Hi Dan,

I used Firefox on my laptop.

Update: Tried accessing with Zero balance SIM (both Chrome and Firefox),
WIkipedia homepage is loaded once and that's all. You can't access any
other page or reload.

Best.

- Enock
UMaT, Tarkwa
enockseth.github.io

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 7:59 PM, Dan Foy <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi Enock,
>
> I'm looking into the problem you described, and needed to check on one
> additional detail.   Which browser are you using when you experience the
> billing / lack of banners?   I notice that many users in Ghana are using
> the Opera browser.  If you were using that before, can you try the standard
> browser on your phone (usually Chrome on Android) and let us know if that
> works?
>
> Thanks!
> Dan
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Enock Seth Nyamador <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Adele,
>>
>> >Thank you for flagging the issues described below. For future reference,
>> feel free to add me >directly when you need my attention and/or reply.
>>
>> You're welcome. Noted.
>>
>> >As far as I understand, you - Enock - used WP through MTN and was
>> charged. On top of that, >no free WP banners were displayed both on the
>> desktop version and mobile version. Is that >correct? If that is the case,
>> we will have to investigate with MTN.
>>
>> Exactly.
>>
>> >Please confirm if you were using m.wikipedia.org (mobile site) when the
>> banners flashed and >didn't display correctly. That is not an expected
>> behavior and if confirmed, we will follow up >internally and also with MTN.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>
>> GH Wikimedians,
>>
>> If you're using MTN in your smartphone your help will be very useful.
>>
>> PS: I know the banner isn't displayed in the desktop version :).
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> - Enock
>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>> enockseth.github.io
>>
>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Adele Vrana <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, Asaf for sending this thread directly to us.
>>>
>>> Hi Enock,
>>>
>>> Thank you for flagging the issues described below. For future reference,
>>> feel free to add me directly when you need my attention and/or reply.
>>> As far as I understand, you - Enock - used WP through MTN and was
>>> charged. On top of that, no free WP banners were displayed both on the
>>> desktop version and mobile version. Is that correct? If that is the case,
>>> we will have to investigate with MTN.
>>> Please note that we don't show "Free Wikipedia" banners on the desktop
>>> version as part of the Wikipedia Zero program. Only the mobile site
>>> displays banners so it's expected that you won't see the WP Zero banner
>>> when using WP's desktop version.
>>> Please confirm if you were using m.wikipedia.org (mobile site) when the
>>> banners flashed and didn't display correctly. That is not an expected
>>> behavior and if confirmed, we will follow up internally and also with MTN.
>>>
>>> Dan Foy, our technical partner manager, is on vacation this week. We
>>> will have to wait for him to come back to the office next week to properly
>>> follow up on this.
>>>
>>> Enock - I will be awaiting for your reply on the questions above. It
>>> will be really helpful to better understand your experience.
>>>
>>> Rexford and others - If you would like to volunteer to test the service,
>>> please make sure you are using the mobile version of Wikipedia (
>>> m.wikipedia.org). Please pay special attention to the banner behavior
>>> and data charges.
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Adele
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 4:50 AM, Asaf Bartov <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I am explicitly CCing Adele and Dan to ensure they see this.  I'm
>>>> afraid I don't have enough information to help, myself.
>>>>
>>>>    A.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:24 AM, Nkansah Rexford <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thus, I understand you as, when (kindly confirm if below conditions
>>>>> are so)
>>>>>
>>>>>    - you opened the Desktop Version on the PC, no banner was shown
>>>>>    - you opened the Mobile Version on PC, the banner 'flashed'.
>>>>>    Nothing banner-ish showed afterwards
>>>>>    - you opened the Mobile Version on Mobile, no banner was shown
>>>>>
>>>>> Its good you've brought this up. I'm sure Adele is on this list, plus
>>>>> if that's the case, then we'll kindly ask Adele to look into that for us.
>>>>>
>>>>> thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Enock Seth Nyamador <[email protected]>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> When I tried the mobile version of Wikipedia on PC. The banner just
>>>>>> flashed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> - Enock
>>>>>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>>>>>> enockseth.github.io
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Nkansah Rexford <
>>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did you see the Wikipedia Zero banner or anything of that sort,
>>>>>>> indicating you're browsing for free in your browser?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tuesday, July 14, 2015, Enock Seth Nyamador <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Is been a long time I tried using Wikipedia Zero [1] from MTN Ghana
>>>>>>>> on PC. I remember I started using WP Zero before it was announced
>>>>>>>> officially; that during the piloting.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yesterday, I tried to access Wikipedia from MTN thinking Zero is
>>>>>>>> still in control. By the time I realized my 60 GHp was no where to be 
>>>>>>>> found
>>>>>>>> after visiting just two pages.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I don't know if the problem is from me or MTN. If you're using MTN
>>>>>>>> I'll plead with you to try on your PC and Smartphones so we can know 
>>>>>>>> what
>>>>>>>> is actually going on.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_Zero
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> - Enock
>>>>>>>> UMaT, Tarkwa
>>>>>>>> enockseth.github.io
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>> <http://khophi.co/about>
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