| Staff Writer | October 4, 2011 | 3 comments |
MTN, 8ta, Cell C, iBurst, Neotel and Vodacom have all cut their broadband prices recently. Here are some of the best deals.
Last week (29 September) iBurst slashed the price of their capped wireless broadband products. At the same time the company also launched their first uncapped broadband services.
iBurst’s new pricing and products come amidst a torrent of price cuts and new offerings from broadband providers.
It can be challenging to keep track of the best mobile and wireless broadband deals in the market, and the list below may assist you to stay on top of recent changes in the South African broadband market.
iBurst
- Uncapped for R599: Includes an uncapped account (with 1GB daily fair use policy) and a USB or desktop modem on a 24 month contract
- Uncapped+ for R879: Includes an uncapped account (with 3GB daily fair use policy) and a USB or 2Mbps desktop modem on a 24 month contract
- Pro 10 for R198: Includes 10GB of anytime data, 10GB of data to be used between 00:00 and 08:00 and a USB modem on a 24 month contract
- Uncapped Lite for R289: 3GB data bundle, after which service is throttled to 128kbps, but not capped. From 1 October 2011 to 31 January 2012 there will be no throttling. Comes with a MTN F@stlink USB modem on a 24 month contract.
- 2GB promotion for R149: 2GB of data and an MTN F@stlink USB modem on a 24 month contract.
- NeoGo Datacard 2GB for R99: 2GB of data for an upfront payment of R299 and a month-to-month fee (no contract) of R99. A 3GB contract service without any up-front payment is available at R179 which includes the data card.
- 24GB for R1,499: 2GB of data per month for 12 months and a 7.2Mbps data card for R1499 once off.
- 60GB for R2,999: 5GB of data per month for 12 months and a 7.2Mbps data card for R1499 once off.
- Recharge Rewards: Subscribers who recharge with R50 a week and receive 50 bonus SMSs, 50 Cell C to Cell C minutes and 500 Megabytes of data.
- 10GB for R199: 10GB of data per month on a 24 month contract for R199 per month. For R100 per month extra you can get another 10GB to be used between 00:00 and 05:00
- 2GB + 1GB for R149: 2GB prepaid data bundle for R149, with another 1GB which can be used between 00:00 and 05:00
Vodacom is currently running a ‘double your data’ promotion where users will get double the allocated data for Prepaid and Top Up once-off data bundles. This promotion applies to Broadband Standard MyGig 1, MyGig 1.5, MyGig 2 and MyGig 2.5 data bundles purchased between 19 September 2011 and 31 October 2011.
It should be noted that even with the additional data, Vodacom’s data prices remain uncompetitive when compared with the prices listed in this article.
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