New 8ta More prepaid launched

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8ta More prepaid launched

8ta has unveiled their new prepaid service, giving subscribers between 20% and 100% bonus airtime when they recharge


8ta More Prepaid availability
• New customers will be automatically be provisioned on the 8ta More Prepaid offer from 12 August 2012
• Existing 8ta prepaid subscribers (Per Second Billing and Per Minute Billing) may remain on their existing plans or have an option to migrate to the new 8ta More Prepaid offer from 12 August 2012

How to migrate to 8ta More Prepaid
• Customers wishing to migrate to the 8ta More Prepaid offer can dial *180# (USSD) or call 180 (Customer care)
• It is very easy for customers to move to 8ta while keeping their number. They can visit their nearest 8ta flagship store or a Telkom Direct Store for more information

8ta More Prepaid rates
• Peak rates: 8ta to all local networks (including 8ta) @ R2.78 per minute billed in per second increments
• Off peak rates: 8ta to all local networks (including 8ta) @ R0.98 per minute billed in per second increments
• 8ta to all local networks (including 8ta) SMS @ R0.50 anytime
• 8ta to all local networks (including 8ta) MMS (300kb) @ R0.50 anytime
• Data @ R1.00 per MB
• Free Airtime rewarded as illustrated by the table in Press Release

Conditions of the 8ta More Prepaid offer
• Free airtime expires within 7 days from date of recharge
• Free airtime is used before paid-for airtime
• Free airtime is not transferable
• Free airtime can be used for calls to any South African network at any time
• Free airtime can be used for standard rate SMS, MMS, and Data
• Multiple recharges adding up to R10 will not earn free airtime
• Up to R1000.00 FREE airtime can be earned per day
• Free airtime may not be used for standard or promotional bundles (Data, SMS/MMS, BIS/BES) and premium rated services
• Free airtime cannot be used for international calls, international-roaming and international SMSs or MMSs

Features not applicable on 8ta Prepaid More
• The 8ta more offer does not include earning 1 minute for every 3 minutes received from any SA mobile network
• The 8ta more offer does not include an option of sending 5 SMSs per day and receiving 50 free to send for that day
 
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Nice - I like what the smaller players are doing these days.
 
• Free airtime may not be used for standard or promotional bundles (Data, SMS/MMS, BIS/BES) and premium rated services
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That's the reason I won't be getting this, and then also -

• The 8ta more offer does not include earning 1 minute for every 3 minutes received from any SA mobile network
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Also, the following -

• Peak rates: 8ta to all local networks (including 8ta) @ R2.78 per minute billed in per second increments
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Do they really think free airtime will entice customers more than the flat ( very cheap) structure that Cell-C has going? Please..
 
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Thanks 8ta,I will stick to cell c 99c,your call rates are way too high,higher than your free airtime
 
Thanks 8ta, but that peak rate is horrendous. Cell C 99c for real for me
 
Ok so you have to choose. Get free sms and free minutes when people call you OR get free airtime which will only be usable for 7 days......

Why? The free minutes you earn when people call you is valid for the whole month..... That said that if you recharge with R100 for 7days you get another R100 to use for a lot of stuff. Its quite a lot. I'm stuck now. OMG
 
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CellC steals Telkom branding

CellBel said:
Thx but no thx 8ta, Cell C 99c is the way to go.
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CellC used to be Red and white branded and they gave that to Vodacom.
And then they were black and white.

Have u noticed in their print adverts they are now using Telkom's Blue and Green, colours associated with Telkom's brand adverts for decades.

AKC admires Telkom after all? Or trying to steal their brand?
 
Wow ok People lets compare cell c 99c vs 8ta more......

R50 recharge gets you:

Cellc : +-50min to any network anytime or +- 50mb out of bundle or +- 100 SMS or +- 50 MMS

8ta : R50 airtime + R50 promo money - +- 36min during peak any network or +-102min off peak or 100mb out of bundle or 100 SMS or 100 MMS

*Cellc has no expiry where 8ta has a 7day expiry date for the bonus airtime.

So basically Cellc beats this by quite a few minutes during peak but 8ta is a run away off peak. I think its epic both of them.

I honestly think they leave Vodacom and MTN in the dust. Remember that these offerings are so much value for money and gives you lots of stuff and considering you can use it to call ALL network makes it so much better than MTN Zone/Mahala thrusdays and Vodacom's Night Shift/Power hours where the rewards only count for on net calls


*I stand to be corrected so please correct me if I'm wrong cause my maths was not my strong point in school.
 
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So regarding data, the bonus airtime can only be used at R1 per MB? i.e. no data bundle purchases?

This is where it fails.
 
Yes, the data does not benefit at all. That might be the next promotion
 
cavedog said:
Wow ok People lets compare cell c 99c vs 8ta more......

R50 recharge gets you:

Cellc : +-50min to any network anytime or +- 50mb out of bundle or +- 100 SMS or +- 50 MMS
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If you buy a 12 MB bundle with that R50 for R1.50, you can use the remaining R48.50 at OOB rates of 15c/MB. Therefore that R50 gets you a total of 335 MB over 30 days :love:
 
Nah,more data please.Nice try though,good see the smaller players taking the fight to Vodacom and MTN.
 
No thanks! Cell C still beats the pants off 8.ta

Just helped 2 friends port to 99c for real today.

Cell C leads, the rest follow.... Down hill!
 
Madhawk said:
No thanks! Cell C still beats the pants off 8.ta

Just helped 2 friends port to 99c for real today.

Cell C leads, the rest follow.... Down hill!
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I'm tempted by CellC but their coverage isnt up to scratch in the areas I need so I'm sticking with 8TA for now.
 
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