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I think you're spot on. I too expected much more.Originally Posted by mhmayet
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
Patience dude. If they had to offer wired services we would wait another few years.
"Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies......."
not a bad start. those free minutes won't help much if you not calling anyone but neotell network. for a extra 170 you get almost double the speed and cap, but for some people 386 is fast enough it seems.
Telkom: "Resistance is futile, your money is ours!"
Give me 5Gig at R300 to start with the option to upgrade
I think this is a reasonable offer for ordinary consumers. I spend about R450 on Telkom each month for a 2GB cap (OK its closer to 4GB) and a 384 line. I normally get capped just before the end of the month and spend another R60 for an extra GB.
So for an extra R100 I get a decent speed and double the bandwidth. For most people speed is not the issue, throughput is and this meets this need.
My decision to go with Neotel or not will be based on two factors 1) reception at my house and 2) latency in World or Warcraft.
What configuration would give you double the speed and cap?
Pricing is good. I really don't like capping though. 10GB is still just 10GB, but a lot better than nothing. Hopefully at some point when the undersea cable lands, they'll finally offer us uncapped. I think it's a fair starter product, and I don't mind using it until they roll out fibre and cable to our houses. I'll make a proper decision when they go live in Cape Town.
Can anyone explain 1000 free on-net voice minutes? Is that 1000 minutes any time to a local cell phone? International calls? WHAT IS ON-NET - NEOTEL ONLY? I.E. to start with, you will get NO value whatsoever from it until your friends and neighbours are on it? So for a regular place with a monthly call usage bill of R350, your bill will be more like a grand on Neotel (call charges to mobile providers and telkom are not very different)?NeoConnect Prime provides consumers with a CDMA voice & Internet device, a 2.4 Mbps Internet connection with 10 GB of monthly bandwidth, 1 000 free on-net voice minutes and 50 free on-net SMSs for R 599.00 per month.
I don't think that's a good start personally. It's gonna take time to wean people off Telkom unless you give them significant savings on phone calls too.
Last edited by mancombseepgood; 25-04-2008 at 06:51 AM.
For the reason you supplied, I agree 100%
is this opened in dbn?
R599 - bit too steep for my liking ill stick with my R299 uncapped 64k for a little longer untill the price [if ever] drops
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