Vodacom vs MTN broadband access

[intengu]

I have R500 pm to spend on a new 24 month contract. Which of these two are offering the best prices, which modem should I choose. Another question what happens to the monthly subscription if prices come down as I think they will with the new undersea cables-been told that you still pay the same amount as of the day the contract was signed. I have gone to a number of shops but been left confused.

 

[Donald Bradbury]

Depends on your location, In Eastern Cape, Transkei Region go MTN. I am on Vodacom, they have admitted to a fault in the area, that was three months ago, and done nothing about it. Have a fault reference number. Although fault repairs are national, not certain of their connection reliabilty in other areas.

MTN in Transkei gives full HSPDA, and remains constant, have not experienced their repair turn around times though.

My vodacom contract is almost up, and going to look at porting.

 

[sand_man]

Vodacom My2gig package costs around R449-00 per month. That might include a B970 router with a R499-00 pay-in, apparently a very handy piece of hardware or alternatively if you want to be mobile E270 or other USB modem.

I find generally Voda's speeds far outperform and exceed those of MTN...

 

[Donald Bradbury]

Vodacom My2gig package costs around R449-00 per month. That might include a B970 router with a R499-00 pay-in, apparently a very handy piece of hardware or alternatively if you want to be mobile E270 or other USB modem.

I find generally Voda's speeds far outperform and exceed those of MTN...

As i stated, performance depends on location. See if you could borrow a friends HSPDA modem, then do some speed tests with a MTN and Vodacom SIM cards.

 

[Drake2007]

On MTN 3G prepaid and see downloads at 105kb/s with using my phone as modem. Went MTN for my reasons that Telkom doesn't deserve the cash.

 

[RazedInBlack]

Try the Novatel M950D. It supports 7.2 Mbps.