Upgrading

[Nicknamehere]

I'll be upgrading soon. I already have a modem (E220) so I was wondering does the modem support hsdpa 7.2 if not which modem should I choose? And if I decide not to take a modem do I get a discount?

 

[Antonf]

Why on earth are you on a contract? It is cheaper to buy a modem (bidorbuy is a good place to find one) and go with pre-paid bundles.

 

[Nicknamehere]

Don't you have to pay extra for hsdpa then?

 

[kingrob]

I got myself a Vodacom R400 top-up contract and you get the Vodafone B970 wireless HSDPA router free with it (R2700 cash from Vodacom).

So, how do I do it? Simply login to Vodacom4Me and convert my airtime to a data bundle. If I dont use it, I've got more cash for a bigger data bundle the next month. And if data bundles come down in price, I can buy bigger data bundles with the same cash.

Definitely the best move you can do. My thanks to a lot of forumites that put heads together and came up with this solution.

*Alternatively, you can purchase the Hauwei E960 gateway from Telkom for R935 cash, slap in a Vodacom prepaid sim card in it, load some airtime and convert it to a data bundle.

 

[morkhans]

If you want contract, go top-up as per Kingrob. Otherwise pre-paid is a good option. E272 modem is good I tend not to like the "stick" type modems. If you get sold one of the Vodafone K3XXX modems make sure it is a Huawei rather than a ZTE model.