Advertising Standards Authority Ruling on iBurst 17 X faster than dial-up claim

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For those that might be interested....

http://www.asasa.org.za/ResultDetail.aspx?Ruling=3768

Let me know when I can remove the document.

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M

EDIT: TX Skepitc replaced the url with yours...

Before I get lashed; ...lash FCB South Africa, their ruling came first.

I was exhausted of calling / emailing iBurst daily and hearing the same old line about my MTU and my equipment or settings that are faulty. They just refused to openly communicate with their customers and still don't! Why no representation on this forum?

I’ve been paying them in excess of R 2 200 per month for services they advertise, which I couldn’t use.

Subsequently matters has changed and it seems they have decided to make bandwidth available once more in Cape Town, although shaped to death - as currently the network is showing a marked improved from the poor state it was in during April – June of this year.

Thanks ASASA - At least they rid us of suppliers using “up to” claims... Telkom also got nicked.

http://www.asasa.org.za/ResultDetail.aspx?Ruling=3767
 
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So how much time & money was wasted on this venture when all they have to down is change the text to read "download at up 17x the speed faster than dial-up?"

Who pays for ASA's salaries & consultancy fees?
 
About time they got busted wasting money on adverts instead of getting the WHOLE network up to speed first.:D
 
LOL... ag man. Well personally, I get speeds in excess of 17x the speed of dialup... so shame. Pity they get to choose what I use it for!
 
Fudzy said:
So how much time & money was wasted on this venture when all they have to down is change the text to read "download at up 17x the speed faster than dial-up?"

Who pays for ASA's salaries & consultancy fees?
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"But then again in creating more awareness about the ASA this will also result in the number of complaints increasing and the funding issue will then come in, and as you know we are funded by the industry." - Thembi Msibi

Industry = Advertising industry

Taken from: http://www.marketingweb.co.za/marke...en/page73612?oid=80204&sn=Marketingweb detail

Same goes for ISPA - http://www.ispa.org.za/about/index.shtml

Do you see the contrast?
 
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Nice, so basically the advertising industry is racketeering it's own clients out of money.

I wish ICASA had the same sensibility.
 
I'm waiting for DSL to advertise "Up to 4x faster than iBurst"

Or even better yet, "up to 68x faster than dialup"
 
eltherza said:
I'm waiting for DSL to advertise "Up to 4x faster than iBurst"

Or even better yet, "up to 68x faster than dialup"
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Lol. Good one. I still have a few more weeks on my subs here, than 4mbps ADSL. Should be interesting. :D
 
A lot of the time my ADSL is more than 4x faster than iburst even though my iburst connection is in general pretty fast.:p
 
Just saw now on the SABC 3 news (weather) that IBurst still haven't removed the advert! Whatever happened to respect for the law!!!

:)
 
I wonder how much the investigation costs. Consultants by default aren't cheap.
 
Steinie said:
I see they are still making the same claims every evening on the SABC weather forecast, which they sponsor!?

WTF? :rolleyes:
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Yeah I also noticed that, seems they are either very thick skinned or just plain too stupid to understand what the ruling means.:(
 
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