Capitec says its MVNO's data prices are "arguably" the cheapest on the market

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Capitec Connect says it has the cheapest data on the market — we test its claim

Capitec has released its results for the financial year ended 28 February 2023 and claimed in its annual report that its mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) “arguably” has the cheapest data on the market.

A MyBroadband analysis shows this claim is false, except for very generous readings of the qualifier “arguably”.
 
I was a little hesitant about moving to shoprite because they piggy-back on Cell C (but then they piggy back on mtn and vodacom if memory serves correct) but decided to give it chance a few weeks ago (ported my number from Telkom). So far I've had zero issues with signal even during loadshedding.

I haven't purchased or used a lot of data as I'm generally at home with wifi or at the office with wifi but I deciced to give shoprite a try is because last year I sat without any internet a number of times - 3 times when my openserve line was down and a few times where my area had power outages that lasted longer than my fibre ups, one was around 26hrs. I used a fair bit of mobile data when my fibre was down so shoprite's data prices are very appealing to me as a backup for if/when my line drops or we have blackouts that last longer than my fibre ups.

Plus, my last contract lapsed quite a while back and I moved to prepaid which allows me to port to shoprite/knect and if I don't like it for whatever reason after a few months I can port elsewhere.
 
I was a little hesitant about moving to shoprite because they piggy-back on Cell C (but then they piggy back on mtn and vodacom if memory serves correct) but decided to give it chance a few weeks ago (ported my number from Telkom). So far I've had zero issues with signal even during loadshedding.

I haven't purchased or used a lot of data as I'm generally at home with wifi or at the office with wifi but I deciced to give shoprite a try is because last year I sat without any internet a number of times - 3 times when my openserve line was down and a few times where my area had power outages that lasted longer than my fibre ups, one was around 26hrs. I used a fair bit of mobile data when my fibre was down so shoprite's data prices are very appealing to me as a backup for if/when my line drops or we have blackouts that last longer than my fibre ups.

Plus, my last contract lapsed quite a while back and I moved to prepaid which allows me to port to shoprite/knect and if I don't like it for whatever reason after a few months I can port elsewhere.
That is because CellC is a MVNO as well. They operate on MTN.
 
How long does the MTN sim last though if you don't buy any services on it?
 
The Capitec Connect works for me. I hardly ever use 1Gb per month and previously being on standard Cellc which was R85 for 1GB + 1GB night data, I'm now down to R45 for 1GB straight, that doesn't expire. Always had around 600MB going to waste each month.
The added bonus was signing up without any RICA documents, just my fingerprint at the empty branch.

Working from home has me on WiFi most of the time and only occasionally use data while driving and streaming Spotify while running errands or going to a braai or something at a friend's place.
 
The Capitec Connect works for me. I hardly ever use 1Gb per month and previously being on standard Cellc which was R85 for 1GB + 1GB night data, I'm now down to R45 for 1GB straight, that doesn't expire. Always had around 600MB going to waste each month.
The added bonus was signing up without any RICA documents, just my fingerprint at the empty branch.

Working from home has me on WiFi most of the time and only occasionally use data while driving and streaming Spotify while running errands or going to a braai or something at a friend's place.
This.
I've spent a total of R100 on airtime since October last year. Non-expiring data is more valuable than it appears at first glance.

I make most of my phone calls on Wi-Fi, and I wait until I get home to download stuff.

As for network quality, it's okay most of the time. It seems as if everything goes to hell when the power goes down, and that's the only time that coverage gets flaky.
 
The problem with Fiber is that when load-shedding kicks in, you wait till the power comes back and worse still when a total blackout occurs, you are doomed to go without power for days.
The moment my contract expires, its goodbye fiber. The RAIN data seems to be my best bet, uncapped for less than R600.00 p/m, with a free modem and sim delivered to my doorstep.
 
The problem with Fiber is that when load-shedding kicks in, you wait till the power comes back and worse still when a total blackout occurs, you are doomed to go without power for days.
The moment my contract expires, its goodbye fiber. The RAIN data seems to be my best bet, uncapped for less than R600.00 p/m, with a free modem and sim delivered to my doorstep.
FIbre is always on when there loadshedding, never had issues or know of anybody that does have. Rain is dead for me during loadshedding.
 
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