Neotel consumer tariffs revealed

Based on this initial offer, are you going to switch to Neotel?

  • Yes

    Votes: 42 19.9%

  • No

    Votes: 122 57.8%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 47 22.3%
  • Total voters
    211
I think this is a good start by Neotel. When comparing like-for-like services Neotel is certainly a great deal cheaper than any competitor. A lower end offering with a fair usage limit will most likely attract even more interests – I hope Neotel launches such a products taking on Telkom’s DSL384 offering in May.

Great move to bring affordable out-of-bundle rates to consumers. I wonder how many people will prefer a lower usage limit at a reduced price when it is only 7 c per MB out-of-bundle.
 
Which Telkom ADSL provider gives free local on a 10GB cap?
 
Finally! A like for like comparison chart.

Sadly Notel's offer isn't even remotely suitable for my needs. Unless I'm wrong in assuming that it will not perform as good as my 4Meg ADSL line when it comes to gaming. Im tired of all this wireless nonsense. We need competitors with last mile access in fibre or copper form. Is this so hard? Apparently....
 
Like I said earlier in another thread - give the boys a chance. Don't be so quick to judge. Even if they were a cent cheaper or even the same price as Telkom I'd support them.
 
They are certainly cheaper. However as I stated its wireless therefore not suitable. I hope that it causes the others prices to drop though.
 
The same price per GB as Telkom but slower, wow, earth shattering stuff there. I'm not jumping ship for that and crap hardware. It's bloody pathetic that they didn't even undercut Telkom let alone IS on the GB/price.

Looks like we're all set for a duopoly, perhaps there will be a TNO sometime then we can get three ways like on the mobile side.
 
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I really want to know what their pure bandwidth / data connection fees are - I care very little for the minutes and SMSes. One can only hope...
 
1000 free on-Net minutes does not include calls to Telkom/Vodacom/MTN/Cell C. Pathetic. I'm not too impressed.

Is is shaped or unshaped?
 
:( With interest rates going up and tightening the belt, R600 will be a bit steep for the time being.
 
By comparison, the Telkom Closer 5 option R651 for:

Unlimited National Calls during Callmore time (up to an hour a call)
1000 Standard time minutes
Per second billing
4096kbps DSL

This excludes ISP fee. Given this package, I really expected Neotel to come in cheaper...
 
mhmayet said:
By comparison, the Telkom Closer 5 option R651 for:

Unlimited National Calls during Callmore time (up to an hour a call)
1000 Standard time minutes
Per second billing
4096kbps DSL

This excludes ISP fee. Given this package, I really expected Neotel to come in cheaper...
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I think you're spot on. I too expected much more.

Also, 1000 free Neotel minutes are worthless for at least 1 year. Hardly anyone will be on Neotel initially. They could have offered 10 billion minutes wouldn't make a difference.

10Gb cap should be at least 20Gb
 
Just another thought...


The Internet Access component should not be bundled. ISP's should have a way of offering Internet Access on top of the Neotel service. Pretty much the same way ISP's offer services over DSL and other mediums.

Mind you, I'm biased on this due to working for an ISP.
 
My first impression was that this is a poor offering, considering that it is also not possible to use voice and internet simultaneously.
How many e-mail addresses are included?
Is the 10Gb international bandwidth?

I also agree that voice and internet options should be separate items and not be bundled.
 
R599 is to much for most people. I'm not bothered about speed to much. 384Kb s if fine for me. Right now I pay about R430 for my internet (includes all phone line rental costs and 3GB). An extra R170 is not an option for me. With increasing interest rates, petrol prices and elec that R170 can be spent else where.
 
Still a bit pricey, but we can only expect decent price drops one the new undersea cables become operational. We'll just have to be patient :(
 
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