Using MTN prepaid warning

rustyw

rustyw

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I recently learned that MTN will expire your SIM card if you do not make a call within three months, even if you loading air time or using the card for data only. (Very unlike Vodacom!)

I have weather stations dotted all around the country which connect every 3 to 6 minutes on MTN using gprs and MTN have decided that because I am not making calls, they are expiring the cards. Unfortunately the weather stations dont make outgoing calls (duh!)

What a major oversite!!!!!!

Rusty.
 
I'm using mtn for more than a year without making a call. Use it to send sms's
 
I have spoken to MTN on several occations and have concurred that what I am saying is true. It may be possible that sending a sms also is considered 'a call', why then not data as well.
 
/me immediately makes a quick call with his prepaid sim card...
 
It kinda sucks. But cellc is the best. i hidden my sim and forgot about it and discovered it like 6 years later. All I needed to do was load airtime and it worked.
 
Hmm... I've been using my current prepaid MTN simcard for more than a year for just data.. :confused:

The only calls I ever make on it are the ones to 141 to load a new data bundle once a month (I put it in my spare phone to do this, otherwise it's in my E220).. - does that count? :confused:
 
I just bought a vodacom prepaid for extra airtime. Nice thing is you can add more data as/when you need unlike MTN with which it is not possible. Max data you get with MTN is 2Gb.
Their loss.
I put the sim card in my MTN E220 - added a profile and hey presto. Works like a charm. Did notice on my dashboard that MTN throughput speeds are faster than vodacom, despite their 3.6 mbps speed claim.
OMG - spoke to soon. On speedtest it says otherwise.
 
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