{"id":14847,"date":"2010-09-01T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-01T09:53:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2010-09-01T11:53:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-01T09:53:00","slug":"sa-mobile-broadband-pricing-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/14847-sa-mobile-broadband-pricing-comparison.html","title":{"rendered":"SA mobile broadband pricing comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cell C recently launched their first ever broadband service, offering download speeds of up to 21 Mbps and upload speeds of up to 5 Mbps.<\/p>\n

Cell C unveiled the following prepaid mobile broadband packages in its promotional campaign:<\/p>\n

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  1. An HSDPA modem capable of speeds of up to 7.2Mbps, 2GB of data every month for a period of 12 months for R1,499 once off<\/li>\n
  2. An HSPA+ modem capable of speeds of up to 21.6Mbps, 5GB of data every month for a period of 12 months for R2,999 once off<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    This means that the two products will cost subscribers R63 per GB on the 7.2 Mbps, 24 GB product and R50 per GB on the 21.6 Mbps, 60 GB product – with a free modem to boot.<\/p>\n

    The following table provides an overview of how Cell C’s new offering compares to similar prepaid mobile broadband services in the market:<\/p>\n

    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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    7.2 Mbps HSDPA modem, 2 GB of data per month<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
     <\/td>\nModem Cost<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nMonthly Data Cost<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTotal cost over 12 months<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Cell C<\/td>\nR1,499<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\nR1,499<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Telkom Mobi<\/td>\nR823<\/td>\nR349<\/td>\nR5,011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Vodacom<\/td>\nR1139<\/td>\nR389 (2.3 GB)<\/td>\nR5,807<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    MTN<\/td>\nR1200<\/td>\nR389<\/td>\nR5,868<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
     <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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    21 Mbps HSDPA modem, 5 GB of data per month<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
     <\/td>\nModem Cost<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nMonthly Data Cost<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nTotal cost over 12 months<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Cell C<\/td>\nR2,999<\/td>\nIncluded<\/td>\nR2,999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Telkom Mobi<\/td>\nR823 (7.2 Mbps only)<\/td>\n~R749<\/td>\nR9,811<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    MTN<\/td>\nR1200 (7.2 Mbps only)<\/td>\nR973<\/td>\nR12,876<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    Vodacom<\/td>\nR1139<\/td>\nR989<\/td>\nR13,007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

    Mobile broadband pricing in SA<\/a><\/strong> << Give your views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Cell C recently unveiled their 21 Mbps HSPA+ mobile broadband service and pricing. This is how it stacks up against competing services<\/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-14847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cellular"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847"}],"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=14847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14847\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}