Cape Town car salesman needs 3G data bundle backup

[soup]

Hi Guys

I'm of a used car website salesman, and need to present live data to various car dealerships in and around Cape Town (sometimes further). I currently use CellC as my data bundle, but every now and then it fails me. I have purchased a 3G dongle and was keen to try the 8ta 2+1Gig promotion, but it turns out the data expires after 60 days, so as a backup solution it's not ideal. They do have a 60Gig option that’s open for a year, but the price is too high for a backup data solution.

I would obviously like to buy some data that I can use whenever I need it, so long as it doesn’t expire too soon, a year would be ideal. Typically I would need 10-30mb at a time, but would be happy to purchase a few gigs if the price is right and it doesn’t expire.

Can anyone make a few recommendations as to what’s available, specifically as a 3G sim card solution?

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

The 8ta won't work as you need to connect to an 8ta tower. Personally I buy 500MB of data on my Vodacom top-up phone every two months as my backup connection.

 

[Dean]

Hi Guys

I'm of a used car website salesman, and need to present live data to various car dealerships in and around Cape Town (sometimes further). I currently use CellC as my data bundle, but every now and then it fails me. I have purchased a 3G dongle and was keen to try the 8ta 2+1Gig promotion, but it turns out the data expires after 60 days, so as a backup solution it's not ideal. They do have a 60Gig option that’s open for a year, but the price is too high for a backup data solution.

I would obviously like to buy some data that I can use whenever I need it, so long as it doesn’t expire too soon, a year would be ideal. Typically I would need 10-30mb at a time, but would be happy to purchase a few gigs if the price is right and it doesn’t expire.

Can anyone make a few recommendations as to what’s available, specifically as a 3G sim card solution?

Disclaimer: I've never used 8ta.

I hear what you're saying about needing a cost-effective backup, but more than that, you need a 100% reliable backup. So instead of looking at the cheapest option (I believe that's 8ta), I would rather look at the most robust option - Voda or MTN - seeing as they have the best signal/tower coverage - maybe just get less data than you would have otherwise in order to bring down the cost.

That's just my 2c.

 

[soup]

Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated. Do MTN or Vodacom's data bundles expire though? If I buy 500Megs, will it be there in 6 months time?

 

[sajunky]

Thanks for the feedback - much appreciated. Do MTN or Vodacom's data bundles expire though? If I buy 500Megs, will it be there in 6 months time?

No. But you can try Cell C 3GB R399 smartdata voucher valid for 365 days. Available only in Cell C stores.

 

[Dean]

No. But you can try Cell C 3GB R399 smartdata voucher valid for 365 days. Available only in Cell C stores.

That awkward moment when you give advice having not even read the OP

 

[sajunky]

Yes, I read, but it didn't stay in my mind for long that Cell C "every now and then it fails me". It have problems from time to time (other networks too), but above statement looks unrealistic.

 

[SAdata]

I think MTN's prepaid bundles last for 3 months now. So buy the 300mb bundle for R99 and it will last you for 3 months. Sounds reasonable for a backup solution if you ask me...