Broadband pricing comparison

Thats a pretty reasonable price point now - considering thats its a symmetrical business grade service. I wonder if they give fixed IPs on that service?
 
thanks rpm, nice table. pitty neotell's upl is 64k!
 
Despite all the previous threads where everyone has berated Neotel left right and centre on their pricing, the tables indicate it's the best option from a price perspective.
Pity their coverage is so poor and for all the gamers, that it's a wireless service.

Nice post RPM.
 
Is it just me or does it smell like another form of advertisement... Similar article was published here on MyBB like 2 weeks ago, boosting about how iBurtst lowwered their prices blah blah .....

WTF .....
 
10G table

R124.20 - telkom rental
R326.00 - 512k rental
R490.00 - 10g saix
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R940.20

R124.20 - telkom rental
R413.00 - 4mbs rental
R490.00 - 10g saix
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R1027.20

  1. Neotel NeoConnect Prime 2400 Kbps 64 Kbps R599
  2. Neotel NeoFlex 3200 Kbps 1800 Kbps R699
  3. Telkom WiMax 512 Kbps 256 Kbps R940
  4. iBurst WiMax 512 Kbps 512 Kbps R970
  5. iBurst Wireless 1024 Kbps 384 Kbps R999
    [*]DSL 512 512 Kbps 256 Kbps R1026
  6. iBurst WiMax 1024 Kbps 1024 Kbps R1040
    [*]DSL 4 Mbps 4096 Kbps 512 Kbps R1116
  7. Vodacom HSDPA 3600 Kbps 1800 Kbps R1989
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which infact has the 512k in 4rd place before iburst and 4mbs in 6th....
 
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DblD said:
Is it just me or does it smell like another form of advertisement... Similar article was published here on MyBB like 2 weeks ago, boosting about how iBurtst lowwered their prices blah blah .....

WTF .....
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Eh? It's informative... I know I'm way too lazy to do draw up something like this, so it's cool to see how various products compare at a glance.
 
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tjunyat said:
Despite all the previous threads where everyone has berated Neotel left right and centre on their pricing, the tables indicate it's the best option from a price perspective.
Pity their coverage is so poor and for all the gamers, that it's a wireless service.
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Their coverage is imminent :D,

anyways joke aside- they are good price wise. coverage will eventually appear.
 
Interesting comparison. However, the Neotel/iburst services are only cheaper IF you only need 5/10GB international. Those that buy multiple accounts and local only GB will need Telkom DSL/Wimax.
 
What they forget to tell you is Neotel 5GB is actually Neotel 8GB and Neotel 10GB is actually Neotel 15GB and you get charged for the extra bandwidth you never used.
 
RE: Neotel...
I don't know anymore...the device will end up like my sentech unit, gathering dust cause I can't use it or sell it without a ton of hassle for the buyer.
so even if they had a month to month option (wishful) unless there was a second-hand market for the devices, its still better to wait a few months after Seacom comes online.
then the gloves should finally come off all round.
to me it seems they came out just under the competition and then point at technical terms to say how much better they are.
in this country, and in this market I expect a service with 30GB for R200 a month all inclusive would beat any faster service. no matter what speed it comes at.
 
Gaz{M} said:
Interesting comparison. However, the Neotel/iburst services are only cheaper IF you only need 5/10GB international. Those that buy multiple accounts and local only GB will need Telkom DSL/Wimax.
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Neotel at 8c per MB out-of-bundle is not too bad. iBurst is more expensive when it comes to additional bundles...
 
rpm said:
Neotel at 8c per MB out-of-bundle is not too bad. iBurst is more expensive when it comes to additional bundles...
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...but are iBurst no1 when taking in mind; coverage, throughput and overall qaulity ?
 
rpm said:
Neotel at 8c per MB out-of-bundle is not too bad. iBurst is more expensive when it comes to additional bundles...
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... but you do get the option of a 64k throttled service after reaching your cap.

While comparison tables like this are entertaining and hopefully spur service providers to cut their prices, they do tend to overlook vital elements like:

The difference between theoretical speeds and actual speeds. Contract requirements. Choice of equipment (ie no ethernet with NeoConnect) . Choice of bandwidth options (uncapped, local only, competing ISPs, prepaid, data rollover, etc) Out of bundle costs and options. Coverage and availability.
 
Gatecrasher said:
... but you do get the option of a 64k throttled service after reaching your cap.

While comparison tables like this are entertaining and hopefully spur service providers to cut their prices, they do tend to overlook vital elements like:

The difference between theoretical speeds and actual speeds. Contract requirements. Choice of equipment (ie no ethernet with NeoConnect) . Choice of bandwidth options (uncapped, local only, competing ISPs, prepaid, data rollover, etc) Out of bundle costs and options. Coverage and availability.
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what i thought as well....
 
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