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Randux
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Is this all Eskom's fault or are they simply colluding?
So I only have one data contract and it's already ended.. bye bye.
My phone contract is ending soon too.
PS. Until such a time contracts are binding on both sides I refuse to sign contracts with cellular providers. I think businesses should take this stance too.. Contracts have always had losses on either side due to increasing or falling costs, the way providers are now amending contracts = zero value for me and I might as well get a device with FNB if i really want it in a 24 month period.
My phone contract is ending soon too.
PS. Until such a time contracts are binding on both sides I refuse to sign contracts with cellular providers. I think businesses should take this stance too.. Contracts have always had losses on either side due to increasing or falling costs, the way providers are now amending contracts = zero value for me and I might as well get a device with FNB if i really want it in a 24 month period.
Piesang
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I have 5 MTN Contracts. I will have to go and work out how much my increase will be as soon as I get the correct old and new pricing.
they should update their website... latest / current catalogue still shows 'old' prices...
so you look at cataloge, decide on new contract, based on what u willing to spend...and next month... "surprise!"
still sucks that they can bind you to a 24mo contract, and then up the prices to hearts content. should really keep prices as at signing of contract for the duration of it.
i guess thats the punishment for going contract
I think this opens a bigger can of worms than they realise. At the moment they thinking win win but watch as all businesses adopt this approach. SA business is like that snake eating its tail in reality, one company gets away, they all re-apply to everyone else which ends up hurting the companies starting the fiasco even more.
Would be interesting to see new contracts for other items with dynamically increases.. hrm i'm thinking Eskom could try this too.. make the minimum post paid bill R1/2k or sell prepaid energy in such increments.. technically they have not increased the cost of energy per say so can't be regulated
I could not agree more. The fat cats literally met and said "hey, I want to do a mid term tariff increase. I don't think I can do it alone, everyone will use you guys as an example of the market norm and we will lose customers, so I need you guys to jump on the bandwagon. More money etc etc.. "
If memory serves, didn't something similar happen a few years ago with the major service providers? I remember Telkom was fined a hefty amount for abusing its dominance in the market. I find that a coalition between the country's biggest mobile providers (MTN, Vodacom and CellC) to increase anything mid term is a gross abuse of power.
gfmalan
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Why is everyone so keen to go to prepaid? Am I missing something? Is the prepaid rate cheaper than contract?
19 years ago it was cheaper to be on contract per minute, than prepaid minutes?!
Yes, prepaid is cheaper at around 79c per minute. You do however miss out on roaming in some countries.
supersunbird
Honorary Master
We are not in 1996 Mr Rip van Winkel....
My airtime on a Anytime 100 Topup Contract costs R2,30 per minute, prepaid I can get 79c per second.
Glad to have you back in the modern world.
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Piesang
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What they said. We that have contracts pay more because we get a nice new shiny phone that gets subsidised. So instead of paying R15000 for a S6Edge we pay around about R12000 but all the expensive calls, data and sms's makes up for the R3000 that they subsidise.
So yeah, It's better to be on prepaid and buy your own phone cash.
Chris14
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Well to me it's disappointing that when you on a contract you can only 500MB MAX Data Limit. I get 250MB Data per month
Example:
1st month have 200MB Data Left
2nd Month now have 450MB Data (i.e. 250MB add for new month)
3rd Month comes 500MB Data (200MB is wasted)
Example:
1st month have 200MB Data Left
2nd Month now have 450MB Data (i.e. 250MB add for new month)
3rd Month comes 500MB Data (200MB is wasted)
gfmalan
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This is news for me, unexeptable.. I thought prepaid is still like allot more expensive per minute. I'm not even taking the expensive phones, I'm paying the cash diff so I dont have that promo fee (24 months payment)
Im stunnend into silence, all this years and I tought prepaid is something like R2.50 a minute
Always see the per minute fees like Supersunbird stated, and thought it applies to prepaid an topup kind of contracts.
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Well Telecom Operators will regret this decision in a handful month time.. without contracts, people are free to switch networks as they please and there goes the guaranteed income/cashflow too which is why contract's use to be made as attractive as ever.
The pre-paid market has winners and losers every time someone wants to compete on price. longer term.. an operator with the majority of users on pre-paid will suffer. I suspect the assumption is that everyone on contract will just accept or not notice and continue on
The pre-paid market has winners and losers every time someone wants to compete on price. longer term.. an operator with the majority of users on pre-paid will suffer. I suspect the assumption is that everyone on contract will just accept or not notice and continue on
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