MWEB ADSL pricing to change in August 2012

What a stupid article. We all know that there are 2 changes coming so why only chat about the one? The R10 is old news already.

Release 2Mb uncapped pricing packages!!
 
reactor_sa said:
R10... Wtf.
To anyone that wants to start whining; Tell you what, walk an extra 10km a month and save a litre of petrol - that will save your piddly monthly budget if you're that stretched for R10... Ffs. Lol
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Yeah small for gotten fact because the article reads like price increase !!! R10 price increase !!!
 
ok, I just went to MWEB page for an all inclusive 1 meg option. According to the prices released recently a 1 meg line will cost you 165.00(not sure if vat is included) at telkom and the MWEB uncapped stand alone option is 199. The All Inclusive package is 488.00. Now I suppose with the upgrades that will mean a 2 meg line, but this makes no sense as I can pay telkom the 165(188.10 if vat is not included) line rental and get the 199 uncapped 1 meg from MWEB for cheaper than the all inclusive package of 488.
 
I hate to say it...i am falling asleep reading the article and this thread!

are there any news on the price for uncapped 2MB ADSL?

as i said in another thread...R10 increase and i am getting double the speed makes me very happy.

Everyone wants naked ADSL but thats an old complaint...nothing new here.
 
frobbertze said:
ok, I just went to MWEB page for an all inclusive 1 meg option. According to the prices released recently a 1 meg line will cost you 165.00(not sure if vat is included) at telkom and the MWEB uncapped stand alone option is 199. The All Inclusive package is 488.00. Now I suppose with the upgrades that will mean a 2 meg line, but this makes no sense as I can pay telkom the 165(188.10 if vat is not included) line rental and get the 199 uncapped 1 meg from MWEB for cheaper than the all inclusive package of 488.
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Perhaps I can clear this one up for you :)

As soon as Telkom roll out the line speed changes 384k Uncapped All Inclusive will effectively become 1mb Uncapped All Inclusive at the announced price point of R339-00.

Telkom have also announced that they will be upgrading all current 1mb lines to 2mb, this means that existing 1mb Uncapped All Inclusive customers (currently paying R488-00), will have their line speeds increased to 2mb.

These packages will however not automatically be increased to 2mb Uncapped as we are still in the process of finalizing the pricing and deployment of a 2mb uncapped product on our systems in preparation for this change.

Essentially the choices you will have available when the time comes though is to move up to a 2mb All Inclusive Uncapped bundle (pricing to be announced), or if it suits your budget more to move your line back down to 1mb and stay on the 1mb bundle at the new price point of R339-00.
 
South Africans really do have deep pockets,all of a sudden it's just a paltry R10 increase and the majority of complaints are about difference between speeds and yes admittedly the future pricing of packages now that 384K is a gonna.I thought PRICES were supposed to come DOWN,how can we talk about barriers to entry in fixed line broadband when the norm is to increase the damn prices every year?

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Yeah small for gotten fact because the article reads like price increase !!! R10 price increase !!!
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That's what i'm talking about.;)
 
siraman said:
South Africans really do have deep pockets,all of a sudden it's just a paltry R10 increase and the majority of complaints are about difference between speeds and yes admittedly the future pricing of packages now that 384K is a gonna.I thought PRICES were supposed to come DOWN,how can we talk about barriers to entry in fixed line broadband when the norm is to increase the damn prices every year?



That's what i'm talking about.;)
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Prices are going down as of the first of August.
The price of a 1MB line dropped by more then R100 if i remember correctly?
 
D3x said:
What a stupid article. We all know that there are 2 changes coming so why only chat about the one? The R10 is old news already.

Release 2Mb uncapped pricing packages!!
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Exactly

Why the delay from MWEB on this
WA has already released their new price for 2Meg uncapped data
 
Will@MWEB said:
Perhaps I can clear this one up for you :)

As soon as Telkom roll out the line speed changes 384k Uncapped All Inclusive will effectively become 1mb Uncapped All Inclusive at the announced price point of R339-00.

Telkom have also announced that they will be upgrading all current 1mb lines to 2mb, this means that existing 1mb Uncapped All Inclusive customers (currently paying R488-00), will have their line speeds increased to 2mb.

These packages will however not automatically be increased to 2mb Uncapped as we are still in the process of finalizing the pricing and deployment of a 2mb uncapped product on our systems in preparation for this change.

Essentially the choices you will have available when the time comes though is to move up to a 2mb All Inclusive Uncapped bundle (pricing to be announced), or if it suits your budget more to move your line back down to 1mb and stay on the 1mb bundle at the new price point of R339-00.
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Thanks for clearing that up! So will mweb inform current subscribers once we can switch over?
 
ADRAM3L3CH said:
Thanks for clearing that up! So will mweb inform current subscribers once we can switch over?
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Absolutely :)

As soon as we have all of the details finalized around these changes we'll let everyone know what the 2mb pricing is and send out the relevant communications.
 
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