Seems this problem with the data is not only with Telkom mobile, chatting to a mate yesterday he told me he also got whacked with an insane bill last month.

It seems people take out contract with data packages, what you don't take note of is the small print or the finer details, like Telkom you get 350 meg free data, they just don't tell you that it is only Telkom data and not data to other networks, you have to actually buy data to other networks otherwise you get billed at R1.00 per meg. You can buy packages which will save you a little, but you don't get the bundles at the same rate as the Telkom mobile data bundle, you pay more for the data to other networks a lot more.

It also seems to be the case with airtime, MTN to MTN for example cost x amount but if you call another network form an MYN phone it cost you a different rate.

Just more scams the cellphone companies have managed to get away with, to rip off the public, and boy are we collecting, people are so dazzled by smart phones and what looks like a deal they are not reading the contracts properly and understanding what they are getting themselves in for.

SOMETHING YOU NEED TO BE VERY CAREFUL OF...using data and airtime in "OPEN CONTRACTS" (for all networks)which is a method the cellphone companies use to rip a hole your backside, by the time you realise what happened you could be in for a whack of a bill. What I did to overcome this problem is I have limited the contract s to what ever they offered ie...if I am offered 350 meg then that is what my limit is, once I reach this limit they cannot just bill me R1.00 per meg I have to reload using a voucher, only then can I load more data then I don't buy Telkom data because it is useless, I buy Telkom to other network data, which is more expensive but seems to work a lot faster.

I have noticed up to 5 Mbps for other networks, but if I use Telkom data, I am lucky to get download speeds of over 0.7 Mbps download speed.