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Hi ,

I was wondering if I could ask for some assistance from this forum, as I am having a bit of a time of it, getting some decent information. I will be travelling to south Africa in the next few weeks and will be wanting to have mobile internet access during my stay and will constantly on the move. I will be bringing my Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop with me. Any advice on the best produc or company would be very much appreciated.


Many Thanks and cheers...
Aussie
 
Aussie said:
Hi ,

I was wondering if I could ask for some assistance from this forum, as I am having a bit of a time of it, getting some decent information. I will be travelling to south Africa in the next few weeks and will be wanting to have mobile internet access during my stay and will constantly on the move. I will be bringing my Dell Inspiron 1720 Laptop with me. Any advice on the best produc or company would be very much appreciated.


Many Thanks and cheers...
Aussie
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IMO best to use pre-paid HSDPA from either [searchforum]Vodacom[/searchforum] or [searchforum]MTN[/searchforum], you can either buy an HSDPA modem - not sure if the networks in Australia sell them unlocked - safest might be to buy one in South Africa, or hire one for the duration of your stay, and buy a pre-paid SIM card along with pre-paid recharge credit voucher, there are a few activation steps after that, but we can help you get it going when you have it.

PS: Welcome to MyBroadband :).
 
ic said:
IMO best to use pre-paid HSDPA from either [searchforum]Vodacom[/searchforum] or [searchforum]MTN[/searchforum], you can either buy an HSDPA modem - not sure if the networks in Australia sell them unlocked - safest might be to buy one in South Africa, or hire one for the duration of your stay, and buy a pre-paid SIM card along with pre-paid recharge credit voucher, there are a few activation steps after that, but we can help you get it going when you have it.

PS: Welcome to MyBroadband :).
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many thanks for that.!! greatly aprpeciated,

Am I able to obtain everything I need at the airport when I arrive..? ( I assume that Vodacom & MTN would have shops at the airport, JHB)
 
TonyA said:
You could also use HOTspots, to see where they may be available check mweb.co.za under wifi. You can buy the minutes as required and login at any hotspot.
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thanks for that..I will check it out...:)
 
Jeez like, only a handful of aussies over here. And i'm one of them.

Welcome dude, whatcha going to be doing over here?
 
Boodles said:
Jeez like, only a handful of aussies over here. And i'm one of them.

Welcome dude, whatcha going to be doing over here?
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g'day there mate.:D.! im spending 5 weeks traveling around with my wife and friends. Starting in Joburg for a few days and then heading to spend time with friends in EL and then a drive to cape town and back....cant wait..!

who long you been there..?
 
Aussie said:
many thanks for that.!! greatly aprpeciated,

Am I able to obtain everything I need at the airport when I arrive..? ( I assume that Vodacom & MTN would have shops at the airport, JHB)
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I know there are retail cellular shops at the airport, but I don't know what they have there, I imagine they probably do hire out & sell HSDPA modems at those airport shops.

I should also mention that HSDPA in South Africa is still the 1.8Mbits/s variant - throughput will be less than 1.8Mbits/s, although coverage in Johannesburg should be very good from both MTN and Vodacom, both of which have '3G' HSDPA coverage maps:
http://www.vodamap.net/3g/
http://www.mtn.co.za/?pid=11789 - maybe someone else knows the exact link - took me 5 minutes of link clicking to get no further than that link :( <added>just realised it probably isn't working properly in Firefox, might be best to try Internet Exploder on that link</added>
 
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Boodles said:
...been hear toooooo long. My aussie twang is rears its ugly only on occasions.

I'm down in Cape Town. Nice place, bit casual though.
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well good to hear the twang hasnt gone completely, spending a week in Cape Town looking around.....didnt time it right, miss the 20/20 world cup by a few days..
 
dominic said:
:D

what a friendly bunch these saffers are...enjoy the trip - pretty place especially when you get to the casual bit
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Thanks...if the people are as friendly as in here then the trip will be great..

thanks for all help....
 
Aussie said:
Thanks...if the people are as friendly as in here then the trip will be great..

thanks for all help....
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Welcome in advance to Cape Town, I think you'll like it best here, not so dry like JHB.:D
 
GTi said:
Welcome in advance to Cape Town, I think you'll like it best here, not so dry like JHB.:D
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Thanks again for that....hopefully not to wet..trying escape some of that weather this end..:D
 
ic said:
IMO best to use pre-paid HSDPA from either [searchforum]Vodacom[/searchforum] or [searchforum]MTN[/searchforum], you can either buy an HSDPA modem - not sure if the networks in Australia sell them unlocked - safest might be to buy one in South Africa, or hire one for the duration of your stay, and buy a pre-paid SIM card along with pre-paid recharge credit voucher, there are a few activation steps after that, but we can help you get it going when you have it.

PS: Welcome to MyBroadband :).
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So which provider would people recomend, Vodacom or MTN or are they both generaly the same.?

thanks.
 
Aussie said:
Thanks again for that....hopefully not to wet..trying escape some of that weather this end..:D
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If you coming after the July and mid - August months then the worst of our winter months are basically over. MTN & Vodacom the only two reliable major telecommication network service providers in South Africa atm.;)
 
Aussie said:
So which provider would people recomend, Vodacom or MTN or are they both generaly the same.?

thanks.
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I think it's best to compare coverage in the areas where you need coverage.

How much data will you need to transfer in say 30 days? [pre-paid data bundles from both Vodacom and MTN are valid for 30 days] A 2048MB [searchforum]PPDB[/searchforum] from Vodacom currently costs ZAR389.00, 1024MB costs ZAR289.00 and 500MB costs ZAR189.00, I don't know MTN's current PPDB prices - I'm sure someone will post them.
 
ic said:
I think it's best to compare coverage in the areas where you need coverage.

How much data will you need to transfer in say 30 days? [pre-paid data bundles from both Vodacom and MTN are valid for 30 days] A 2048MB [searchforum]PPDB[/searchforum] from Vodacom currently costs ZAR389.00, 1024MB costs ZAR289.00 and 500MB costs ZAR189.00, I don't know MTN's current PPDB prices - I'm sure someone will post them.
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Thanks again for the info. we will be using Skype mostly and emails while traveling.
 
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