3G prepaid data prices slashed by G-Connect

[jes]

3G prepaid data prices slashed by G-Connect (http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/19161-prepaid-data-prices-slashed.html)

G-Connect reduces their prepaid 3G data prices by more than 50% with new data packages launched

[Odracir]

What the hell, woooosh is way better. Infact it's F'ing Perfect!

[The_Librarian]

Great!

this time I hope they're not bullied into canceling the lower prices...

[TwoCents1000]

A cleverly constructed offer and one that can actually work well for a rtaveller. If I've got it right, for R399 I can do a blend as follows:

200MB WiFi - God knows when, but maybe I'm out of 3G coverage at some time.
3GB DSL - for home use
1.4GB - while mobile

The major downside is that you need to be rocket scientist to figure out which offer works best for you.

[zamicro]

What the hell, woooosh is way better. Infact it's F'ing Perfect!

Yes. For 2 and 1/2 months R399 for G-Connect, I can buy a year of whoosh from CellC...

[Voltron]

On the face of it, this seems like a complicated offer. Are laypeople really gonna want to wade through tables of info before making a decision?

Make your offering simpler. Thats what people want, irrespective how cheap your offering might be.

Check the MWEB or Cell C sites.

[SaiyanZ]

Useful if you need an all in one package.
15c per mb is R150 per GB. Much better than Vodacom/MTN/Telkom/CellC prepaid pricing. CellC sells 1GB for R250. The 30 day expiry is too little however. So it is R399 for 2.66GB of data that has to be used up in a month. In a year you would spend R4800 for 31.92GBs. There's even a 15 day package! To pay R299 for 15 days of internet sucks. In a year you would spend R7200.

If you're smart you would go for CellC's 5GB per month for 12 months R1999 (60GB for R1999) bundle deal which works out close to 3c per mb. i.e around 5 times cheaper. Even the 2GB per month R999 deal works out around 4c per mb.

[rph72]

I will stick with FNB Connect's 3G data, thank you. Their data does not expire & I can use my eBucks to top up. Hopefully their price will drop below 59c/mb eventually.

[B.I.G.]

Me too, G-Connect is just way complicated...

[Buzybuy]

Good to see competition picking up in the mobile market.

[FrancTheTank]

3G priority is still at R150/gig which is not that bad, but Cellc still out-classes it by 100% (R149/2Gig)


Dear Admin or Staff writer,

Please keep your column headings in the same order, it lends to easier comparison.

Thanks

[jxharding]

i've got cell c whoosh 5gig, but unfortunately for me the speeds are a bit slow , due to overcongestion (official word from Cell c)
so i need to look at something else apart from Telkom

this R399 per month for 2.5gig is not bad, that is why im looking at this solution whilst i know that cell c is available

how do i connect to G-Connect? do i just buy a sim card from them? im only interested in the 3G connection

[Dixie]

Dear Admin or Staff writer,

Please keep your column headings in the same order, it lends to easier comparison.

Thanks

JFC! Now I realise why I was so confused :mad:

I would not have been so diplomatic...

[G-Connect]

i've got cell c whoosh 5gig, but unfortunately for me the speeds are a bit slow , due to overcongestion (official word from Cell c)
so i need to look at something else apart from Telkom

this R399 per month for 2.5gig is not bad, that is why im looking at this solution whilst i know that cell c is available

how do i connect to G-Connect? do i just buy a sim card from them? im only interested in the 3G connection

Please PM me your contact number and I'll get one of our call centre agents to give you a call and help you get started.

[HideInLight]

Do you connect via the Vodacom 3G network?
Also would you have access to HSPA?

[Polemus]

great stuff.... however... i'll rather pay more for a service which is less complicated

[zaidmo]

this is so confusing!
with 3 different price plans per package, what is the benefit of G-Connect?
For dsl - i can use telkom
For 3g, I can use a sim from CellC / MTN
In a wifi zone, I use 3g if available, or worst case - I purchase time-based access

i dont understand G-Connect's value proposition.
Is it to simplify things? I dont see it.
There pricing ain't competitive at all.

[CeeBee]

@Hideinlight <<"Do you connect via the Vodacom 3G network?
Also would you have access to HSPA?>>

jip, uses the Vodacom network, so same speeds & coverage as VC.
I have 2 sims on Gconnect for office guys.... whats great about Gconnect for me is I can have one account and have multiple guys use it, and top up as needed.
sometimes when I run out of ADSL data i use the same account to connect ADSL too.
Must still get more Gconnect sims.... on normal a tad more expensive than VC for small bundles (for sales guys) but much easier to monitor & top up one account, than each guy's VC prepaid sim, especially considering that *****ty Vodacom & V4me site that doesnt work more often than not, to monitor & topup.
And on normal the data doesnt expire in 2 months.
Now its even cheaper, so can get a bigger bundle and have the 'power users' on too:-)

[HideInLight]

@CeeBee thx

Would of been really cool if the 15c/meg was for R300 on 30 days though. That I would get in a heartbeat.