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Rank: Member Joined: 4/28/2008 Posts: 36
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What are the advantages of Safaricom's postpaid over prepaid,other than you can get through to customer care on first try?
I'm seriously thinking of going back to pre-paid. I moved to post-paid a few years back because I kept running out of credit in areas/times when it was a hustle getting a shop to top-up credit,plus the calling rates were quite attractive. But now there's M-Pesa and that other credit offering,so that really isn't a concern anymore. If anything,if you are late paying your post-paid bill,getting reconnected can be a hustle of it's own.
As far as calling rates go,there was the issue of Safaricom coming up with new call charges during pricing wars with the other companies. Postpaid subscribers were completely neglected,with pre-pay customers getting better deals than them (postpay clients) in most cases.
Then the real deal-breaker. Internet. As a postpaid client,I pay 8 bob per MB while prepay customers pay as low as 2.50 an MB! That's when they activate an internet bundle. I asked their customer service about this glaring discrepancy and was advised by a lady there to get two sim cards. Nice,huh? So every time I want to check my emails or go online with my phone,I have to switch the simcards to 'enjoy' the cheaper internet bundle rates. Btw,can you activate a bundle on a line then use it for both calling and internet? I have a 3G phone and if it's possible to do so with the pre-pay lines,it's bye-bye postpaid!!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/17/2008 Posts: 23,365 Location: Nairobi
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By activating a bundle you can not call since your air time get converted to give only data!!!! The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated. ..."Wewe ni mtu mdogo sana....na mwenye amekuandika pia ni mtu mdogo sana!".
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/28/2008 Posts: 36
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Reggae man,I don't think you got my question. Question is,can I top up,say with 2,000 and activate 1,000? In that case,shouldn't I be able to call with the balance?
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/2/2008 Posts: 1,438
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Prepaid is the way to go. Postpaid does not get a lot of attention from any of the service providers since they know they already have you as a captive customer. On the issue of Internet/Calling,the response to your question is YES. Scom defaults to the Internet bundle for Internet usage and as long as you some airtime balance,you can use it to call notwithstanding the fact that you have activated your line for an Internet bundle. However,some of their original data SIMs were not activated for voice,so make sure you just get an ordinary SIM card and activate the data - not the other way round. Hope that this helps.
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/8/2013 Posts: 386 Location: Nyali mombasa
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SAFARICOM TO END POSTPAY 1000 & 2500/- woi that will hurt this were among the best deals on calls ever where the cost per minute is around 45 cents, still wondering whether they will introduce something new. http://www.businessdailyafrica....8/-/9ga2olz/-/index.html
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/23/2009 Posts: 8,083 Location: Enk are Nyirobi
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The monopoly is back. Woi serikali saidia, let us wait and see what Equity will have to offer on the voice side. Life is short. Live passionately.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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sparkly wrote:The monopoly is back. Woi serikali saidia, let us wait and see what Equity will have to offer on the voice side. Since the contract is valid for a year,can one go to court to block their move?This has been my tariff.
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Rank: Member Joined: 10/19/2009 Posts: 671 Location: Nairobi
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mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:The monopoly is back. Woi serikali saidia, let us wait and see what Equity will have to offer on the voice side. Since the contract is valid for a year,can one go to court to block their move?This has been my tariff. I'm certain they will give the "current" subscribers some time before they terminate. This will probably be equal to number of months before year expires. As for new contracts, they will no longer take applications.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 6/20/2008 Posts: 6,275 Location: Kenya
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webish wrote:mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:The monopoly is back. Woi serikali saidia, let us wait and see what Equity will have to offer on the voice side. Since the contract is valid for a year,can one go to court to block their move?This has been my tariff. I'm certain they will give the "current" subscribers some time before they terminate. This will probably be equal to number of months before year expires. As for new contracts, they will no longer take applications. The same is available in prepay. Why would you want to be called Postpay when the same tariff is available on prepay? I always choose the range from: 500MB - sh500 1.5Gb - sh1000 3Gb - sh1999 8gb - sh3999 When you buy higher, the cheaper it becomes. And it works for me. Why would you want to be called postpay when the value is the same?
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Rank: Member Joined: 5/8/2013 Posts: 386 Location: Nyali mombasa
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AlphDoti wrote:webish wrote:mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:The monopoly is back. Woi serikali saidia, let us wait and see what Equity will have to offer on the voice side. Since the contract is valid for a year,can one go to court to block their move?This has been my tariff. I'm certain they will give the "current" subscribers some time before they terminate. This will probably be equal to number of months before year expires. As for new contracts, they will no longer take applications. The same is available in prepay. Why would you want to be called Postpay when the same tariff is available on prepay? I always choose the range from: 500MB - sh500 1.5Gb - sh1000 3Gb - sh1999 8gb - sh3999 When you buy higher, the cheaper it becomes. And it works for me. Why would you want to be called postpay when the value is the same? actually it's not at least not for data, fore instance I am on postpay 1000/- I get 900 minutes to saf 100 minutes to other 100 sms 100mb data and 100 bonga points for just 1000/- on prepay the same resources would cost you uward fo 4,500/- so no you can't compare postpay and prepay, for data I buy the 1000/- bundle so per month I spend 2000/-.
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Rank: Member Joined: 8/7/2010 Posts: 728 Location: Wazuaville
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skjay wrote:Reggae man,I don't think you got my question. Question is,can I top up,say with 2,000 and activate 1,000? In that case,shouldn't I be able to call with the balance? thats what I do kama kawa on my pre-paid. Phew! thanks for sharing I was this close (can you see the tip of my finger?) to going post-pay. I had even gone to the center but it was mid month so I was adviced to go end month for easy billing. sitarudi "Money never sleeps"
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/1/2008 Posts: 834
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Kihara joni wrote:AlphDoti wrote:webish wrote:mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:The monopoly is back. Woi serikali saidia, let us wait and see what Equity will have to offer on the voice side. Since the contract is valid for a year,can one go to court to block their move?This has been my tariff. I'm certain they will give the "current" subscribers some time before they terminate. This will probably be equal to number of months before year expires. As for new contracts, they will no longer take applications. The same is available in prepay. Why would you want to be called Postpay when the same tariff is available on prepay? I always choose the range from: 500MB - sh500 1.5Gb - sh1000 3Gb - sh1999 8gb - sh3999 When you buy higher, the cheaper it becomes. And it works for me. Why would you want to be called postpay when the value is the same? actually it's not at least not for data, fore instance I am on postpay 1000/- I get 900 minutes to saf 100 minutes to other 100 sms 100mb data and 100 bonga points for just 1000/- on prepay the same resources would cost you uward fo 4,500/- so no you can't compare postpay and prepay, for data I buy the 1000/- bundle so per month I spend 2000/-. Thank God they still have zidisha biashara running, got a package just like @Kihara joni's If you are going to be thinking only one thing, you might as well be thinking big. -Donald J . Trump
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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livie wrote:Kihara joni wrote:AlphDoti wrote:webish wrote:mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:The monopoly is back. Woi serikali saidia, let us wait and see what Equity will have to offer on the voice side. Since the contract is valid for a year,can one go to court to block their move?This has been my tariff. I'm certain they will give the "current" subscribers some time before they terminate. This will probably be equal to number of months before year expires. As for new contracts, they will no longer take applications. The same is available in prepay. Why would you want to be called Postpay when the same tariff is available on prepay? I always choose the range from: 500MB - sh500 1.5Gb - sh1000 3Gb - sh1999 8gb - sh3999 When you buy higher, the cheaper it becomes. And it works for me. Why would you want to be called postpay when the value is the same? actually it's not at least not for data, fore instance I am on postpay 1000/- I get 900 minutes to saf 100 minutes to other 100 sms 100mb data and 100 bonga points for just 1000/- on prepay the same resources would cost you uward fo 4,500/- so no you can't compare postpay and prepay, for data I buy the 1000/- bundle so per month I spend 2000/-. Thank God they still have zidisha biashara running, got a package just like @Kihara joni's They have given us ONE year.Any information on how biashara zidisha tariff works?http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Safaricom-cites-losses-post-paid-tariff/-/539552/2326348/-/10varud/-/index.html
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/23/2009 Posts: 8,083 Location: Enk are Nyirobi
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My minutes c/f are substantial. If they terminate the postpaid but allow us to use the minutes in pre-paid, hapo sawa. Life is short. Live passionately.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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sparkly wrote:My minutes c/f are substantial. If they terminate the postpaid but allow us to use the minutes in pre-paid, hapo sawa. The tariff is still on till 26th May 2015.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 2/3/2012 Posts: 1,317
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sparkly wrote:My minutes c/f are substantial. If they terminate the postpaid but allow us to use the minutes in pre-paid, hapo sawa. Minutes carried forward cannot be used if you have a balance.
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:My minutes c/f are substantial. If they terminate the postpaid but allow us to use the minutes in pre-paid, hapo sawa. The tariff is still on till 26th May 2015. Yes, only for the existing customers If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 11/15/2013 Posts: 1,977 Location: Here
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Swenani wrote:mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:My minutes c/f are substantial. If they terminate the postpaid but allow us to use the minutes in pre-paid, hapo sawa. The tariff is still on till 26th May 2015. Yes, only for the existing customers 26 may is not that far...55 days away only. The one year we thought was long...imeisha. Any new plans/tariffs/as we were!. Everybody STEALS, a THIEF is one who's CAUGHT stealing something of LITTLE VALUE. !!!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/30/2008 Posts: 6,029
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Boris Boyka wrote:Swenani wrote:mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:My minutes c/f are substantial. If they terminate the postpaid but allow us to use the minutes in pre-paid, hapo sawa. The tariff is still on till 26th May 2015. Yes, only for the existing customers 26 may is not that far...55 days away only. The one year we thought was long...imeisha. Any new plans/tariffs/as we were!. I have just acquired an Airtel on the Kshs 2000 bundle.If they dont retain the tariff, my Safaricom line will only be for receiving calls and mpesa!!!!!!!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 3/2/2009 Posts: 26,328 Location: Masada
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mawinder wrote:Boris Boyka wrote:Swenani wrote:mawinder wrote:sparkly wrote:My minutes c/f are substantial. If they terminate the postpaid but allow us to use the minutes in pre-paid, hapo sawa. The tariff is still on till 26th May 2015. Yes, only for the existing customers 26 may is not that far...55 days away only. The one year we thought was long...imeisha. Any new plans/tariffs/as we were!. I have just acquired an Airtel on the Kshs 2000 bundle.If they dont retain the tariff, my Safaricom line will only be for receiving calls and mpesa!!!!!!! On the same note how much is an airtel modem? I am off with the safcom and my Orange modem imelost kwa sofa! Portfolio: Sold
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