New MTN 1c Per Second price plan

If only MTN would fix their network. Calls in the Transkei get dropped or go through without any audio. You get billed all the time, wouldn't suprise me at all if they owned shares in the other networks.
 
I think we've had significant and more than enough price cuts on call rates this year.... I'm satisfied. Now can the focus shift to data... Pretty please? :)
 
Mo0s said:
I think we've had significant and more than enough price cuts on call rates this year.... I'm satisfied. Now can the focus shift to data... Pretty please? :)
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You raise a valid point. I think the operators understand that data is the new money maker for them so they don't mind too much to give voice away for cheap. Note that MTN still charges 99c for a meg of data which is exorbitant. The same thing happened to SMS. They used to milk the consumers with SMS rates of up to 80c a SMS. Now it's pretty much for free especially on contracts.
 
Good rates. Might just take a sim to use in a phone to make calls only. The data rate on this package is too high.
 
DXL said:
We will have to Wait for Telkom Mobile and VodaCom to respond now......................

How about 0.0075c per Second = 45c per Minute will do fine for us all.

Come on guys you can do it.

Remember what South Africans did to MTN it can happen to you.

:)
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0.75c/s = 45c/m
R0.0075 = 45c/m
0.0075c = 0.45c/m

Dunno if this trend will last though - it is unsustainable :)
 
cozinsky said:
You raise a valid point. I think the operators understand that data is the new money maker for them so they don't mind too much to give voice away for cheap. Note that MTN still charges 99c for a meg of data which is exorbitant. The same thing happened to SMS. They used to milk the consumers with SMS rates of up to 80c a SMS. Now it's pretty much for free especially on contracts.
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Still better than the R2 they charge out of bundle contract customers! Last time I checked they were the only network still charging R2 a meg to contract customers who used up their bundle and started out of bundle data.

I have left contracts behind for the wife and I. There is not enough competition in that space, is it because we are too complacent? Anyway, switching on prepaid is too easy! I switched the wife to 79c, now I'll be switching her to 1c p/s! Anyone know the data rate for 79c? I'll go check on MTN's website and let u all know.
 
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The data charge seems to be R2 per meg on the 79c bundle. As is usual for MTN! Got the below from their website...

MTN Pay Per Second

Whether it's peak or off-peak and no matter which network you are calling, you'll pay only 79 cents per minute. A whopping 1.3cents per second from the very first second. It's a flat rate with no hidden costs: just simple per-second billing, which means you only pay for what you use, making it even easier to keep track of your cellphone spend, giving you more control on managing your airtime. It's quite simple really.

What are you waiting for? Dial *141*4*4# to join MTN Pay Per Second and pay only 79 cents per minute.

Call Rates Peak Off-peak
MTN to All networks (flat rate) R0.79 R0.79
Video Call Rates Peak Off-peak
MTN to All/Other R3.00 R3.00
Standard Data rate
Standard Data Rate per MB R2.00
Messaging Rates Peak Off-peak
Local SMS R0.50 R0.50
Local MMS R0.90 R0.90
International SMS R1.60 R1.60
International MMS R2.50 R2.50

You can click here to find the link on their website

Edit: It seems to have removed my spaces, but I'm sure you can all figure out that the first price is the Peak Rate and the second is the off peak (not that there is any difference)
 
Gerhardva said:
Now to see Vodacom's reply.
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That's wishful thinking at best. I remember Vodacom's CEO suggesting that they wouldn't lower rates unless "they had too". Until consumers do them like they did MTN, they will never fell like they have be competitive. So we must teach them a lesson.
 
Anyone knows if this is ONLY a promo price or if MTN intends to keep it?
 
Origin248 said:
Anyone knows if this is ONLY a promo price or if MTN intends to keep it?
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According to the article it's promo only for now.

Bern said:
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1) What the data rates are
2) International call costs
3) Will this pricing be taken over to contract (so you can use Afrihost for data)
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Article says 99c/mb.
Article states that "NEW" Topup customers can take advantage of this offer.. I've just signed up to MTN topup last month and when I dial the 141 codes I get no option to change to the 1c price plan.
 
Still CellC Supacharge is the best, lots of free minutes and data. Cheap international calls.
 
USSD code worked for me on PayAsYouGo, don't do much data as I've access to WiFi at all my clients so I'm subscribed to just 10MB/mth @ R10 (99c/MB) which rolls over - got 79.38MB available ATM.

Been with MTN forever with no hassles, mind you I've never had a contract.
 
claudirim said:
Still CellC Supacharge is the best, lots of free minutes and data. Cheap international calls.
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+1 keeping my wife on that and myself on Cell C straight up contract(which is still the only well priced contract rate anyway).I learnt the hard way how MTN can devise ways to screw their customers over later on.I used to be on MTN anytime 200 and used to receive 200 anytime minutes until MTN decided to change it to be R200 airtime so that I effectively only got like 70 anytime minutes!

I will find it hard to trust them again without competition to keep them in check and this move looks like they are purposely targeting Cell C probably in the hope they Cell C doesn't have the resources to keep it up, so I'll be making sure I stay on Cell C.
 
falcon786 said:
+1 keeping my wife on that and myself on Cell C straight up contract(which is still the only well priced contract rate anyway).I learnt the hard way how MTN can devise ways to screw their customers over later on.I used to be on MTN anytime 200 and used to receive 200 anytime minutes until MTN decided to change it to be R200 airtime so that I effectively only got like 70 anytime minutes!

I will find it hard to trust them again without competition to keep them in check and this move looks like they are purposely targeting Cell C probably in the hope they Cell C doesn't have the resources to keep it up, so I'll be making sure I stay on Cell C.
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Like Cell C did?
 
Gulio said:
Like Cell C did?
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My straight up package still works the same for me as the day I signed up,the day it changes and they give me 70 minutes on my straight up 200 then that's the day I'll loose my trust in them too,but for now they are fine,yes they are still just a company out to make profit but they had better not pull an MTN move and screw over their customers royally by changing a 200 min contract package to only give 70 min!
 
Out of contract at last. Time to shop around! MTN has been milking me dry for the last few months.

At 60c it's probably cheaper to go prepaid and not claim back the tax on business calls, then worry about itemised billing
 
I like this, I really like this....
Thanks cell c, just hope MTN is not intending to put cell c out of business, suddenly MTN doesn't mind earning only 16 c per call
 
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