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francoislr
Joined: Jun 15, 2006
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From: Pretoria, South Africa
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..someone other than telkon(known to the majority as telkom) which means prices will get more competative as cellphone operators will have a choice to use the other...you get the drift? think bandwidth prices should also drop soon, and whichever cellular operator is the cheapest will get customers. the sno will only be accessable to companies in the start, but mtn, vodacom, virgin and c are...
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brix25
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Had to scratch around a bit in my cupboard but found my PAYG Vodacom sim and can confirm that their gprs is NOT free on the vodacom4u APN 
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coolapostle
Joined: Oct 15, 2004
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On 2006-08-15 23:57:00, brix25 wrote:
Had to scratch around a bit in my cupboard but found my PAYG Vodacom sim and can confirm that their gprs is NOT free on the vodacom4u APN
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How long had it been there? Do the networks permanently block SIM cards that have not been used for a long time? In Naija, it is 3 months.
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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From: S. Africa - JOZI
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Anyone see the ad on TV last night where you can get free games/mp3s/wallpapers for this month?? |
brix25
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@coola: If you follow this thread, last month Vodacom announced that they would be cutting off SIM cards which they deemed "inactive"...For instance, if you hardly make calls and buy airtime once every three months to extend your network window you might be cut off from their network. Usually you can buy a sim card and you'd get a window of say six to three months before you've purchased airtime- very fair IMO.
@786KBR: I saw that ad, did take much note of it as I've never fed the corporate fatcats...besides, I'm not interested in downloading wallpapers to my phone.
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zani_003
Joined: Mar 02, 2005
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From: South Africa, Durban
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well im now usin mtn gprs,its faster than vodacom(whos wap isnt workin on campus) a friend of mine stays on campus and hasnt been able 2 surf since saturday! and of course vodacom is takin its time to solve the problem!!
Did anyone know that there is a limited number of calls u can make to the voda data customer care centre? its sucks!!!
@ da moment Vodacom sucks!!! |
JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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From: S. Africa - JOZI
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Ya I complained that the gprs in my area sucks!!
So they put up 2 new towers on either side of me!!  |
brix25
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@786KBR: Do you know if the an MTN sim will work in my branded N70?
Random thought of the day, never kiss a drunken woman when she's just been dumped by her boyfriend.
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francoislr
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@brix, lol! Thanx for the tip!
i make all my wallpapers from whatever i like from the net: quality is 100 times better than anything you can get. same with ringtones. either my own music or from mp3s. why pay when you can do a perfect job.
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brix25
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Just read this evening that 19% of foreign visitors to the BBC's wapsite came from South Africa...the country with most visitors was Nigeria with 60-odd% of visitors.
Check out the Beeb's technology section for a full breakdown of the numbers.
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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From: Hornchurch UK & East London SA
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The Link in the UK has introduced the VGA-equipped, 15MB K310i at £39.99 (approx R520) when you trade in any old brick, on the O2 network.
http://www.thelink.com
Carphone Warehouse have dropped the price of the chrome D600 to £129.95 (approx R1690), the Moto V3i down to £119.95 (approx R1560) and the W300i is now £99.95 (approx R1300) today.
As usual, £10 airtime has to be bought to with each, but they are the usual unlocked, sim-free stock.
Tomorrow we head of to Torquay along the Devon coast, made (in)famous by Monty Python's John Cleese in the series 'Fawlty Towers'.
Then we're off to Penzance and Land's End in Cornwall, followed by our trek up to Aberystwyth along the Welsh coast.
After that it's the 'original' Llandudno and Conwy in northern Wales, followed by a tour of northern England's Lake District before we hit Scotland. It's been 4 years since I was last in the Borders and Highlands areas of Scotland.
Don't know how much esato-time I'm gonna have over the next week or so with all the driving, but I'll be posting a host of pics taken with the phones when The Wanqsta Omnibus returns to WanqaWorld next Friday.
Salani gahle.
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francoislr
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@ wanqa, Hey cool, might run into you around Cornwall: working the day at Cornwall Hill College: networking...But it would always help a lot to be in the same country for that...Enjoy the trip!
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zani_003
Joined: Mar 02, 2005
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From: South Africa, Durban
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@brix chances are the n70 wil take da mtn simcard,da v600i,6680,v360v all take the mtn simcard tho they are all branded!!!
I predict a riot!!!!! |
brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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@brad: Why do you want to start a riot?
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amawanqa
Joined: May 08, 2004
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@ francois: thanks swaer. @brad: LOL, radio stations here like X-FM have literally played that Kaizer Chiefs song to death! Overkill...
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