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I am near the end of my contract with MTN (Procall 120). I want to upgrade my contract to get around 240 minutes of "free" air time per month. I started looking at the other MTN offerings and was not impressed. I went to the Vodacom site but found it very confusing, and didn't find anything comparable.

Is there an independent site or FAQ comparing the different contracts from the various providers? I searched this part of the forum but didn't pick anything up..

Thanks!
 
If you stay with MTN you will probably not qualify for any good deals as this would be an upgrade not a new contract. You could port your number to Vodacom for example and get "new line" deals there. Game has some good offers www.game.co.za
 
I started to write a program that would do this for you, but I got sidetracked. Perhaps I should pick it up again... because no, there is no real comparison available (unless someone has created one).
 
I'm on talk 240 with vodacom and pay, including vat R460.00. Thats with 240mins anytime. My bill is sometimes double that and will be going onto some other talk plan soon (contract has just about ended)

I did get a dvd player with contract.


I dont no how that compares to anything else, becuase, quite honestly, i havent bothered to check out other deals, but i will with my next contract. Might even port.....
 
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Boodles said:
I'm on talk 240 with vodacom and pay, including vat R460.00. Thats with 240mins anytime. My bill is sometimes double that and will be going onto some other talk plan soon (contract has just about ended)
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Had a quick look - pretty much on a par with the Procall 220 at MTN. Just under 10% more expensive for a 10% increase in anytime minutes.

The Vodacom site doesn't say how the billing works. Is it like most MTN packages: Calls charged for the first minute (or part thereof) and thereafter in 30 second increments?

I would definitely switch for per-second billing. Have even thought of moving to Virgin for this.
 
brendonwp said:
Had a quick look - pretty much on a par with the Procall 220 at MTN. Just under 10% more expensive for a 10% increase in anytime minutes.

The Vodacom site doesn't say how the billing works. Is it like most MTN packages: Calls charged for the first minute (or part thereof) and thereafter in 30 second increments?

I would definitely switch for per-second billing. Have even thought of moving to Virgin for this.
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On vodacom's "S" packages, like talk 100S - it's per second billing from the first second. :-) I'm on a talk 100S, well I was. I got a letter that they aren't putting up the fees, but giving me and extra 20 minutes per month...so i guess it's a talk 120S
 
Does anyone offer contracts that include minutes and data or a combonation of them.. I have ProCall 120 but want minutes and data.. on contarct.
 
@(DmZ)Wrecky
Add a data bundle to your contract - I've done that with my ProCall 120. 350MB for R220 isn't bad.

@Gunny
I've seen a Talk240 and a Talk200S, where only the Talk200S is per second. I would prefer Talk240S but it isn't on the web site??
 
You could go with the MyChoice option from MTN.

"MyChoice now gives you have the freedom to spend your inclusive value on anything from calls, to downloading data."

I'm on the MyChoice 300 and everything from calls, to data and SMS's all come off your allocated Rand amount. I realise that the data is a R2 per meg but I only use it rarely, so don't really feel the need to include any data package.

http://www.mtn.co.za/?pid=5816
 
The Mychoice contracts is basically prepaid contracts. You basically load say R330 each month and can then get R300 "credit" to use as you please. This is also unfortunately why you don't get any good phone deals on them. Vodacom got the same thing with their "Top up" packages.

So technically it's not really what i would consider getting "free data and minutes" inclusive. You are paying for everything. Only diff from prepaid is the lower call rates.

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I posted this in another thread, but maybe it's better here. Just a comparison of two specific contracts [and maybe we can start something like this]:


Quick Comparison of 2 "leisure" bundles, usually you get some nice phone deals on them too.
Vodacom Weekender Everyday VS. MTN MyCall 100

Monthly Subscription : R135 [Both]

Vodacom Rates

Peak [Same/Different Network] : R1.80 / R2.75
OffPeak : R0.90 / R0.95
SMS [Peak/Offpeak] : R0.80 / R0.35
Happy Hour : R1.49

MTN Rates

Peak [Same/Different Network] : R1.80 / R2.75
OffPeak : R0.88 / R0.95
SMS [Peak/Offpeak] : R0.75/ R0.75


Now based on that, you get Free Stuff :

Vodacom

120 Offpeak Minutes @ R0.95 = 120*0.95 = R114
---> Assuming you use it all up and you are limited to after 8 ...
TOTAL FREE : R114

MTN

85 Offpeak Minutes @ R0.95 = 85*0.95 = R80
15 Peak Minutes @ R2.75 = R41 or @ R1.80 = R27
15 anytime SMS = 15 * 0.75 = R12
TOTAL FREE : R119 to R133

Chances are you WILL use up the PEAK minutes , and even though MTN offpeak SMS is very expensive, you get 15 free.


Rates are identical except for SMS offpeak and the Happy Hour thing [which i've found rarely works for me, it's only coincidence if i make a call during that timeslot] . Better package is imho definitely MTN not only on VALUE but on the fact that it covers SMS + PEAK.


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..And Cell-C CasualChat Anytime

Cost: R130 p/m

Cell-C Rates

Peak [Same/Different Network] : R1.80 / R2.70
OffPeak : R0.90 / R1.00
SMS [Peak/Offpeak] : R0.80 / R0.36
Friends & Family [Peak/Offpeak] : R1.50-R1.75 / R0.75

You get Free 50 anytime minutes @ R0.90 = R45 TO @2.70 = R135
TOTAL FREE : R45 to R135

Cell-C got the Friends&Family Rates which is similar to Vodacom's "Happy Hour" rates, but i think the F&F is far more useful.
Chances are you will use up the full 50 minutes , as it covers peak & off-peak . Unfortunately though, you need to use it all
on PEAK times to get the R135 value . If you use even 50% of your minutes in off-peak, then the value you get is only R90 .
Standard Rates aren't really cheaper than MTN or Vodacom [surprisingly] .
 
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Thanks for the info guys. I went in to Centurion City and spoke to the MTN and Vodacom shop assistants - they couldnt add anything to what has been posted here.

I'm keen on the SE P990i - but it's R999 at MTN and R1500 on Vodacom :eek: . My contract expires in March, so I think I'll wait for the price to drop. But if anyone can't wait for their P990i, looks like MTN is the way to go.
 
brendonwp said:
Had a quick look - pretty much on a par with the Procall 220 at MTN. Just under 10% more expensive for a 10% increase in anytime minutes.

The Vodacom site doesn't say how the billing works. Is it like most MTN packages: Calls charged for the first minute (or part thereof) and thereafter in 30 second increments?

I would definitely switch for per-second billing. Have even thought of moving to Virgin for this.
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Voda charges per minute, not 30 sec increments.
They have all their packages availabe in either per minute or per second.;)
 
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