[kictanet] [ISOC_KE] How Safaricom Steals Your Internet Bundle

[Muchiri Nyaggah]

Looks like Safaricom has taken steps to address the issues highlighted in
Erik's post.

http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2012/07/safaricom-implements-changes-to-data-policy-in-kenya/


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On Sat, Jul 21, 2012 at 8:38 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> Grace
>
> The question is: What is the regulator doing about this?
>
> Ali Hussein
>
> On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 11:29 PM, Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>wrote:
>
>>
>> 99% of Kenya’s 6.5m <http://cck.go.ke/news/2012/Mobile_Subscribers.html> internet
>> users access it via mobile, of which Safaricom owns 77% marketshare.
>>
>> In Kenya, when you buy a 1.5Gb internet bundle from Safaricom you pay
>> 1000ksh (~$12). You’ve paid for the data, and there is no additional cost
>> to Safaricom if you were to use that data today or a year from now. The
>> whole concept of data bundle expiry is ridiculous, as noted by Safaricom
>> CEO Bob Collymore when he visited the iHub:
>>
>> “When you go into a petrol station and fill up your car, does the owner
>> of the petrol station tell you to bring it back on Wednesday to take back
>> what’s left in the vehicle? Of course not. So I ask, why the hell are we
>> doing that?”
>>
>>
>> Read on
>>
>> http://whiteafrican.com/2012/07/18/how-safaricom-steals-your-internet-bundle/
>>
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