Cell C ups SIM & connection fees

[Kevin Lancaster]

Cell C hikes contract setup fees by 71%

Cell C has increased its SIM & connection fee for contract customers by 71%

 

[Inevitability]

what if i already have a prepaid SIM and I want to "upgrade"?

 

[Jan]

what if i already have a prepaid SIM and I want to "upgrade"?

Depending on the network (and possibly the type of SIM you have), you may have to pay for a SIM swap. I'm not 100% sure which networks and/or SIMs are affected, though.

 

[signeffex]

Hi

If you migrate from prepaid to contract with Cell C there is no sim and connection fee.
Not sure about the other networks.

 

[LPCPT]

Prepaid here I come. Just waiting for contract to expire. Buy my own phone and to hell with these contracts.

They don't even rollout the android upgrades, just want you to get a newer phone on contract all the time.

Will checkout Telkom mobile. Lot of friends and family on there.

 

[deweyzeph]

How can they justify charging a connection fee for contracts when there is no connection fee for prepaid. Doesn't make any sense.

 

[Spontaneous Interruption]

Can't you just buy your own sim and waive the fee? Quite sure I've done this before but it was with MTN.

 

[signeffex]

Can't you just buy your own sim and waive the fee? Quite sure I've done this before but it was with MTN.

Yes you can. It's better to 1st register a new prepaid number and then do the contract. You won't pay connection fee.

 

[Spontaneous Interruption]

Yes you can. It's better to 1st register a new prepaid number and then do the contract. You won't pay connection fee.

There you go folks... Go save yourselves a connection fee

 

[Napalm2880]

If you take out a new/upgrade your contract with CellC via Sales (084)145, they don't charge a connection fee. It's just the franchises that charge it as far as I know.

That said, the CellC network has all but collapsed, so pay the damn R202 and move to Vodacom.

 

[Polymathic]

If you take out a new/upgrade your contract with CellC via Sales (084)145, they don't charge a connection fee. It's just the franchises that charge it as far as I know.

That said, the CellC network has all but collapsed, so pay the damn R202 and move to Vodacom.

What area are you in?

 

[genetic]

That said, the CellC network has all but collapsed, so pay the damn R202 and move to Vodacom.

Not where I can see.

CellC works perfectly for me.

 

[kianm]

Things that us prepaid people don't even know about

 

[lexis]

Prepaid here I come. Just waiting for contract to expire. Buy my own phone and to hell with these contracts.

+1 Already bought my Zest.

 

[Napalm2880]

What area are you in?

Put it this way - it's difficult to find areas in JHB where Cellc's network does actually work. Call drops and no data throughput seems to be the norm these days.

 

[RazedInBlack]

Cell C quietly increased its SIM & connection fee by 71% from R114 to R195 between July and August 2014, but still remains cheaper than Vodacom and Telkom Mobile.

R195 is not significantly cheaper than R200. Nothing to write home about.

 

[BGE]

I guess CellC now has to compensate for the less than ideal mobile termination rates. It's their own fault that they were willing to hedge their bets on a quasi gov/parastatal decision.

 

[roflbump]

Finding more ways to chase business away.

 

[cozinsky]

I order my phones from Vodacom online shops. Not only do you avoid the pesky queues but they waive the connection fees. I get my phones delivered within a day.

 

[Jan]

Cell C has provided feedback to our questions about the price hike:

"Cell C has not increased its SIM and Connection fee for the past few years. We have now adjusted the fee, which is in line with most of the other market players."