Telkom LTE conundrum

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So i'm in a bit of a conundrum at the moment. I currently have an 8meg ADSL line and do about 140-150 gigs a month, pay R600 +R200 odd.
Also have a 5+5 gig LTE package for backup and work.

The ADSL line has been down for about a month now, first was slow now its dead. My pole is in a neighbor's yard. Its taken a while to get access but the contractor took one look at the box on the pole and said Telkom will have to replace and probably move the pole. At the same time 3 different providers are trying to get in the area with fiber: Cybersmart, Openserv and Vuma. Openserv have already contacted me to move the pole in to my yard so I know whats going to happen...they wont replace or maintain the current pole because in a few months time they will be laying brand new fibre. I'm opting for the trenching with Cybersmart though so not even really any point waiting.

My main idea right now is to cancel my ADSL line and try use the LTE until fibre comes. I get great speeds in my area only real issue is I can burn that 5 gig in a night... streaming TV.
The LTE contract ends in November so could wait till then and go on a month to month contract with say 30 + 30 gigs. It wont really be enough but I could just limit my self...
or I could just upgrade now and take out ANOTHER 2 year contract with more data..... because I really need to have internet at my house ASAP !!!!

So I go to the Telkom shop to see what my options are, yes I can actually upgrade my contact now (two months early) but then the guy tells me if I wait two weeks on Oct 1 all the summer deals come out and its basically double data on all their existing contracts.:crylaugh:
But I don't actually want a new contract... I want month to month... so that when fibre comes in a few months I can chuck it.

Then I see the FreeMe contracts... and I'm wondering if this is actually OK to use for home internet ? Its not LTE but I'm happy with HSDPA and it looks like you get unlimited streaming on the contracts ? AND for R50 more you get 500 gigs night surfer ?

It weirdly feels easier to just get a new sim with month to month contract ? Then let the old one die in two months ?

So flipping complicated !
 
Bond said:
So what's the TL;DR?
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Typing this out actually made me realise what the solution is.

Cancel ADSL, get a new month to month LTE contract with no device (I have one already)


tl;dr : I can't get ADSL, fibre is taking too long, need advice on what kind of LTE contract to get in the mean time.
 
The other option is to get a MyGiga 200 from Cel C if you have coverage. I am also currently on Telkom LTE and just waiting for the fibre to light up to cancel the LTE but because I already have the LTE router will be getting a MyGiga 200 as backup for if the fiber is down. Internet is crucial for me.
 
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Telkom has a few ok-ish prepaid options, I reckon you can make it work with one of these.
 
Krosis said:
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Telkom has a few ok-ish prepaid options, I reckon you can make it work with one of these.
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I was trying to get one of those bundles added on to my current contract but it wont let me.... not sure why.

I'm basically just going to get a new Sim with a month to month option and get one of those LTE bundles, probably 50 gig with night surfer.
 
Just get a integrated data sim and use your adsl data through lte
 
Nerfherder said:
So i'm in a bit of a conundrum at the moment. I currently have an 8meg ADSL line and do about 140-150 gigs a month, pay R600 +R200 odd.
Also have a 5+5 gig LTE package for backup and work.

The ADSL line has been down for about a month now, first was slow now its dead. My pole is in a neighbor's yard. Its taken a while to get access but the contractor took one look at the box on the pole and said Telkom will have to replace and probably move the pole. At the same time 3 different providers are trying to get in the area with fiber: Cybersmart, Openserv and Vuma. Openserv have already contacted me to move the pole in to my yard so I know whats going to happen...they wont replace or maintain the current pole because in a few months time they will be laying brand new fibre. I'm opting for the trenching with Cybersmart though so not even really any point waiting.

My main idea right now is to cancel my ADSL line and try use the LTE until fibre comes. I get great speeds in my area only real issue is I can burn that 5 gig in a night... streaming TV.
The LTE contract ends in November so could wait till then and go on a month to month contract with say 30 + 30 gigs. It wont really be enough but I could just limit my self...
or I could just upgrade now and take out ANOTHER 2 year contract with more data..... because I really need to have internet at my house ASAP !!!!

So I go to the Telkom shop to see what my options are, yes I can actually upgrade my contact now (two months early) but then the guy tells me if I wait two weeks on Oct 1 all the summer deals come out and its basically double data on all their existing contracts.:crylaugh:
But I don't actually want a new contract... I want month to month... so that when fibre comes in a few months I can chuck it.

Then I see the FreeMe contracts... and I'm wondering if this is actually OK to use for home internet ? Its not LTE but I'm happy with HSDPA and it looks like you get unlimited streaming on the contracts ? AND for R50 more you get 500 gigs night surfer ?

It weirdly feels easier to just get a new sim with month to month contract ? Then let the old one die in two months ?

So flipping complicated !
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ADSL is so slow.. time to move to LTE.. Telkom has great deal with the 500GB for R50 nightsurfer but u will have schedule large downloads and its month to month. But u stuck with overall between 30 and 50GB day data depending on package.

Alternatively theres Rain.. Double data on their packages so like R600 for 110GB data but no nightsurfer.. BUT u have to buy their device which cost about R2000
 
You can pay extra and then receive your full data
 
Nerfherder said:
Typing this out actually made me realise what the solution is.

Cancel ADSL, get a new month to month LTE contract with no device (I have one already)


tl;dr : I can't get ADSL, fibre is taking too long, need advice on what kind of LTE contract to get in the mean time.
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Also Telkom LTE can actually be a adsl replacer to be honest especially with the R50 for 500GB nightsurfer data people can now download all the things they want during that time makes it a very attractive option if ADSL and fibre is a no go.
 
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