Virgin Mobile ups data costs
Virgin Mobile has quietly upped its data and SMS rates for its post- and pre-paid accounts and eliminated off-peak rates.
The new rates mean that Virgin Mobile’s peak-time tariffs are significantly lower than its competitors. On the downside, however, it also means that users will not benefit from low off-peak rates.
Virgin Mobile’s all-day rate is now 60c per SMS. MMSs are charged at a flat rate of 75c each and its per-MB data rate is set at 60c.
In comparison, Vodacom’s 4U customers are charged 80c per SMS in peak times and 35c in off-peak times. Pay-as-you-go MTN customers are charged 75c per peak-time SMS while off-peak SMSs cost 35c.
For data users, the differences are even starker. While Vodacom and MTN charge around R2/MB for out-of-bundle data usage, their in-bundle rates for 2 GB or more drop to R0.19/MB. This is in comparison with Virgin Mobile’s flat rate of R0.60 per megabyte.
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