Price drop?

[linuxguy]

The latest (Sep 29) issue of iWeek reports on page 4 that MTN says it has cut the price of data services in SA to a flat rate of 90 cents/MB. Checking on callquest, I still seem to be paying R1.50/MB out-of-bundle (with 100MB bundle) as of yesterday.

Looking on the MTN website, I see a splash about MMS costs dropping to 90 cents/MMS, but nothing about data tariffs. Did iWeek get this wrong, or is there (going to be) a tariff drop...which would alleviate a lot of my worries about waiting for new data bundle sizes--although I was still hoping for a 250MB bundle for R200, which is R0.80/MB. From what I read on this forum, 250MB seems to be a distinct "sweet spot" and corresponds to one of the Vodacom bundles, no?

After that, I just need EDGE in our town...

 

[Spindrift]

Hey,

Not sure about iweek but I remembered being confused by Reuter's headline: "S.Africa's MTN cuts some data prices by 55 pct" article is here:

http://za.today.reuters.com/news/ne...131_RTRIDST_0_OZABS-TELECOMS-MTN-20050915.XML

I also thought that gprs data was also going down, but the drop is only for MMS.

Spinz

 

[Incredible]

Just curious people. MTN states on their website: "You will be charged 90 cents per message sent from your cellphone, to any network, regardless of how big or small your message is."

Does this include international networks?

 

[asmith]

I think the MTN press release mislead reporters, it talked about data services and then mentioned only a price decease on MMS

 

[nicovdw]

New Bundle Arrives

From 1Nov there will ne a 350Mb bundle for R220

 

[MTNSP Broadband]

new data tarrifs

Basic Data Tariff & Data Bundles
MTN MTN MTN MTN
10MB 100MB 350MB 1GB
Bundle Bundle Bundle Bundle

Monthly Inclusive – Megabytes 10 100 350 1.024
Monthly Subscription R 10.00 R 100.00 R 220.00 R 499.00
Effective In-Bundle R 1.00 R 1.00 R 0.63 R 0.49
Rate per Megabyte
Out-of-Bundle R 2.00 R 1.50 R 1.50 R 1.25
Rate per Megabyte

 

[Skeptik]

Does this include international networks?

An sms sent overseas will cost R1.60 across the board all contracts and PAYG. Dont bother sending an MMS because you cant send one to anywhere significant!