MTN 3G released! See Rates.

Cube said:
Hi MTNBB

I find the above interesting... Will special offers like these be offered on all contract packages?

And how will things change (i.e. what is the attitude MTN will adopt) after this 3 month initial promotion? Specifically with regards to the tarifs.

Why I am asking is: I'm on Mycall 100 with the 100mb bundle bolt-on (as stated somewhere else) So I pay R135 + R100 and then on average another R120 for data calls and voice calls mixed = R355

Would it be cheaper to switch to a different package. One that's focused on data usage (My voicecalls are usually R20 - R30 a month as my bundled minutes take care of that need and even often carry over.)
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I think you are on the right package as any alternatives would attract a cost for the voice calls. The alternative is MyChoice 75 or MyChoice 150 where the same value bundle counts towards either voice and data.

The 3G promo I mentioned does apply for MyCall 100 (30 minutes and 30 megabytes) which is still attractive but is a smaller benefit against the cost of the USIM upgrade. MyChoice 150 gives you 75 minutes and 300 megabytes on the USIM deal so if you were to change do the change first then get the USIM.
 
3G Provisioning?

3G hasn't kicked in automatically on my 6630, like it has on a colleagues. Is there something I need to activate?

I dread calling 808 because I was an early adopter with EDGE and would rather gnaw off my hand than have to educate call-centre staff on new technology again...
 
Hydrofire said:
3G hasn't kicked in automatically on my 6630, like it has on a colleagues. Is there something I need to activate?

I dread calling 808 because I was an early adopter with EDGE and would rather gnaw off my hand than have to educate call-centre staff on new technology again...
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What firmware you got? Newer firmware allows for the choice of switching off 3g. Mine was, surprisingly, set to off when it came back from the upgrade. If you haven't switched to "dual" or something similar, go to tools -> settings ->network

I that doesn't work, try dipping it in water or put it in the oven for a couple of minutes. I promise it will respond differently then :D
 
Ensure this is set to dual networks. If there are new sites going up in an area and they still need to be 'tuned in' then the settings are temporarily changed to discourage 3G usage until the tuning is complete and they then revert.
 
MTNBroadband said:
Our data bundle of R499 for the add-on I still believe is the cheapest GSM service in the world.
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I am amazed that you are still peddling this line. It might be technically true for usage of exactly 1Gb, but Vodacom is actually cheaper across the board. I went for MTN rather than Vodacom based on the assumption that multiple bundles could be purchased which would have made your claim true. The reality is that at my current usage of 250Mb per month MTN costs R325 versus Vodacom's R200.

After I signed up and was told that muliple bundes were not allowed, you said that MTN was "looking at" allowing them in future. That was about 4 months ago. Now you are looking at new bundles:
MTNBroadband said:
I agree that an intermediate bundle is needed. There have been some long hours on our side getting 3G and EDGE into the market and after June 26 would be a good time for a few product tweaks. As I said, we wanted to look for the 'sweet spot' between 100 and 1 gig and we now have much more to work on.
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May I suggest that you hold off with your "cheapest in the world" claims until either or both of those product tweaks have actually been implemented.

The 26th has come & gone and I didn't see anything.
 
jpretorius said:
May I suggest that you hold off with your "cheapest in the world" claims until either or both of those product tweaks have actually been implemented.
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Sadly, I must agree. Where has MTNBB dissapeared to? I hope he's still following the threads.
 
Cube said:
What firmware you got? Newer firmware allows for the choice of switching off 3g. Mine was, surprisingly, set to off when it came back from the upgrade. If you haven't switched to "dual" or something similar, go to tools -> settings ->network

I that doesn't work, try dipping it in water or put it in the oven for a couple of minutes. I promise it will respond differently then :D
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Firmware of the 6630 is 2.39.15 11/11/04 So this is before they introduced the ability to switch 3G on and off using that setting you mentioned.

Any other ideas to get 3G activated?
 
Hydrofire, I have been searching for answer but have none so far. It is really the first time that I hear about the 6630 not picking up the 3g network when in 3g coverage. I have heard of people complaining that the connections fail when voice calls are made (not referring to local network though, though I suspect the same applies) and that the phone sometimes refuses to switch back to 2g unless switched off, but never that. :confused: Mine is picking it up automatically.

But I'll keep on looking.

Anyone else that knows more? I would also like to know ...

Unless you phone Nokia (082 230 4050, i think) themselves and have a stab at that. Don't know if it would help.
 
For what its worth, I had the same problem with 3G on my 6630 - it just wouldnt switch to 3g even though I knew there was coverage. My firmware version is the same as above. Here is what I did : Loaded netmon, and forced the phone onto 3G. Rebooted the phone, the switched it back to auto. Voila, it now works fine! There seems to be a problem on the 6630 with "initial" 3G registration, but once thats done, Bobs your uncle. You only have to do this once. Oh, btw - tech support advised me to do this... May I suggest you try this and see what happens? Let me know either way - I am interested in the outcome! Cheers

edit : check out the thread "How to manually select a base station" in the MTN forum for details about netmon.
 
Thanks ScrnScrm - forcing 3G on the 6630 with Netmon resolved the issue.

To be sheepishly honest, I think that it was my own buggering around with Netmon just after getting the phone that deactivated 3G in the first place, so this is not likely to be a common problem. :rolleyes:
 
jpretorius said:
May I suggest that you hold off with your "cheapest in the world" claims until either or both of those product tweaks have actually been implemented.
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In the same vein VC should desist advertising on TV that they are the only 3G provider in SA.....
 
jpretorius said:
May I suggest that you hold off with your "cheapest in the world" claims until either or both of those product tweaks have actually been implemented.
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Did anyone notice the irony of MTNBB's previous comment:
MTNBroadband said:
With broadband, we have deliberately held back because it seems more honest to only advertise a service (such as EDGE) once your coverage is more reasonable. It's difficult because the media (and certain customers) fall for a good story.
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RayBar said:
Did anyone notice the irony of MTNBB's previous comment:
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Ag shame. Never mind MTNBB, we still love you and we trust that you are in there batting for us against a bunch of bureaucrats.
 
sbloomer said:
In the same vein VC should desist advertising on TV that they are the only 3G provider in SA.....
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I AGREE they should change it but change it to SA 1st 3G network.
 
Tahir Ally said:
I AGREE they should change it but change it to SA 1st 3G network.
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eh, well they could. But it wouldnt be true. The first publically available UMTS (3G) network in South Africa was actually Sentech's MyWireless. Its based on the Global UMTS TDD Alliance. In fact, I think iBurst also beat Vodacom out of the gates - its was available for general beta public consumption before Vodacom as well...
 
sbloomer said:
In the same vein VC should desist advertising on TV that they are the only 3G provider in SA.....
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Well they have never been the only 3G provider! What about Sentech MyWireless and WBS iBurst?
 
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