MTN's new Pi plans offer highly competitive prices for month-to-month data

[mylesillidge]

MTN's new data plans a game-changer in South Africa

MTN's new Pi plans offer highly competitive prices for month-to-month mobile data in South Africa, a MyBroadband comparison of 17 networks' prices shows.

South Africa's second-largest mobile network operator rolled out its Pi suite of mobile and Home Internet products on 30 March 2026.

 

[Quicks]

"While a month-to-month package requires several days’ notice for cancellations"

Why not make it available for prepaid customers. So you need to be on some sort of contract, but also not and have to get the SIM directly from MTN?

That's just weird.

 

[TheOracle]

You can get 6GB for R60 from Airmobile


I also must rather deal with Afrihost than MTN.

What about WiFi calling?

 

[Smiggles]

Queue the person that only uses 500mb a month because he has WiFi at home stay at home 24/7 and doesn’t go out and saved millions. I’ll stick with Capitec connect.

 

[Quicks]

You can get 6GB for R60 from Airmobile
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I also must rather deal with Afrihost than MTN.

What about WiFi calling?

But Afrihost don't offer this "Unused data can roll over for up to 12 months"

So you buy the 80GB bundle for R400 and should be valid for 1 year.

 

[cavedog]

But Afrihost don't offer this "Unused data can roll over for up to 12 months"

So you buy the 80GB bundle for R400 and should be valid for 1 year.

Thats not how it works... Pi is not a once off service it's a monthly package so how would you buy the 80GB bundle?

 

[Quicks]

Thats not how it works... Pi is not a once off service it's a monthly package so how would you buy the 80GB bundle?

Pretty much like Airmobile is working now. Maybe if it's prepaid SIM, buy airtime and pay for the bundle.

Okay wait, maybe misunderstanding how this works? So you're saying you have to buy data every month on this service for it to work? So you have to subscribe to the package when purchasing the SIM?

So it's basically on contract, but you can cancel it anytime with a 7 days notice.

Makes sense now.

Clearly misunderstood the purpose of it. I need more coffee, still half a sleep.

 

[cavedog]

Pretty much like Airmobile is working now. Maybe if it's prepaid SIM, buy airtime and pay for the bundle.

Okay wait, maybe misunderstanding how this works? So you're saying you have to buy data every month on this service for it to work? So you have to subscribe to the package when purchasing the SIM?

So it's basically on contract, but you can cancel it anytime with a 7 days notice.

Makes sense now.

Clearly misunderstood the purpose of it. I need more coffee, still half a sleep.

Yeah it's a monthly service. You have to select a bundle to pay for on a monthly basis. I guess you can upgrade to the R400 and then downgrade to the 5GB bundle. Not sure what the upgrade and downgrade rules are like.

Also the topup bundles you can buy as an extra is only between 1 and 10GB and those are only valid for 30 days from date of purchase. They don't roll over.

I think so far the only real decent deal from Pi are the current running promos. After that it's just okay not wow. Afrihost Air Mobile prepaid and topup with the R60 for 6GB promo beats any mobile network by far on prepaid. Even Pi's promo topup prices are more expensive than Air Mobile.

 

[OkPlankton]

I remember trying to get superflex. Finally ordered it online. Got the e-sim email after like 3days of signing up. The app never worked so I couldn’t self rica, so the e-sim was useless.

Went to like 3 stores and they couldn’t help me because only certain stores dealt with superflex.

MTN continued debiting me for like 6months after I cancelled.

What a **** experience. Reminds me of having ADSL with Telkom.

Signed up with Melon Mobile and everything was in order in a few minutes.

 

[deweyzeph]

Better to go through Afrihost than ever have to deal with MTN directly.