MTN Rwanda Internet - Fixed monthly cost

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Ok - here it is:
http://www.mtn.co.rw/internet.htm
Prepaid users pay: R277 per month in addition to normal prepaid charges (RWF 20 000)
Postpaid users pay: R250 per month in addition to normal postpaid charges (RWF 18 000)
Internet only users pay: R250 per month only (RWF 18 000)

SO MTN... Why not offer it to South Africans?? HUH??
 
Onepostwonder said:
Ok - here it is:
http://www.mtn.co.rw/internet.htm
Prepaid users pay: R277 per month in addition to normal prepaid charges (RWF 20 000)
Postpaid users pay: R250 per month in addition to normal postpaid charges (RWF 18 000)
Internet only users pay: R250 per month only (RWF 18 000)

SO MTN... Why not offer it to South Africans?? HUH??
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Because us South Africans are paying for Rwanda's internet.:mad: :sick: :(
 
Onepostwonder said:
Ok - here it is:
http://www.mtn.co.rw/internet.htm
Prepaid users pay: R277 per month in addition to normal prepaid charges (RWF 20 000)
Postpaid users pay: R250 per month in addition to normal postpaid charges (RWF 18 000)
Internet only users pay: R250 per month only (RWF 18 000)

SO MTN... Why not offer it to South Africans?? HUH??
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Maybe because it is a GPRS only service? Heavy downloaders will probably be too frustrated with the speed (+- 40 kbps). In SA, if MTN offered this, they would have to restrict your speed to GPRS, i.e. block EDGE and 3G, which may be a bit complicated.

I can't find any AUP on their website, I am sure there should be one.
 
Understood, but I would pay R250 odd for unlimited GPRS only!
Bear in mind that that is a pretty good service by Rwanda's standards.
Remember what MTN used to charge us when GPRS was new?!
 
Onepostwonder said:
Understood, but I would pay R250 odd for unlimited GPRS only!
Bear in mind that that is a pretty good service by Rwanda's standards.
Remember what MTN used to charge us when GPRS was new?!
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True

What was it 98c per 20kb's? Seems so long ago

MTNDD
 
Onepostwonder said:
Understood, but I would pay R250 odd for unlimited GPRS only!
Bear in mind that that is a pretty good service by Rwanda's standards.
Remember what MTN used to charge us when GPRS was new?!
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Seconded ... I would happily pay R250 per month for unlimted GPRS... :D
I'm currently waiting for Aerosat to check for coverage at my house... they offer an unlimited 64kbps connection for R295 per month - which is a good price in my opinion... :D
64kbps is about how fast GPRS is... in fact GPRS is probably faster :cool:
 
redarrow said:
Seconded ... I would happily pay R250 per month for unlimted GPRS... :D
I'm currently waiting for Aerosat to check for coverage at my house... they offer an unlimited 64kbps connection for R295 per month - which is a good price in my opinion... :D
64kbps is about how fast GPRS is... in fact GPRS is probably faster :cool:
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Good day,

R295 a month for GPRS in RW, I suppose they don't have I burst, and the likes so I guess this works for them, but I like the idea of a once off cost per month

MTNDD
 
Yea but for peeps who use less than 100mb a month it would still be cheaper to use a bundle. GPRS is slow already, it will be even slower if this is brought on because people using this package will be downloading big time.

It will be like when MTN gave free wap:
GPRS will be dead slow.
It will be said MTN is giving bad service because of slowness.
MTN call centres will be busy because everyone will be phoning to complain about "gprs slowness".
Even users not using the proposed service will be affected.

MTN I suggest you think twice about bringing this to SA.
 
MavChat said:
Yea but for peeps who use less than 100mb a month it would still be cheaper to use a bundle. GPRS is slow already, it will be even slower if this is brought on because people using this package will be downloading big time.

It will be like when MTN gave free wap:
GPRS will be dead slow.
It will be said MTN is giving bad service because of slowness.
MTN call centres will be busy because everyone will be phoning to complain about "gprs slowness".
Even users not using the proposed service will be affected.

MTN I suggest you think twice about bringing this to SA.
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Agreed, AFAIK most urban towers have 3 to 4 radios, and using TDMA it means 8 users per radio, so 32 voice channels per tower. If you want to use GPRS, and download using a device that uses 4 timeslots simultaneously, it means only 2 users per radio, therefore a maximum of 8 users simultaneously downloading per tower. And (AFAIK again) they don't make all of the available slots available for data, some are reserved for voice traffic only.

I assume the amount of possible data users in Rwanda is significantly lower than SA?
 
I guess it is too much an ask for a company that can't really compete in that arena, but hey... there are those who can't get ADSL. Why can't they benefit from a low cost internet service.
 
Onepostwonder said:
I guess it is too much an ask for a company that can't really compete in that arena, but hey... there are those who can't get ADSL. Why can't they benefit from a low cost internet service.
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Maybe this would be ideal it's something that they are aware of and something I’m sure MTN will be looking at doing so let's see what happens

MTNDD
 
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