Best Mobile Data Contract with Mifi device?

[faniebraai]

My kids are causing me bankruptcy with their mobile data usage.

I was thinking of getting a mifi device that they can take to school.

Any deals I should be looking at? The best I've found is this one from Vodacom:


Any other suggestions similarly priced?

 

[_paul_]

Telkom have a good deal at the moment 40GB for R299.00

That's split 20GB day and 20GB night data

 

[LPCPT]

You definitely want to make sure that OOB is not an option.

 

[faniebraai]

Telkom have a good deal at the moment 40GB for R299.00

That's split 20GB day and 20GB night data

what device do you get with it? need mifi

 

[Blue Black]

Cell C has that Giga Pack deal:

• 50GB Any time data
• 150GB 12-6a.m.
• Prepaid: 365 days to use it up
• R 1 000 once-off

This translates to, per month:
• 4 GB anytime data
• 12 GB 12-6a.m. data

Ask around if you can set monthly limits using the Cell C app.

This should save you an arm and a leg, just confiscate the phones at night so they do not stay up surfing the web.

Hope this helps.

Edit:

Assuming two kids:

The vodacom deal costs about R 1 000 after 5 months, making Cell C's cheaper:

Vodacom Deal after 2 years:
• R 5 000 total
• 120 GB anytime data
• 120 GB night data

Cell C deal after 2 years:
• R 4 000 total — each kid has his/her own data
• 100 GB anytime data
• 300 GB night data

A big consideration would be the upfront payment.

Second edit:

I just checked on my app and you cannot set a monthly limit. Instead, there is an option to transfer airtime, perhaps someone may chip in and let us know if it is possible to transfere data; this way, you could better manage both your kids Internet usage.

 

[epah]

Remember if you buy the cell c deal they will use it all within a month, I promise you. So rather stick with a top up contract so they at least get their allocation each month.

 

[Space]

LTE router + 30 GB data per month at R329 x 24 a good deal ?

Game (no longer working with Cell-C after their very public breakup), is currently offering this Vodacom deal:

Vodafone R216 LTE Cat-4 MiFi router with 30 GB data per month
at R329 pm x 24 on 30 GB data price plan

“Never to be repeated! was R599 pm x 24”

Can anyone confirm whether all of this is Anytime data and for the whole 24 months (some deals catch you out with extra data for only 1, 3 or 12 months)

Comparing to Telkom Mobile they charge R699 pm for 30 GB shared data on FreeMe Family (SIM only / BYOD)
or R399 for 30 GB Anytime on a LTE/LTE-A SmartBroadband Wireless once-off data bundle
Telkom has a similar Huawei LTE MiFi router for an additional R999 once-off

Cell-C also ask R999 cash for their “LTE pocket router” or R40 pm x 24
Cell-C offer 20 GB per month of Total Data (= 10 GB Anytime) at R199 pm x 24 (SIM only / BYOD)
or at R299 pm x 24 they offer 40 GB Total Data (= 20 GB Anytime)

CelluCity have the Vodafone R216 LTE Cat-4 MiFi router for R899 cash and at R499 pm x 24
with 40 GB of Total data (= 20 GB Anytime)

Does the Game deal sound like a good one or is there a better 30 Gig mobile data deal out there ?

Should one rather wait to see what Mobile LTE-A deals RAIN offers by year-end ?