Vumatel Price change

I hope WebAfrica is following by example. If not July, then maybe August. Else... bye-bye.

Currently, I am paying R979 for a 20/20 line.
Although, it is weird that from the looks of it the 20/20 package will fall away. Both Afrihost and CoolIdeas's new package lists will only have a 20/10 package.

Webafrica is known for being very hipster regarding their down/up packages. Will not be surprised if they have a 1000/1 deal in there somewhere.
 
@AfriNatic do we need to manually change the packages now or will it automatically change?

My sister is on the 10/10 so do I manually change it for her before the 23rd or leave it?
 
neoprema said:
Just to play devils advocate, Vumatel is increasing line speeds and dropping prices but what about the ISPs upstream providers?

I'm on a 1000/100 package with a particular ISP and if i speed test to their own server I get 800+mbps - if i speed test to anyone else in ZA (just local peering) i was getting 40mbps down. Speed test to Los Angeles was a blistering 8mbps. That tells me their backhaul and/or upstream provider they use is shot to next friday and probably seriously over capacity even though Vumatel can easily get my packets to them.

So, what guarantee do we have have that along with the Vumatel upgrades there's going to be upgrades that actually allow this kind of increased data transfer both locally and internationally?
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Who is your ISP?
 
Took up C Fibre more than 2 years ago, R899 for 20/20 (now R949), but, free activation, installation AND 3 months free fibre (tied to 24 month contract).

Any other ISP offering free months, without activation/installation at these new lower prices? I see SADV has 2 months free but priced higher then their normal package with no activation fees. How is SADV?
 
Vuma went live in my area recently, I have Afrihost PureDSL 40mbps VDSL installed and the line is rock solid. I am more than happy with the service as everything I do on the internet runs at full line speed. Already done 1.8TB for the month, and line still going solid line speed. If Openserve decides to switch off the DSL copper network, then I will gladly switch over to Vuma and Afrihost fiber. The 50/50 option will probably not make much difference to what I have now, since in most cased I get 4.5mbps + download and have 10mbps upload speed. The 100/100 option looks very tempting. @AfriNatic and Afrihost has always provided me with a super internet service. 5 stars!!
 
mathebus said:
@AfriNatic do we need to manually change the packages now or will it automatically change?

My sister is on the 10/10 so do I manually change it for her before the 23rd or leave it?
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Speeds will automatically be changes from the 1st of July. We have done all the changes in ClientZone on our side which means as soon as Vuma does the changes the news speeds will apply.
 
Everyones-a-Wally said:
Anyone thinking of changing to Mindthespeed (cheapest so far) BEWARE:

Immense price cuts on Vumatel

All I got from Coolideas is that the 50/5 line will now be a 50/50
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I know their prices was posted somewhere, but I don't see it reflected on their website yet.

Also, are those their own 3-month promo prices or are they permanent?

They don't offer the top-end packages on Vumatel either.
 
Everyones-a-Wally said:
They're in the OP here:

Vumatel Price change

Not sure if posted, just got an email with price changes: Dear rh1, Vumatel have just notified us of some welcome package changes and pricing decreases coming into affect on 1st July 2021, which we will be passing on to yourselves. Please refer to the below table for the details regarding...
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Yeah.

Strange that they offer a 70Mbps package. Guess they throttle the 100Mbps down to 70Mbps.
 
Really happy to see some ISPs getting in quick with the new prices. I guess the others, *cough *cough VOX, will first try to pocket some extra mula from the Vuma price drop before passing those savings on to the consumers. Couple of hundred rand times a few thousand customers and they make a quick buck by delaying the price drop by a month...
 
WebSquad

20/10 -- R749.00
50/50 -- R929.00
100/100 -- R1099
200/200 -- R1299
1000/200 -- R1499
1000/500 -- R2399
 
ColGatvol said:
Really happy to see some ISPs getting in quick with the new prices. I guess the others, *cough *cough VOX, will first try to pocket some extra mula from the Vuma price drop before passing those savings on to the consumers. Couple of hundred rand times a few thousand customers and they make a quick buck by delaying the price drop by a month...
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VOX has the 1000/100 package at nearly R2.5k!

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    • Good day
  • Ngonid
  • Frank Thomas
    • 8:44:00 a.m.
      This was only released yesterday, this will now be given to all ISP. once the new pricing has been implemented. We will send all new pricing to all existing customers once released.
  • Ngoni
    • 8:45:10 a.m.
      and about payments, are we supposed to wait and pay the new package pricing or we should continue paying the old price?

      vox claiming

netstrider said:
VOX has the 1000/100 package at nearly R2.5k!

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