{"id":12189,"date":"2010-04-25T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-25T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-04-25T15:19:00","modified_gmt":"2010-04-25T13:19:00","slug":"mobile-data-prices-vodacom-versus-mtn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/12189-mobile-data-prices-vodacom-versus-mtn.html","title":{"rendered":"Mobile data prices: Vodacom versus MTN"},"content":{"rendered":"

In March MTN became the first local cellular provider to increase the value proposition to its mobile broadband subscriber by reducing its out-of-bundle data rates by up to 84%.<\/p>\n

MTN also launched time based data services and introduced a 1-Day Unlimited bundle which lasts for 24 hours and is available at R50.<\/p>\n

Vodacom hit back last week by upping data allowances on both its broadband standard and broadband advanced packages.  Vodacom further provisioned all the data SIMs to 14.4 Mbps.<\/p>\n

A direct pricing comparison is challenging since the two companies now have different data bundle sizes, but a fair way to compare the overall value proposition is to examine what you get for a certain price. <\/p>\n

The following table provides an overview of what consumer receive from MTN and Vodacom for their money.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/td>\nMTN <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nVodacom Advanced<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nVodacom Standard<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 <\/td>\nBundle<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOOB<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBundle<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOOB<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nBundle<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOOB<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R149<\/td>\n300MB<\/td>\nR0.50<\/td>\n175MB<\/td>\nR0.85<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R189<\/td>\n500MB<\/td>\nR0.38<\/td>\n300MB<\/td>\nR0.63<\/td>\n600MB<\/td>\nR1.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R289<\/td>\n1GB<\/td>\nR0.29<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n1.2GB<\/td>\nR1.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
R389<\/td>\n2GB<\/td>\nR0.19<\/td>\n1.5GB<\/td>\nR0.25<\/td>\n2.4GB<\/td>\nR1.20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

From the table it is clear that MTN provides a far better value proposition than Vodacom’s Broadband Advance offering, with both larger data bundle sizes and lower out of bundle rates.<\/p>\n

Vodacom’s Broadband Standard service offers better in-bundle value than MTN, but also sports far higher out of bundle rates. <\/p>\n

For users who seldom exceed their monthly data allowance Vodacom’s Broadband Standard service provides the best value for money, but if you want a bit more freedom on your data usage you will be well advised to use MTN instead.<\/p>\n

Vodacom versus MTN mobile broadband prices<\/strong><\/a> << comments and views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vodacom upped their mobile broadband value proposition in response to MTN\u2019s recent out-of-bundle price cuts. We look at who has the best deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cellular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12189"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}