{"id":249301,"date":"2018-02-19T13:31:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=249301"},"modified":"2018-02-19T13:33:29","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T11:33:29","slug":"why-vodacom-removed-smart-sized-plans-from-its-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/249301-why-vodacom-removed-smart-sized-plans-from-its-website.html","title":{"rendered":"Why Vodacom removed Smart-sized plans from its website"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has stopped listing its Smart S, M, L, and XL contract tariff plans on its website, leading to speculation the operator had discontinued them.<\/p>\n<p>Non-plus variants of its Red plans are also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myvodacom.secure.vodacom.co.za\/vodacom\/shopping\/plans\/plans?planType=Airtimeplan&amp;paymentMode=Contract&amp;icmp=Internal\/Plans\/R1\/Smart\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer listed<\/a><\/strong>, while Red Select+, Red Classic+, Red Premium+, and Red VIP+ are still available on the Vodacom website.<\/p>\n<p>Its Smart More Data and Red More Data 10GB plans are also still listed.<\/p>\n<p>Upon contacting the operator\u2019s retail outlets, however, agents told MyBroadband they still offered the contracts to clients who ask for them.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom confirmed it had not discontinued the plans, but streamlined its website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFeedback from some online customers is that there are too many options to choose from with the Smart Plans and the Smart Plus plans included in the various menus,\u201d said Vodacom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHence, we are trialling a streamlined menu that includes the most popular packages among online shoppers.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/smartphones\/247980-vodacom4u-launches-new-smartphone-deals.html\">Vodacom4U launches new smartphone deals<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has stopped listing its Smart S, M, L, and XL contract tariff plans on its website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":232631,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[41],"class_list":["post-249301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249301"}],"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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=249301"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":249319,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249301\/revisions\/249319"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=249301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=249301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=249301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}