Maybe they used to be but thats not really the case anymore. They look to be on par with countries like UK and Australia and way more expensive than US or even New Zealandtelkomsuig said:
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well atleast it is comparable still unlike the rest of our industry 
...last time i was in the uk the data rates were still in the region of GBP2 per mb.
...last time i was in the uk the data rates were still in the region of GBP2 per mb."The real question for me would be "why". Why does cellular data cost so much more than MyWireless / iBurst services ? The technology is not that much different between 3G/HSDPA and CDMA-TDD."
I also wondered about this and I believe they're basically costing it at dial-up equivalent.
From my calculations using off-peak dial-up, it would cost about 38c per MB. (about 142 seconds at 56kbits a second times 0.00267 rand per second). Peak time it would cost a bit more than double that at about 90c per MB.
Or is it just a coincidence?
I also wondered about this and I believe they're basically costing it at dial-up equivalent.
From my calculations using off-peak dial-up, it would cost about 38c per MB. (about 142 seconds at 56kbits a second times 0.00267 rand per second). Peak time it would cost a bit more than double that at about 90c per MB.
Or is it just a coincidence?
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It's called greed (the Telkom Virus)