Samba Mobile Broadband - Is it Really Free?

Blue_Max

harrym1byt wrote: »

I had already read that. All I had running was the browser downloading the ads, I made a point of shutting down all other processes. The point is that the net effect of downloading the ads was a loss of 26Mb of credit.

which processes did you shut down and how?
BTW. If you need to use mobile internet to watch ads, why not use the data that comes free every month?
There are couple of other threads on this.

harrym1byt

I shut down MS update, java update and all of my software except Firefox.

My credit now stands at 605.1Mb having managed to recover some yesterday. Since when no new ads have been offered until three appeared. I managed to get credit for one, but the other two just did the OOPS! - Try another? at the end, despite several attempts. The Kronenburg and the Grepolis ones keep offering themselves, but I cannot get any credit for watching them, just the OOPS!

louby_lou

Liking this a lot - just ordered one for £1, will be useful when my 3gig 3G sim is used up.

I think like others, I'll top up at weekends on broadband, and use the sim mid week in ipad.

Nice deal.

harrym1byt

louby_lou wrote: »

Liking this a lot - just ordered one for £1, will be useful when my 3gig 3G sim is used up.

I think like others, I'll top up at weekends on broadband, and use the sim mid week in ipad.

Nice deal.

If your experience is anything like mine so far, you will find that you rapidly exhaust the ads which are available. No fresh ads to view for two days. It seems each ad has a maximum number of times you can repeatedly view it over a time. Once watched to the limit, it will not be offered again. I've only been at it almost a week, so maybe they reoffer them after a week.

Credit now 619.1Mb, so not too bad - I won't need to use it untill the weather picks up and we go off in the caravan.

Del_Astra

louby_lou wrote: »

Liking this a lot - just ordered one for £1, will be useful when my 3gig 3G sim is used up.

I think like others, I'll top up at weekends on broadband, and use the sim mid week in ipad.

Nice deal.

How do you get it for a £1, it wants a fiver from me.

EDIT - DOH Found it via hotdeals, then back to here.......

harrym1byt

The Kronenburg ad now seems to be providing credit, I'm being offered ads again and my credit is now up to 657.6Mb.

Fat_Debtor

A complete waste of time if you don't have home BB/wifi.

harrym1byt

I agree!

My credit now is 832.1Mb, but I'm struggling with the HP and Ramen ads not provideing credit having watched them. I just get the OOPS everytime.

Blue_Max

Adverts failing to give credit after watching has always been a problem with Samba. Many people try watching several times but no credit given.
Now it happens as frequent as twice a day. In the 'Ask the Community' section at their site, many people are complaining on a daily basis.
Is this deliberate or not I do not know but its more profit for Samba. Samba get more ad hits as people try several times. Since they don't give credit, its even more profits for them.
If genuinely Samba want to avoid this problem, they could do some tests before releasing to the punters.
I am beginning to feel mifed.
Ovivomobile give free monthly allowanace of 100 calls, 100 SMS and 400 MB data. And I have not had any probs.

harrym1byt

I didn't realise you could make complaints via their FAQ pages, I have complained on their site now.