FreeMe worth it?

Thks marioat1, no, its on a contract, but I ve found out that TM blocked international dailling, so Ive applied for it to be opend, one can only hope.
 
Free calls to any telkom number is really worth it but everything else... Erh
 
I noticed the freeme topup plans don't appear to have all the free stuff, which makes me wonder about their intent, i.e. you can imagine if you are using LIT_ Video on the 5GB package and your 50GB free video data ran out and your 5GB normal data ran out and you are playing a video on out of bundle rates without realising it.

Does anyone know if this can be prevented as you could quickly run up a bill in the thousands.
The 20GB option looks very attractive at R605 SIM only
 
Richard Morse said:
I noticed the freeme topup plans don't appear to have all the free stuff, which makes me wonder about their intent, i.e. you can imagine if you are using LIT_ Video on the 5GB package and your 50GB free video data ran out and your 5GB normal data ran out and you are playing a video on out of bundle rates without realising it.

Does anyone know if this can be prevented as you could quickly run up a bill in the thousands.
The 20GB option looks very attractive at R605 SIM only
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You can set a spend limit, can't remember the code for the prompt but mine is set to R10 which basically covers all my calls to other networks.

You can get FreeMe on prepaid as well, the normal difference is just the amount of minutes for calling Telkom numbers that's different.
 
qscwbt said:
been using my phone as a hot spot to stream Netflix to my TV and it looks perfect
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Sweet, thanks! Strongly considering replacing my current LTE contract with this one. Any reason why I can't pop the sim into a router?
 
qscwbt said:
I am on the 20gig bundle. It is awesome.
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One option is the Cell-C Pinnacle 300 topup package, R69 a month, then add R500 of Airtime (supacharge) which ups your data to 1.3GB then buy 900 anynet minutes for R199 then buy 1GB data for R149, and 1.2GB of social media for R17 leaves you with 2.3 GB of normal data and 1.2 GB of social data 930 minutes anynet, 1000 minutes on-net and R135 airtime left for international calls or next month for R569 (net = 569-135 = R434). When your airtime gets high buy R300 instead of R500 for the following month.

Downside is you have to remember to topup on airtime at the end of the month or lose your data balances.
Alternatively the Telkom 20GB package is the next step up for R605 for 1500 anynet minutes and 3000 onset minutes without any downside and lots of free stuff.
 
Richard Morse said:
One option is the Cell-C Pinnacle 300 topup package, R69 a month, then add R500 of Airtime (supacharge) which ups your data to 1.3GB then buy 900 anynet minutes for R199 then buy 1GB data for R149, and 1.2GB of social media for R17 leaves you with 2.3 GB of normal data and 1.2 GB of social data 930 minutes anynet, 1000 minutes on-net and R135 airtime left for international calls or next month for R569 (net = 569-135 = R434). When your airtime gets high buy R300 instead of R500 for the following month.

Downside is you have to remember to topup on airtime at the end of the month or lose your data balances.
Alternatively the Telkom 20GB package is the next step up for R605 for 1500 anynet minutes and 3000 onset minutes without any downside and lots of free stuff.
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Why so many minutes? Surely data is where it is at
 
Using the phone for business, hence around 1000 anynet minutes (VC and MTN calls) are used every month
I like the cell-C option because it is SIM only, 1 month contract duration, **R69** total debt liability so you can switch network anytime you want, without cell phone debt and without a contract to pay off.

Yes data is the future, using Viber and/or WhatsApp for calls, but right now I need minutes as well
 
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Richard Morse said:
Using the phone for business, hence around 1000 anynet minutes (VC and MTN calls) are used every month
I like the cell-C option because it is SIM only, 1 month contract duration, **R69** total debt liability so you can switch network anytime you want, without cell phone debt and without a contract to pay off.

Yes data is the future, using Viber and/or WhatsApp for calls, but right now I need minutes as well
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Above (prepaid) including the 300MB of IM data, and the 50 SMS, though doesn't include the any-net minutes. That's the trade-off for prepaid versus contract.
https://secure.telkom.co.za/today/shop/plan/freeme-bundles-plan/#!plan-detail-17542
 
I am on the Telkom freeme 20 Gig. I get for R605

20 gig of data
3000 minutes to any Telkom land or mobile number.
1500 minutes to any other network
50 sms
IM and Voip 2GB used for whatsap
10 gig of lit music download
50gig showmax or Netflix or youtube or google play movies
10gig Telkom wifi access.
 
I think it comes down to the debt thing at the end of the day, people will pick contracts with phones if they don't worry about the debt they are getting into, but many people have tried to get out of contracts and been asked to pay in R15,000 to terminate their contract, I know one person moving to Mozambique with this problem.

So picking a contract also should consider penalty for exit.

On the Telkom FreeME 20GB contract, what do they want when you exit the contract early if it is SIM only, also what minimum contract term do they allow 24 months or less.
 
Richard Morse said:
I think it comes down to the debt thing at the end of the day, people will pick contracts with phones if they don't worry about the debt they are getting into, but many people have tried to get out of contracts and been asked to pay in R15,000 to terminate their contract, I know one person moving to Mozambique with this problem.

So picking a contract also should consider penalty for exit.

On the Telkom FreeME 20GB contract, what do they want when you exit the contract early if it is SIM only, also what minimum contract term do they allow 24 months or less.
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I am on a sim only. no contract and are pre paid :)
 
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