Econet says Oops! There will be no free data today (11 May) from 6:30pm, that was yesterday

Leonard Sengere

11 May 2023

Econet sent out messages saying they would be offering free data to all their customers from 6:30pm today (the 11th of May) to 3am on the 12th of May. We figured it was an apology for the outage their network faced over the past few days.

Well, it turns out the message was inaccurate. Econet offered free data last night (Wednesday), from 6:30pm on the 10th to 3am on the 11th (today). It’s just that they didn’t announce that they would be opening the taps for everyone.

This is what the message should have read,

Dear Customer. We offered you FREE DATA from 6.30 pm (10 May) to 3am (11 May), while our teams were working to resolve the technical challenges.

So, as some pointed out, they were able to browse for free on Econet’s network yesterday. If you missed out, you missed out, there will be no free data today. Ignore the message you received from Econet. They will be sending out one shortly telling you the same.

Please tell someone who might be gearing up to open those torrents at 6:30pm. If you do that you will only deplete your own data bundle.

I imagine Econet is going to face all kinds of insults for this move. Yanking the free data carrot that had been dangled in front of us like this stings. Not after the week they just had.

Also read:

Econet facing widespread service outage

Broadband, Connectivity

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Isaac

11 May 2023 18:04

Hah guys, was prepared for this apa it’s only 26 minutes left now and you say that’s history 😭

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1. Leonard Sengere
  
  11 May 2023 18:12
  
  We were all geared up Isaac 🤣
  
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2. Junior4ANC
  
  12 May 2023 08:43
  
  Kune vanhu vari kuti Free data raiva fake hazvizi zvo …Free data raiveko musiwa 10 may 2100 Upto 11 May 0230.Iyo message iyo Message iyo
  kwakunyepa .Sorry kune vasina kurara neZuro makamirira Free data rakatopfura and it was technical fault they didn’t mean give us that data freely for those hours without any restrictions…..Nezuro ndakashandisa internet zvandisati ndamboita pasi .Between 2100 to 0230 pafree data ranaZuro …Thanks to that problem ndakatoita zvese zvandaita zvese .Coz kuita rekutanga chairo ndaitoda 15gig……………Dai zvakaitika futi….(FAKE Message Rara,Zvako.Dear Customer. We offered you FREE DATA from 6.30 pm (11 May) to 3am (12 May), while our teams were working to resolve the technical challenges.]
  
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2Ten

11 May 2023 18:18

Yesterday there was no network in Bindura guess that’s why we didn’t notice anything

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Anonymous

11 May 2023 18:34

Someone is not doing his or her work right at econet Zimbabwe.y sending those messages to their clients????

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Peace Sithole

11 May 2023 18:36

Someone is not doing his or her work right at econet Zimbabwe..y sending those useless messages now.

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Topi Mafana

11 May 2023 18:53

Haha and Econet keeps on shooting itself in the foot. How can they say the message was for nezuro when the dates are clearly stated? Maybe if there hadn’t put the dates it would be understandable.

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Bigger

11 May 2023 19:44

Econet is useless these days

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Don Swae

11 May 2023 19:49

Ah ah ah
kana iko kunyima kwacho, how does
Econet give me data then tell me the next day after it expired
gasses, nigga how

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Tada

11 May 2023 20:13

I received the message this evening and I was wondering for the why??? The times they mentioned weren’t adding up only to realise that they are telling me something useless 🤣

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The Empress

11 May 2023 20:35

An apology Zimbabwean style. We gave you free data yesterday as an apology but we’ll only tell you about it today !
But let’s be honest if they did it any other way Econet would be reporting a loss this quarter because of the truly epic amounts of data that people would use in those few hours!
Remember Econet is a local company they know exactly how we think.
Picture the aftermath after a swarm of locusts have gone through a field. Moderation when it comes to free stuff is not how Zimbabweans roll! 😂😂

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Miracle Data

11 May 2023 21:23

😄 What an insincere offer! ‘Hey, by the way, I gave you free data! Isn’t that great? What, it’s not working? Hahaha, silly guy! That was for yesterday! Didn’t you notice? Well, you obviously should have been on your phone with no data trying to use miracle data from 1830 to 0300 like a normal person! Anyway, you are welcome! Thank me anytime, no pressure!’

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1. The Empress
  
  11 May 2023 22:33
  
  You are so right! Econet was very insincere with their apology. How many of us are so bored that they try browsing on their phones when they know that they have no data? It doesn’t make sense!
  It would have been far better if Econet hadn’t bothered, those sms’s they sent just added insult to injury.
  
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  1. T
    
    12 May 2023 02:15
    
    Sure sure
    
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2. Isaac
  
  11 May 2023 23:53
  
  😂 that’s so brutal
  
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Fungzo mane

11 May 2023 21:43

Econet services are horrible these days honestly wats going on with this company they seriously need replacing.

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1. Budiriro 4
  
  12 May 2023 02:17
  
  Kuno tatojaira manje 5kbps speed LTE iyoyo
  
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2. Budiriro 4
  
  12 May 2023 02:17
  
  Kuno tatojaira manje 5kbps speed LTE iyoyo…
  
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Admire Manyangadze

12 May 2023 00:12

Dear Customer. We offered you FREE DATA from 6.30 pm (11 May) to 3am (12 May), while our teams were working to resolve the technical challenges.

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Admire Manyangadze

12 May 2023 00:17

I received that message above👆👆at 16:41,Thursday.I havent received the data yet..

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Anonymous

12 May 2023 07:38

We were supposed kufembera kuti we have been give data. Econet so

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1. Junior4ANC
  
  12 May 2023 08:43
  
  Kune vanhu vari kuti Free data raiva fake hazvizi zvo …Free data raiveko musiwa 10 may 2100 Upto 11 May 0230.Iyo message iyo Message iyo
  kwakunyepa .Sorry kune vasina kurara neZuro makamirira Free data rakatopfura and it was technical fault they didn’t mean give us that data freely for those hours without any restrictions…..Nezuro ndakashandisa internet zvandisati ndamboita pasi .Between 2100 to 0230 pafree data ranaZuro …Thanks to that problem ndakatoita zvese zvandaita zvese .Coz kuita rekutanga chairo ndaitoda 15gig……………Dai zvakaitika futi….(FAKE Message Rara,Zvako.Dear Customer. We offered you FREE DATA from 6.30 pm (11 May) to 3am (12 May), while our teams were working to resolve the technical challenges.]
  
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Thamu

12 May 2023 08:39

Chero musi wa10-11 wacho harina kumboshanda kwedu kwaive kusina network kulLower Gwelo. I actually had bought daily data bundle that I failed to use till it’s expiry. To me it’s broad daylight robbery

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Anonymous

12 May 2023 10:02

Musatidero vekuEconet muri hama dzedu wani

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Skinny pig

12 May 2023 10:16

Piss boiling by Econet, l only chewed for an hour from 2am the download speeds top notch which is an insult if you ask me nxaa

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Data mafia

12 May 2023 10:18

This is going to enroge me 😂😂

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FreeWorld

12 May 2023 10:20

They got hacked since 1901 Econet has never given out data,they are just trying to save face these c*nts

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Inspector Muregedze

12 May 2023 11:40

Econet people are a bunch of Fools who don’t know what they are doing

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Boss

12 May 2023 19:45

Econet guys please be wise going forward.what was the use yekuudza vanhu zvnhu zvapfuura???dei makango nyarara kuti ziro pasina kana nyaya mufunge.

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Tin tin

12 May 2023 21:58

I enjoyed this data, Yoh it’s been a long span since my last purchase of data. Thumbs up econet.

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CCCC Member

13 May 2023 06:52

Aaaaah they sent us the message zvapfuura imbwa dzevanhu econet

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