MTN is South Africa's preferred LTE and 5G provider - beating Vodacom and Telkom

[Jan]

MTN beats Vodacom and Telkom as the preferred LTE and 5G provider

MTN has the best mobile data network in South Africa, translating into the operator topping the list of preferred LTE and 5G providers.

Research by Analytico showed that 31% of South Africans said they would pick MTN for a new LTE or 5G service.

 

[Cactus]

They are the fastest and best coverage network based on my own personal experience.

Centurion: Beats Rain's and Vodacom's 5G any day

Currently, in Bredasdorp (Platteland), WC, not amazing, but very usable for WFH:

 

[Dan C]

Not here. MTN sucks. Vodacom is far better.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

In Midrand, I am not so sure. During load-shedding I have to keep my phone (with MTN data SIM) outside the house to get reception. Our other phone has a vodacom data SIM and that works fine inside the house. Could be due to Vodaworld infrastructure very close by.

 

[Dups!]

Vodacom for me as well.

 

[ghostRgg]

Just picked up 30GB a month (15/15) for R99pm. Can't find many who beat that.

MTN is extremely area dependant, Durban is great for MTN but Cape Town? Had no signal is most of Tokai.

 

[BlackStatic]

Yeah just don't get loadshedding else their towers die.

 

[susefan]

"Vodacom and Telkom, therefore, outperformed MTN among non-technical people". If you use Vodacom you now know your category, non-technical.

 

[Dan C]

Just picked up 30GB a month (15/15) for R99pm. Can't find many who beat that.

MTN is extremely area dependant, Durban is great for MTN but Cape Town? Had no signal is most of Tokai.

'All' providers are area dependent. Just hope people test their coverage first and not just go by the thread title. Not nice if you take a contract and discover that where you are you have wasted a lot of money.

 

[ghostRgg]

'All' providers are area dependent. Just hope people test their coverage first and not just go by the thread title. Not nice if you take a contract and discover that where you are you have wasted a lot of money.

Exactly this.

We had a testing kit for clients that had Rain, Vodacom, MTN, Telkom that we used and travelling a whopping 100m from one house, it went from Telkom the king of stable at 50mbps to MTN at 210Mbps. Travel again and both die but Vodacom is alright.

Always test, just wish it was easier to do so.