Firstly let me say, wondeful response to the recent price reductions Vodacom. Finally we are seeing proper competition.
Now, seeing as Vodacom has some incredibly sexy options, im seriously considering moving over to them (and I was gonna sign an MTN contract this week, just as well I was lazy and waited). A few questions however.
1) Can I buy the modem in cash (the E220 one), if so will any cell shop sell them and anyone know a guestimated price?
2) Where can I see if I will have the HSDPA covereage in the area I will be living in, in about a months time. I know MTN has the coverage, no idea on vodacom. *EDIT* Okay I found the street Im in, but theres a gap of covereage very close to where I am going to be, Is there anyone one can "test" the coverage?
3) What is the latency like on the vodacom network, Is it possible to play games over this connection? What sort of latency can one expect to the local servers and the international ones? Im not expecting it to be better than adsl, but is it manageable?
4) What about the possibilty (if it doesn't already exist) of buying "add-ons" for your contract. EG: Say I have the 2gig option. and I hit the 2 gigs and have 1 week to go in the month. Can I buy another 500Mb (just for that month) or is the out of bundle data rates cheap enough not to worry? Just thinking along the lines of what I currently do for adsl.
5) As far as I see Vodacom will not ever be differentiation on the type of traffic that is being used (So skype, email, p2p, http, ftp, games will be charged exactly the same rates)?
Now, seeing as Vodacom has some incredibly sexy options, im seriously considering moving over to them (and I was gonna sign an MTN contract this week, just as well I was lazy and waited). A few questions however.
1) Can I buy the modem in cash (the E220 one), if so will any cell shop sell them and anyone know a guestimated price?
2) Where can I see if I will have the HSDPA covereage in the area I will be living in, in about a months time. I know MTN has the coverage, no idea on vodacom. *EDIT* Okay I found the street Im in, but theres a gap of covereage very close to where I am going to be, Is there anyone one can "test" the coverage?
3) What is the latency like on the vodacom network, Is it possible to play games over this connection? What sort of latency can one expect to the local servers and the international ones? Im not expecting it to be better than adsl, but is it manageable?
4) What about the possibilty (if it doesn't already exist) of buying "add-ons" for your contract. EG: Say I have the 2gig option. and I hit the 2 gigs and have 1 week to go in the month. Can I buy another 500Mb (just for that month) or is the out of bundle data rates cheap enough not to worry? Just thinking along the lines of what I currently do for adsl.
5) As far as I see Vodacom will not ever be differentiation on the type of traffic that is being used (So skype, email, p2p, http, ftp, games will be charged exactly the same rates)?
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). How does one buy these bundles (if im on the 4U contract)? 
