Pick your Cellphone operator poison?

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eitai2001

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Hi Guys.

So in the next 2 months I will need to be taking out a new contract.
But which Poison do I pick? I just came off Virgin Mobile, and am never going back again.

The one I am looking at the most right now is Cell C because they are trying the hardest, but at the same time ... Virgin uses their towers, and my calls were dropped often ... lately, more than 50% of the time people phoning me get to the user not available message, and sms's aren't always instant-ish.

So where do you guys think I should go ... do you think Cell C will offer better uptime than Virgin (because I assume Virgin gets second preference on their network).

MTN has good monthly prices, but I'm not sure I trust them enough when it comes to billing and stuff. The phones that come with contracts are good though.

I've never had an issue with Vodacom, but the phones you get vs what you pay is crap ... and call rates aren't amazing.

Do you think Cell C will get better in the long term ... what are industry estimates for Cell C at this stage?

Regards

Itai
 
My calls kept dropping, but since I put my network settings on manual and picked vodacom I have not had any problems. I actually just got another contract on CellC this week. They definitely have their problems, but it is the lesser evil of the cell operators I think (A few dropped calls is much better than a R10 000 bill you might get on MTN for example.)
 
At this stage, I am most worried about call quality ... I need people to be able to get hold of me.
 
If you need call quality, stay away from CellC. I made the mistake of moving my wife's contract to them a couple of months ago, and I have to call her at least 3/4 times on a regular basis before I can get hold of her. It's so bad she carries two phones now, just so I can get hold of her.
 
craig1606 said:
If you need call quality, stay away from CellC. I made the mistake of moving my wife's contract to them a couple of months ago, and I have to call her at least 3/4 times on a regular basis before I can get hold of her. It's so bad she carries two phones now, just so I can get hold of her.
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Thanks for that. I figured that might be the case ... if it happens with Virgin, it must happen with Cell C.
 
eitai2001 said:
Ok ... so then which is the lesser evil between Voda and MTN?
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I'd go with MTN. I have tried MTN/Cell C/Voda.

Currently have +/- 10 contracts with them (business).

Had a bit of a billing problem when porting to prepaid but was sorted out quickly enough.
 
SYNERGY said:
I'd go with MTN. I have tried MTN/Cell C/Voda.

Currently have +/- 10 contracts with them (business).

Had a bit of a billing problem when porting to prepaid but was sorted out quickly enough.
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Thanks Synergy ... any particular reason you choose MTN over Voda if you have been with all?
 
Vodacom had/has alot of outages - with regards to Voice calls & Blackberry Services. Ask Dolby.
 
craig1606 said:
I have to call her at least 3/4 times on a regular basis before I can get hold of her. It's so bad she carries two phones now, just so I can get hold of her.
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That was exactly my problem, changing the network settings to vodacom solves it, haven't had one problem since
 
I live in jo'burg & in the area I live there are lotsa VC probs. Can't call out, peope can't get you....

I have 2 numbers 1 VC , 1 MTN for business purposes.

MTN's reception is much better.
 
Thanks Venomous ... looks like I might try out MTN ... just scared of their billing department ... have they started sorting themselves out yet?
 
Personally I have not had incorrect billing, but I do pay them over 1.5K a month for 2 businesses accounts as SO cell also in my name (was a pressie originally) & is used also for business.

Must admit I have not heard/read of people being mad at their billing department recently, So I guess it must be.

I'm trying to remember....

If I remember correctly : Snakepit is an MTN employee & he's helped me before when I had questions.

Sadly I deleted the PM's so can confirm nick 100%
 
Personally I only make landline calls from cell when out & about to clients or suppliers. Have Cell numbers of most clients even at some of the bigger companies.
 
I guess I will on occassion, but mostly will be calling friends and stuff on cellphone ... or colleagues on cell phones (we're hardly in the office as auditors).
 
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