MTN Open Access?

[Hamish McPanji]

MTN recently installed in our complex. We currently have 2 options to sign up.

1 is via MTN which allows for month to month, and you but the data separately. Other is via Smartvillage , which is a 12 months contract.

I am keen on the MTN option, even though there is an installation charge, as long as it offers open access so I can buy my data elsewhere. They say they are negotiating with providers to provide open access

On searching the internet, I was unable to find any resellers for MTN fibre anywhere, even though they have been promising this since 2015, and there was a ruling by competition commission when they bought smartvillage to allow open access (2016)

Are they just bsing us on this?

 

[BellsBells]

Smart Village also offers month to month options.

 

[Sabre]

MTN owns smart village so not technically open access

 

[Speed23]

They were supposed to go open access at the beginning of this month. But there hasn't been any news. I emailed them over a week ago to ask about it and was told they'd forward my email to someone who can give me more information, but I still haven't received any news. I would suggest signing up for a month to month package and then hopefully in a month or two they'll actually become open access.

 

[PBCool]

We now have pricing and a coverage map from MTN, just waiting on feedback on how to actually place orders etc. So progress at least.

 

[Hamish McPanji]

We now have pricing and a coverage map from MTN, just waiting on feedback on how to actually place orders etc. So progress at least.

That's great. Thanks for the update
Any indication on pricing?

 

[Hamish McPanji]

Bump. My ADSL line is down

 

[milan188]

It's been over a month since the announcement and nothing happened. Vodacom also delayed till 2018 (they have been promising open access for over 2 years now).

 

[Hamish McPanji]

It's been over a month since the announcement and nothing happened. Vodacom also delayed till 2018 (they have been promising open access for over 2 years now).

MTN boasted in public about how they are going to be the masters of open access in 2015. It took them 2 years + just to finalise that decision within MTN and move forward a teensy weensy bit. Now they are negotiating)dealing with third parties....how long is that going to take?