#DataMustFall - The full story

[Hanno Labuschagne]

#DataMustFall - The full story

Data prices in South Africa are a hot topic as many users have implored mobile networks to decrease data costs.

While more affordable data is a great idea, mobile networks have also made good points outlining why they are currently unable to provide the significant data cost cuts customers are asking for, and have also provided feedback on what measures could be taken that would allow them to enact such significant price cuts.

Central to the conversation has been the #DataMustFall movement, which brought the data price discussion into the limelight.

 

[Swa]

What are those good points? Telkom canned their Smartdata that was competing directly against Cell C. Then they canned their 450GB for R59. This was after hours so no impact on the network. Networks just not wanting to provide cheap data is the number one obstacle in our country so it's understandable movements like #data[prices]mustfall will arise.

It's a sacrilege that in 2020 we've fallen so far behind the world that we're still paying for data usage.

 

[supersunbird]

What are those good points? Telkom canned their Smartdata that was competing directly against Cell C. Then they canned their 450GB for R59. This was after hours so no impact on the network. Networks just not wanting to provide cheap data is the number one obstacle in our country so it's understandable movements like #data[prices]mustfall will arise.

It's a sacrilege that in 2020 we've fallen so far behind the world that we're still paying for data usage.

Nah, I'm pretty sure if government incompetence that is the number one reason.

 

[susefan]

*123# on Telkom is offering 1GB of data for 30 days. I just go for it and don't care what Vodacom and MTN are charging. Not porting to cheaper options and at the same time complaining that data is expensive is like voting in a corrupt political party to form the government and then complaining that they are corrupt.