Cell C slashes data bundle prices

oh! Now it makes sense. They're saying 'supersonic surfing'. lol, with up to 21mbps I dont just wana surf. I'd rather go 384kpbs uncapped with mweb. Which BTW is kinda awesome, speed doesnt bother me one bit, atleast im on 24/7.
 
inferno said:
10gig accounts go for R200+- pm, which is R2400 per year. So for R400 more per year (with IS etc), you get TWICE as much gigs.

Seems myadsl has become the marketing mouthpiece for the telco companies, feeding us all their BS.
Click to expand...

ADSL vs 3G? mmmm

let me make it simple....

1990, you're the dude with the line connected to your "radio" controlled car....can only go forwards and backwards...turns when you reverse...

3G is the rich kid with the grasshopper kicking your ass...

kapeesh?
 
Adijcbs said:
oh! Now it makes sense. They're saying 'supersonic surfing'. lol, with up to 21mbps I dont just wana surf. I'd rather go 384kpbs uncapped with mweb. Which BTW is kinda awesome, speed doesnt bother me one bit, atleast im on 24/7.
Click to expand...

see post above...you cannot compare...
and theoretically you are connected 24/7
 
This is great news Cell-C, but when is your speedy network coming to Durban? Not too long I hope.
 
To all the complainers here on MyBB, why don't you do something a bit more useful, and test Cell C's claims of "listening to the customer, and being to different from the rest. Go and tell Trevor. Seriously. Let's see if they are actually listening, or it's a load of marketing BS like any other company.

Se7enty4 said:
Seems like they don't know their maths.
R999 for 24GB = 4.16c per MB
R1999 for 60GB = 3.33c per MB
why do they say 5c on their website ???
Did they misplace their calculators ?
Click to expand...

R1999 is for the data-bundle only. R2999 includes the modem. R2999 / 60 GB = 5c per MB. Did you misplace your brains??
 
okay, i know this is pedantic... but the thread title confused me.
surely a bundle is something added over and above... eg a data or sms bundle on a voice contract.
i'd call this announcement data contracts with bundled modem/hardware.
i'm still waiting for cell-c to announce their "data bundles" which are bolted on to their voice contracts.
or do most people understand this term differently?
 
iCubed.Saajid said:
R1999 is for the data-bundle only. R2999 includes the modem. R2999 / 60 GB = 5c per MB. Did you misplace your brains??
Click to expand...

"5c Per MB" ...
Supersonic02.jpg
24GB @ R999 / 24GB != 5c
Supersonic01.jpg
60GB @ R1999 / 60GB != 5c
 
inferno said:
10gig accounts go for R200+- pm, which is R2400 per year. So for R400 more per year (with IS etc), you get TWICE as much gigs.

Seems myadsl has become the marketing mouthpiece for the telco companies, feeding us all their BS.
Click to expand...

Yes but u still have to pay line rental to telkom plus your phone analog line rental as well
 
How is cellc's coverage? I think you chaps should be happy with this offerings. I like the idea of 5Gig per month max. This keeps the 'power kids' at bay. Otherwise they will kill the speed. If you want to watch a dvd use telkom to download it :D clutter their network not cellc's. 30Gig a month is about 160MB+ a day. Everyday. That's almost 10x more I am using now. But then again I am not addicted 24/7. I am sure, some of you will find 1TB a month not enough . . . (1TB a month is roughly the equivalent of watching 1 HiDef movie a day, every day !)
 
Grhardt said:
160MB+ a day. Everyday. That's almost 10x more I am using now.
Click to expand...

You use less than 16MB/day average? Wow, how do you manage to use so little? I'm curious, is that actually you making an effort to 'ration yourself', or is that really how little you would use 'naturally' if left to your own devices even if bandwidth was cheap like in other countries? I easily use 160MB/day, and that's before I even actually start getting anything useful done or done anything 'fun'. Consider, for example, I have a typical new desktop computer with Windows 7 ... just off the top of my head, the following are minimum requirements I've had to download recently (over Vodacom 3G, ouch, because Telkom can't be bothered to add ADSL ports in our area):
1. Windows updates: +/- 700MB
2. Anti-virus + updates: 100MB+
3. OpenOffice: 130MB+
4. Latest NVIDIA graphics card drivers: 160MB+
5. Motherboard drivers: 70MB
6. Other miscellaneous drivers: 200MB+

Then I also have an laptop, which also needs drivers, Windows updates, anti-virus updates etc., and a few virtual machines, that also need updates. Daily email throughput is at least typically 20 or 30MB. Then I run some basic Rosetta@home (and SETI on the GPUs), that's another maybe couple of 10's of MB's a day, and that's hardly something extreme. Then I have to VNC in to some work machines regularly. Basic transfer of miscellaneous files to/from work and custmoers, typically 30MB to 50MB a day. Web research and referencing for work purposes, easily another 20MB a day. PostgreSQL, 50MB+. xampp, 50MB, TortoiseSVN, 18MB, NVIDIA system tools, 90MB, VirtualBox, 77MB. JDK+Netbeans, 200MB odd. Then many of these apps need to get updates too ... Java, Chrome, FireFox etc. I have one Mac machine that needs about 1GB updates, I'm not even going to try update it at this stage ... in the rest of the world, this would be seen as ridiculous ... while you weren't watching, the computer industry got bandwidth-hungry. I sadly don't even try update my Linux machines/VMs either.

This is just normal usage .. work stuff, updating, drivers, email ... this is before I've even started doing anything fun (and LEGAL), like trying to watch an episode of Colbert Report (which I sadly just can't afford to now) or a few YouTube videos. You talk like actually just simply using the Internet, like most the rest of the world takes for granted, is unreasonable and dodgy and some kind of 'abuse'.

If you aren't even updating your Windows, you are in for serious trouble, like having your Internet banking hacked. Just a small handful of Windows machines updating each month is enough to easily rack up a GB or two a month.

I can't wait for this Cell C thing to be available in my area; it would help save me from the small fortune I'm forced to give Vodacom each month currently. 5GB would be just-just enough for me to 'just get by'.
 
Last edited:
zolly said:
Cell C's service is crap normally, can't imagine how bad it's going to be now :(
Click to expand...

thats my problem with this deal. are we going to be disconnected from the network in the middle of a download because "network busy"?
 
iCubed.Saajid said:
http://i52.tinypic.com/2hmzskm.jpg - 60GB + Modem @ R2999 = R50per GB = 5c per MB
Click to expand...

Your point being?

Se7enty4 pointed out a calculative error and then you go and ask him "Did you misplace your brains??"... How did he misplace his brains if CELL C is the one stating the tariff of 5c per MB right there on (and not with) the R999/R1999 deal? :confused:
 
Hey all, what are the chances of using an E960 Huawei router that I got with Telkom 3G for the Cell C service? Thinking about taking the 60 Gig option for R2000 (will save me the cost of getting their new modem although the e960 is limited to 7.2 Mps).
 
A small catch, nothing to worry about too much yet,

Data usage will be summarized per session in bytes, and billed in 10 kilobyte increments
Hence minimum usage per a connection is 10KB, VDC and MTN minimum is 2KB

Depending on your type of usage, this could have a small impact on your data consumption
 
Gladiator said:
A small catch, nothing to worry about too much yet,
Click to expand...

I think Vodacom et al works the same way ...
eg.
MTN http://www.mtn.co.za/SUPPORT/LEGAL/TERMSANDCONDITIONS/Pages/BasicDataTariffDataBundles.aspx
"A minimum of R0.01 per day will be billed if a session was open but no data was transferred" yada yada

Telkom http://www.telkom.co.za/products_services/w-cdma/telkom_mobi/mobi_anytime_200.html
A minimum of R0.01c will be charged for short data sessions less than 1kb
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X