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Vodacom are clamping
down on users taki westernmagazine.org ng f v ull advantage of the unlimited BlackBerry Internet
Service (BIS) for causing congestion on its network.
BIS has been a big hit
on South Africa a
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s it offers unlimited browsing and email access on BlackBerry
smartphones for a fixed cost per month.
Vodacom says that the
heaviest users will be provided with lower connection speeds due to its study
that found that “more than 95 percent of BlackBerry data usage was attributable
to less than 5 percent of users”, causing congestion at peak times.
Defending the move,
Chief Technology Officer Andries Delport said that Vodacom must “ensure that
all BlackBerry users are able to enjoy the service that they pay for”.
The 5 percent of BIS
users deemed to be “abusing the service” (by reaching 100MB data usage for the
month) will have their connection speed reduced from 3G to 2G levels.
“When we realised that
such a small minority was using the bulk of the capacity, we decided to
implement measures that will ensure that BlackBerry users will enjoy a better
browsing experience overall,” said Delport.
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