Cell C draining airtime BEFORE data bundle is depleted

<p>This is not the first time I've noticed this, but I'm now able to confirm beyond any doubt that this is in fact the case.</p> <p> </p> <p>On 28 November at 19:11pm I had an airtime balance of approximately R14 (luckily not a large amount) before purchasing a R7 daily data bundle of 50MBs, leaving me with a little over R7.</p> <p> </p> <p>At 20:49 I received the SMS notification that the bundle was depleted. As always, by the time the SMS is received, a large amount of OOB airtime has already been depleted as well. Not surprisingly, my airtime balance was at R0.00 when I checked it.</p> <p> </p> <p>What really bothers me though, is the fact that when I checked, not only was my ~R7.00 airtime depleted, but according to the message, I still had 0.47MB remaining on my data bundle. This meant that Cell C drained my airtime BEFORE the data bundle had actually depleted.</p> <p> </p> <p>Now I know 0.47MB isn't a lot of data, but am I wrong to expect that it be used BEFORE my airtime in Rand value?</p> <p> </p> <p>As I've said before, this is not an isolated incident, but this time I have taken screenshots to prove it.</p> <p> </p> <p>If nothing else, this experience has taught me a valuable lesson... Avoid purchasing Cell C data bundles if possible. In the future I will carry my Afrihost MiFi with me to avoid Cell C's questionable practices.</p> <p> </p> <p>I sincerely hope that anyone else who has experienced a similar issue, reads this, and reconsiders their source for mobile data.</p> <p> </p> <p>After this experience, how can one be sure they even accurately and honestly measure data usage?</p>