Twitter Reacts To Econet Hiking Data Tariffs

Staff Writer

16 July 2019

If you’re an Econet subscriber you might have woken up to a bitter surprise as the largest Telecoms provider raised data prices once again. They did the same with SMSs but that didn’t anger as many people (obviously).

The reactions to this hike were a mixed bag with some finding it funny and some genuinely irritated at the ever-rising cost of data.

Data has gone up again. Its not Zimbabweable anymore. @econet what nonsense is this????#Zimbabwe
— Lady Nonnoe (@Buhlee26) July 15, 2019

Econet data goes up‼️ pic.twitter.com/6B5F1NwjFP
— 🇿🇼 ZANU PF PATRIOTS 🇿🇼 (@zanupf_patriots) July 15, 2019

The joy of seeing econet raise data when I'm out of the cow-n tree-y

Ka feeling kemunhu onoroa pic.twitter.com/adGxoZhDWl
— musoro bangu (@circumcised2011) July 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/mimmie097/status/1150706176214142977

Believe it or not , that's not a woman and a mango , it's @econet and our data 😭😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/lZSlIaBG2c
— YoungBlood (@MayibongweBongo) July 9, 2019

https://twitter.com/paul_nyabando/status/1150561838544883713

A God-fearing organization…

Econet has done the things again 😩😩😩data has gone up again 🤦🏽‍♀️$12 a day for just 2gig🤢 pic.twitter.com/4pQ6Fbs8OW
— Mea🇿🇼 (@Savage_Damsel_) July 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/iamProphecyZW/status/1150639700035743744

I was just trying to buy 1G of data 😂hezvo @econet_support pic.twitter.com/GUNIg6PVK5
— Bree🤍👑 (@_Brenda_Tafara) July 15, 2019

https://twitter.com/ToddTMangenje/status/1150640420881346560

How can econet increase their prices as though their services are reliable?? Balance me.
I can buy data and it won't work; and will they give u back your money? Nope.
I can try to buy data and it'll fail.
I can try to buy data and it'll say that it failed but it actually didn't.
— your boyfriend's best friend (@Nasibu12fkcn3) July 15, 2019

@econetzimbabwe @econet_support this is good, gives me the energy to work because how else will I afford your data? 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 pic.twitter.com/3rY1bIHa7c
— Sir Alchemist 👑 (@macdonnaldtm) July 15, 2019

50% price hike on Econet data bundles. This makes it 600% hike since beginning of the year. Anyone with prices from competition for comparison pic.twitter.com/Ahe2MXN8Wq
— Mlungisi Dube (@OkaPhusisa) July 15, 2019

New Econet data tariffs.. you’ll see them when you wake up 😂😂😂
— VaTinashe (@PTChimusoro) July 14, 2019

So @econetzimbabwe @econet_support your Data is too expensive then after that your network is intermittent. You can't rely on it anymore. Please fix your network signals before we switch to other services. l am in Harare. That second line is Econet, compare your signal to Netone pic.twitter.com/lPnm43ys5y
— Malvin🇿🇼 (@MalvinWilson2) July 15, 2019

These are just a few of the reactions online but more importantly, do you think the company is justified in raising tariffs?