Vodafone pirates.

**Mudfart** · 11th May 2010, 09:45

I have no idea who is worser!
Ok bear with me.
We obviously are with vodafone for our broadband. If you use up your monthly Gig allowance they have an option where you can double your Gig quota to the end of the month, for double the cost!.
The trick where they were ripping everyone off: If you ran over your Gig limit (100%), then you may run for 5-10 days on slow speed but still it was adding to your gig limit.
So the data usage would show you at say 125% after ten days of 56k speed net, ok?.
Then when you would double your data (and cost!!), they would only give you fast speeds upto 200%. That meant that you would only get fast broadband for the last 75%, costing you double, with the promise of DOUBLING YOUR DATA, which has not been true. You have just been ripped 25%.
It might not sound like much but 25% of 40Gig is a fair bit. Infact its 10Gig!.
My suspiscions were confirmed when about two months ago they have changed it, so now when you pay for double data, it actually adds 20Gig, from your last percentile.
So say if you were at 112%, then now when you double it, it wont run out until 212%.
I dont know whos worse, them or telecom.
Who else has vodafone, and does double their data, and never noticed this?.

**neels** · 11th May 2010, 10:19

Umm, you have still recieved that much data, you just did it more slowly? But you still recieved it, why should you get it for free?

**el_scor_cho** · 11th May 2010, 10:29

yeah i noticed that after a short while too. thought it was a bit cheeky. just doubled as soon as the first lot ran out.
you should pay for double your data at fast speeds and anything that you dont pay for shouldnt count towards your total. good to know they have fixed it because you should get slow speeds for free yes considering how much we pay for average internet

**avgas** · 11th May 2010, 10:29

Have you told Vodafone of your findings.
You may be supprised they do not know.
They also may be able to do something about it for you.
Or are you the crazy cat lady off the simpsons - and mumble things to random people.

**avgas** · 11th May 2010, 10:34

Too late did it for you.......

**Mudfart** · 11th May 2010, 10:50

yeah they must know coz they fixed it about 2 months ago. its just another rant n rave about how us poor taxpayers get done up the wrong 'un BAU.

**Bren** · 11th May 2010, 11:37

I am with Slingshot...have been with telescum before and did not like them. When I run out of data I buy a data block which also can be carried over to the next month....wont change from slingshot...am more than happy with them

**Bald Eagle** · 11th May 2010, 11:39

Originally Posted by neels

Umm, you have still recieved that much data, you just did it more slowly? But you still recieved it, why should you get it for free?

Cos I should only pay for the pipe not the water, most of what you get didn't cost them or with local caching only cost them once and they charge everyone for it, both the same v-scum and t-scum, internet in this country is a license to print money for a very small club.

**Mully** · 11th May 2010, 11:55

Originally Posted by Mudfart

yeah they must know coz they fixed it about 2 months ago. .

And you're whining today because.......???

**slofox** · 11th May 2010, 12:10

Last time I got close to data limit vodafone emailed me to say "hey look out your limit is bearing down on you like a runaway train..."

So I just went easy for the last three days of the period and incurred no extra costs....

**Swoop** · 11th May 2010, 12:40

Originally Posted by slofox

Last time I got close to data limit vodafone emailed me to say "hey look out your limit is bearing down on you like a runaway train..."

So I just went easy for the last three days of the period and incurred no extra costs....

Yes, TelstraClear do exactly the same. "You have reached 80% of your monthly amount".

Quite easy to comprehend, really.

**Dave Lobster** · 11th May 2010, 13:22

Originally Posted by Mudfart

yeah they must know coz they fixed it about 2 months ago. its just another rant n rave about how us poor taxpayers get done up the wrong 'un BAU.

You know Vodafone is a privately run business, don't you? They receive none of your taxes.. !!

Originally Posted by neels

But you still recieved it, why should you get it for free?

Socialism. Always someone else's fault..

Originally Posted by Mudfart

We obviously are with vodafone for our broadband. If you use up your monthly Gig allowance they have an option where you can double your Gig quota to the end of the month, for double the cost!.

Maybe when what you'd prefer that when what you've paid for runs out, they just cut you off.

**p.dath** · 11th May 2010, 13:36

I don't know how long you have used mobile broadband for, but this is a great deal! I use it a lot.

Previously (with Telecom as well) if you went over your allowance there were huge costs, like $1/MB or even more. It was easy to get a bill for thousands. Now I can contain by overage to just double the monthly cost. It's hugely cheaper.

Remember, this is not a landline based service. There is only so much frequency spectrum available for everyone to use. If one person used it up there would be nothing left for everyone else.
So basically they make it much more expensive to use up your allowance by putting in a pricing system that offers strong discouragement.

**Latte** · 11th May 2010, 13:45

Originally Posted by p.dath

I don't know how long you have used mobile broadband for, but this is a great deal! I use it a lot.

Previously (with Telecom as well) if you went over your allowance there were huge costs, like $1/MB or even more. It was easy to get a bill for thousands. Now I can contain by overage to just double the monthly cost. It's hugely cheaper.

Remember, this is not a landline based service. There is only so much frequency spectrum available for everyone to use. If one person used it up there would be nothing left for everyone else.
So basically they make it much more expensive to use up your allowance by putting in a pricing system that offers strong discouragement.

The fact he is discussing bandwidth in the "10's of gigs" I seriously doubt he is talking about Mobile broadband. more likely a dsl offering Vodafone supply (reselling Telecom Wholesale?).

Readign his post it sounds like he had been getting a total of 70gb Full Speed, and 10gb Reduced speed, whilst paying for 80gb full speed (40gb on the plan, and another 40gb on his double up). The reduced speed data is free normally, so it shouldn't be included in the 80gb data he has payed for.