
/popcorn for when people and participants realise that Facebook's internet.org is a big "proxy-server" which will monitor all your "free" browsing behaviour across the various participants.

What the writers of this article should have done, is actually reviewed what this means for website participants (such as OLX / Gumtree) and for consumers:
Your site(s) may be proxied to make your content available through Internet.org. You can let us know that you want to pull your site(s) from Internet.org at any time, but because we may need to make product and marketing adjustments, we may require up to 60 days from receipt of your notice to transition gracefully.

In order for your content to be proxied as described above, your URLs may be re-written and embedded content (like javascript and content originating from another domain) removed. In addition, secure content is not supported and may not load.

Your name and logo may be included in Internet.org, product screenshots of the service and press releases, but we won’t use your brand in a larger marketing promotion without first asking for your approval.

Any data (e.g., proxy requests) or reporting we provide is deemed Facebook confidential information and cannot be used by you for any advertising purposes or shared with third parties.
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And then obviously ask the obvious question to CellC: What if I as a CellC customer do not want websites go through the big Facebook proxy? How do I opt out. Somehow I think we will see a similar scenario as we had with Vodacom injecting code into traffic. Thankfully banks will not participate as proxying of HTTPS is a bit of a :sick:
 
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