chris79 wrote:nakujua wrote:chris79 wrote:MaichBlack wrote:@chris79 - If you talk to me for a minute, it will consume only 0.3 MB of your data. That is 30 cents on a relatively expensive data bundle. How cheap do you think people are? 30 cents!!!
Are we talking about the Kenya who keep sending each other pictures and videos on WhatsApp that gobble MBs at a much much higher rate???
And that exactly is my point. People send these pictures and videos because they CHOOSE to and because they have sufficient bundles to do so. Recieving a whatsapp call takes away the control you have over how your bundles are consumed. The.0.3 MB might sound insignificant to you but that's for only one call. If you make several calls in a day the cost might equal or even surpass the cost of a normal call.
But receiving the images, videos and text also consume data. You can actually choose whether or not to download the video or image. Receiving a text is virtually free of charge.
One can also choose to receive or reject a call - the issue was that people will not want to be charged to receive calls, but we have people who have no issue being charged to receive content images, videos and text.
Receiving texts is not virtually free of charge - its very cheap, you can see what lower data costs can do.