iBurst launch monthly ‘carry over data’ offering

Hmmm.. Sounds very good at first, but becomes a little confusing.. How many ppl actually buy these 'top-up' bundles every month, and for how many months does the data roll-over for?

Me thinks this is just a cheap PR stunt :(
 
Once again you need to read the fine-print to find out the picture aint really that pretty....(although I am an avid iBurst subscriber and fan)


...only applies to additional bandwidth purchased (ie. not the bundled bandwidth...
...only carries over to the following month

For once I wish it would be more akin to cellphone contracts: you have a contract with x bundled bandwidth (airtime in cellphone terms) and that bundled amount, if unused, can be carried over for lets say a maximum of 6 months etc.
 
Inertia said:
Hmmm.. Sounds very good at first, but becomes a little confusing.. How many ppl actually buy these 'top-up' bundles every month, and for how many months does the data roll-over for?

Me thinks this is just a cheap PR stunt :(
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Couldnt agree more..
Wen i first started reading, it seemed like all your unused data was being carried over, meanwhile its just the data you purchased as an add-on... what bs :(
theyre trying a bit too hard to be liked by everyone.....
and this shows customer centricity?...sure.....
i think every1 (including myself) were asking for our standard unused data to be carried over... obviously not
All that happiness at the begining of the article lead to an anticlimax :(
 
Well i spose it is better than nothing. It's not like they increased costs or anything, this move can only benefit, albeit negligable benefit
 
quite lame, but im sure those people who actually do buy more bandwidth will find it very handy, there would be no rush to use up the bandwidth at the end of the month.
 
I wonder what the chances are of affording this luxury to all remaining data. Shouldn't cause too many problems (IMHO). The hardcore downloaders will still get capped a few days into the month and the rest of us will be able to build up a little buffer for unexpected large downloads.

The fact that we have to conserve bandwidth as if it's some kind of scarce resource is deeply disturbing!
 
Absolute rubbish, perhaps iBurst is the first "wireless" broadband provider to over roll-over usage (I can neither confirm nor deny that claim), but it's certainly not the first broadband provider to do so. Some of the ADSL providers out there have been offering this type of option since last year already.
 
what a joke.... Mr. Mtshali could do well to read up about top-up cellphone contracts and how that stuff works...
 
codemonkey said:
I wonder what the chances are of affording this luxury to all remaining data. Shouldn't cause too many problems (IMHO).
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All unused data is free cash in iBurst's back pocket. They pay their wholesale bandwidth provider (telkom, IS, verizon, whoever) per mb that they use, therefore if you dont use your allocated MB's, iBurth scores since you have already paid for your 3GB (or however many GB's).

I'm not suprised it only applies to "top-up" bandwidth, and only for the following 1 month. They would just be losing too much revenue otherwise :(
 
warichard said:
Some of the ADSL providers out there have been offering this type of option since last year already.
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True and not only the top-up; from the first byte. :eek:
 
warichard said:
Absolute rubbish, perhaps iBurst is the first "wireless" broadband provider to over roll-over usage (I can neither confirm nor deny that claim), but it's certainly not the first broadband provider to do so. Some of the ADSL providers out there have been offering this type of option since last year already.
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Yes, like Web Africa does. Plus, their per gig's are R75 compared to the R179 per gig iBurst asks to top up. Plus their rollover is indefinate, not just for one month.
 
Doesn't the need for ADCO say something about the caps being totally insufficient?
 
"Wireless broadband provider iBurst is the first South African broadband operator to implement Additional Data Carry Over (ADCO). "

Nonsense. Why do people reprint the press releases without checking the facts? It happens often (not just here).
 
Has anyone confirmed this with iBurst?
I haven't seen any official confirmation....

I've got about 250mb left, I wouldn't mind carrying over.
 
Sounds really nice... so you won't need to worry should you be capped 5 days before the end of the month, then you just buys extra bandwidth and carry on without losing your money or bandwidth...

But managing that is another issue...
 
Its not too bad. I usually buy an extra gig closer to month end and end up looking for anything to use it up on on the last day. Its not an ideal offering from them, but they do seem to be stumbling in the right direction. Put it this way: iBurst 1 year ago compared to lately; chalk and cheese (albeit only cheddar)
 
This will help alot of people. To others it will make little difference.

Of course this forum is very negative like usual, but thats okay.

The people who use the hardcapped I-go options obviously use the extra bandwidth options alot, so they shurley benifit from this. But it sucks for me, I never buy extra bandwidth yet I would sometimes like to have a few MB roll over. But most people with this problem usually get capped before the end of the month.

Seems Mr.Tshali (cant spell it) isnt that stupid, using the words broadband operator is pretty clever wording. He is correct, but it has no effect on broadband customers, they could have used this service before. Just because they are the only provider doesnt change much, but at least its inniciative on their part. Sentech and others havent changed anything about their products in years.
 
Ekhaatvensters said:
Of course this forum is very negative like usual, but thats okay.
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Aint that the truth.

Im certain the majority of iBursters are overall happy with the service/ offerings (me for one). There is certainly lots of room for improvement but that applies to everything in life.:)
 
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