Rain’s fixed-LTE products will stop being sold by ISPs from 1 November 2018, due to\u00a0capacity constraints on its network.<\/p>\n
The end of November also marks the end of Rain’s fixed-LTE double-data promotion, which\u00a0which saw users who signed up for Rain packages in 2017 receive a double data allocation.<\/p>\n
To encourage users to keep using the service, Rain recently confirmed that\u00a0all active fixed-LTE users will receive free off-peak data<\/strong><\/a> from 1 December 2018.<\/p>\n Subscribers will receive off-peak data equalling their anytime allocation from 23:00 to 18:00 each day, along with their original anytime data allocation.<\/p>\n For example: if you are a subscriber with a 55GB package, you will receive 55GB anytime data, and an extra 55GB off-peak data to use between\u00a023:00 to 18:00.<\/p>\n With Rain’s fixed-LTE packages being taken of the selves soon, broadband customers looking to buy an LTE service do not have much time left to decide if Rain is for them.<\/p>\n To help users make a decision, we have compared Rain’s LTE packages, including the coming off-peak data allocations, against Cell C’s fixed-LTE services.<\/p>\n For the comparison, pricing from Afrihost was used.<\/p>\n Rain\u2019s LTE\u2011A network currently averages speeds between 10\u201150Mbps, while Cell C\u2019s LTE-A network averages between 10-69Mbps, dependent on coverage, said Afrihost.<\/p>\n Both sets of packages offer users a free Huawei B315 router, or a Huawei B618 router for R999.<\/p>\n The table below details the pricing and data allocations of the packages.<\/p>\nRain vs Cell C<\/h3>\n