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 Why Does Our Telco Want to Sell Quota Based Plans, Yet Only Wants Us to Use In Phones?

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post Nov 8 2022, 11:39 AM

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QUOTE(petpenyubobo @ Oct 17 2022, 08:40 PM)
Recently I have noticed that some telcos despite selling quota based plans such as Maxis Hotlink Unlimited Plan with Unlimited Hotspot (50GB FUP) and Yes 4G all have started restricting their subscribers from using their SIMs in modems.

Why is that permitted when we're already paying for each GB utilization?

What difference does it makes if I consume the same amount of GB in my phone or through my wireless modem when I'm restricted with the same amount of data I bought?
You mean 100GB if I download on my phone is different from downloading it on my PC using a wireless modem?

There are a few sly reasons why those telcos are implementing unfair practices like this:

1) They want to force you to only use their own supplied 4G modems with their overpriced wireless broadband plans which costs no less than RM120/month. Example: Yes Wireless Fibre RM148/mth or Maxis Home 4G WiFi RM138/mth

2) They only want you to buy their 5G phones of limited models supported by them so that you sign up with their dreadful 2/3 years contracts which gets you tied down with exorbitant fees.

I'm starting to think that this 5G model is a dirty tactic to force consumers to pay even more for increased ARPU.
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Maxis celcom digi running for decades. they already have VERY PRECISE user "usage" pattern statistic.

i pretty sure they know, Example

all Postpaid user with Data = average monthly consume 10~15gb? ( AVerage )
So if they offer data pack with 50gb, they still use 15gb average.

the Average is going lower if Prohit user to hotspot it.




so, 50GB monthly is just a number.
at the most, per user only consume 10~15GB

If they dont set Hotspot limit, chances are.. avererage per user might shoot up to 30GB or even max.

 

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