Vodacom slashes mobile data prices

Would be nice if this applied to prepaid data bundle purchases.
 
Contract pricing has to be really cheap like 8ta's deal to be worth it.

The 8ta R299 package for 20GB works out to 0.67c per MB. A deal that has been around for almost 2 years.

Vodacom has "slashed" their contract prices for the umpteenth time but their cheapest price now works out to 2.41c per mb. I've included their night owl here to give them an extra 2GB. i.e 4GB for R99. The 8ta contract is a top-up contract however whilst you can't get the extra 2GB night owl from Vodacom on top-up. So people run risks of going OOB at R1000 per GB if they go for the Vodacom standard contract just to score the extra 2GB night owl.

So if you want a zero risk of OOB contract for a family member, the cheapest Vodacom pricing is 4.83c per mb. Over 7 times more expensive per mb than 8ta.
 
When is a price reduction a "reduction" and when is it a "slash"?

Curiously, Vodacom’s per-MB price for a 2GB data package (4.8c) is lower than the per-MB price for a 3GB package (5.5c).
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What is so "curious" about this? VC's larger bundles have historically been more expensive per Mb than smaller packages. (I'm not sure about the last few years though, but when they raped me it was certainly the case.)
 
Curiously, Vodacom’s per-MB price for a 2GB data package (4.8c) is lower than the per-MB price for a 3GB package (5.5c).
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however, if went out of bundle to get to 3gb, you'll end up about R1000 more than a 3gb bundle (assuming the shark chomps away at your wallet R1/mb and not R2.
 
Good analysis Saiyanz
If it wasn't for the speed and coverage more people would go for the 8ta deal.
Vodacom has exploited this fact.
 
So MyGig 1 is between R69 and R89.

Comparing that to whats available on my topup contract: Between R279 and R295 per gigabyte.
 
SaiyanZ said:
Contract pricing has to be really cheap like 8ta's deal to be worth it.

The 8ta R299 package for 20GB works out to 0.67c per MB. A deal that has been around for almost 2 years.

Vodacom has "slashed" their contract prices for the umpteenth time but their cheapest price now works out to 2.41c per mb. I've included their night owl here to give them an extra 2GB. i.e 4GB for R99. The 8ta contract is a top-up contract however whilst you can't get the extra 2GB night owl from Vodacom on top-up. So people run risks of going OOB at R1000 per GB if they go for the Vodacom standard contract just to score the extra 2GB night owl.

So if you want a zero risk of OOB contract for a family member, the cheapest Vodacom pricing is 4.83c per mb. Over 7 times more expensive per mb than 8ta.
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Good points - 7x more expensive!

And 8ta has great speeds, just did a test on 8ta (HSDPA+)
 
BIG NEWS!

Vodascum slashes prices to within the range of being ten times more than 8ta and Cell C, wow!
 
BIG NEWS!

Vodascum slashes prices to within the range of being ten times more than 8ta and Cell C, wow!!!
 
Why is this SIM only? MyMeg 500 is R79/month (on promo, down from R149) when used on your phone, but only R39/month SIM only. Surely the cost of their data should be standardised - there should be one price for contract and one price for prepaid regardless of package or access point.
 
Why is this SIM only? MyMeg 500 is R79/month (on promo, down from R149) when used on your phone, but only R39/month SIM only. Surely the price of their data should be standardised (based on cost) - there should be one price for contract and one price for prepaid regardless of package or access point.

These specials and promos just show the extent of the price-gouging going on!
 
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