One of the primary benefits of Blackberry phones has been the ‘unlimited’ data contract that is supplied as part of the deal. However, it appears that Vodacom has had enough of some thirsty bloodsuckers and is implementing soft capping by downgrading users’ speed to 2G ( GPRS/EDGE ) after reaching the 100MB limit. Anyone who has used EDGE for data purposes, knows that it is dog slow. Or cat slow. Well whichever is slower. And this ( along with RIM’s poor financial showing as of late ) is another nail in the coffin. RIP Blackberry!
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Yep, tell me about it! Most users only take the Blackberry route because of BIS. Now Blackberry is going to struggle in SA. I honestly would rather buy an android phone and pay R70 (BIS fees) for 100mb of data for an android phone.