MTN launches new LTE deal - 1TB for R1,059

[Romito]

Rain is more like light thunder showers 3G for most people at the moment. This MTN deal is not too bad but anyone who would want to be locked in a contract with MTN is very brave!

 

[Apogee]

Tower-locking is also a thing with MTN.

 

[system32]

MTN also offers three additional Home Wi-Fi deals, which are available on a month-to-month basis and are not time-limited.

The month-to-month versions of these are priced as follows:

• MTN Home Wi-Fi 75GB – R299
• MTN Home Wi-Fi 110GB – R399
• MTN Home Wi-Fi 200GB – R699

How do I buy this?

I have a Huawei LTE router and an MTN SIM.
Tried the MTN USSD *141*0# and the MTN Mobile App.

 

[wingnut771]

Rain doesn't work.
Would not recommend it.

5G?

 

[supersunbird]

that is a hard no...

To quote the MTNNazi, "No 1TB pm for you, come back 1 year"

 

[supersunbird]

Rain 5G uncapped R999 month to month - by far still the best value.

If everything works and you don't need to engage customer support, it's a good deal, if you need support through...

 

[Swa]

Love how everyone is this country copies each other's products with more expensive products. Not wanting to compete much?

 

[Arthur]

Love how everyone is this country copies each other's products with more expensive products. Not wanting to compete much?

Who's doing that? Not this MTN 1TB offer. Telkom's is SIM-only m2m R999; MTN's includes the CPE and is 24m commit. The market is big and diverse enough to accommodate both.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Drop the router, make it month to month

 

[supersunbird]

This is good for people that are not under Telkom coverage and don't have fibre in their area.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

This is good for people that are not under Telkom coverage and don't have fibre in their area.

And do not already own a suitable modem/router. But otherwise misses totally. Which is probably intentional on MTN's side, as they need to respond to Telkoms 1 Terabyte offering, but do not want massive uptake on it.

 

[Swa]

Who's doing that? Not this MTN 1TB offer. Telkom's is SIM-only m2m R999; MTN's includes the CPE and is 24m commit. The market is big and diverse enough to accommodate both.

That's my point. Telkom still has the better deal. The idea of competition in this country is doing just enough not to lose customers.

 

[supersunbird]

That's my point. Telkom still has the better deal. The idea of competition in this country is doing just enough not to lose customers.

Where there is Telkom coverage.

 

[Swa]

Where there is Telkom coverage.

Can say the same about MTN.

 

[RudderVator]

PM x 24
Nope

Finally a deal that allows you to get on with your life instead of having to reconcile your usage stats every day to avoid being capped when the MTN worm eats your data.
This is clearly MTN reacting to Telkom.
So those of you about to thank MTN, don't.... thank Telkom.

Maybe a little bit of Rain 5G and 4G pressure along with Telkom?

 

[neoprema]

I setup a RAIN 4G for a friend. I get full signal at 4G on the router.

Down speed: 2.3mbps

Are people actually paying for this? If the MTN is anything like my cellphone data gets, its far far far faster.

 

[Gudnews]

Rain is more like light thunder showers 3G for most people at the moment.

Got better download performance from my dad's Nokia 5230 groundbreaking 3.6Mbit connection.

 

[Gudnews]

I setup a RAIN 4G for a friend. I get full signal at 4G on the router.

Down speed: 2.3mbps

Are people actually paying for this? If the MTN is anything like my cellphone data gets, its far far far faster.

Got better download performance from my dad's Nokia 5230 groundbreaking 3.6Mbit connection.

Yes I do. I do get decent uploads on P2P (800KBps to 1MBps on good days)

 

[SlowInternet]

24 month contract ......... no thank you

 

[Crush]

The biggest issue I have with fixed LTE is loadshedding... when power goes, it seems that signal in the area slows to ridiculous speeds... i mean whatsapp text messages lagging slow.

This is probably thanks to the 3rd world bandits stealing backup batteries from the towers. Its been like this for 2 years now so I think MTN gave up trying to install and secure batteries on site. And this is the middle of Sandton/Morningside/Bryanston - not some arb place in the middle of nowhere.

Fibre stays connected as nornal. So with an inverter powering the house, gas stove and Vumatel Fibre, I dont feel any loadsheddding blues. If I had to rely on MTN for internet though, I'd have to find something to talk to the wife about for 4 hours at a go!