{"id":308477,"date":"2019-06-06T18:58:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-06T16:58:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=308477"},"modified":"2019-06-06T19:00:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-06T17:00:18","slug":"fixed-lte-with-no-contracts-telkom-vs-cell-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/308477-fixed-lte-with-no-contracts-telkom-vs-cell-c.html","title":{"rendered":"Fixed-LTE with no contracts – Telkom vs Cell C"},"content":{"rendered":"

Webafrica recently became the first ISP in South Africa to launch<\/strong><\/a> Telkom fixed-LTE packages which do not require customers to take out a contract.<\/p>\n

These fixed-LTE offerings are available on a month-to-month basis and can be cancelled with one month’s notice being given.<\/p>\n

Telkom’s fixed-LTE packages include Anytime data in addition to Night Surfer data, which can only be used from midnight to 07:00 daily.<\/p>\n

Webafrica customers who sign up for one of these fixed-LTE packages will receive a free Huawei B525 router with their LTE package, which remains the property of the ISP.<\/p>\n

Month-to-month fixed-LTE<\/h3>\n

While Webafrica may be the only ISP to currently offer month-to-month fixed LTE over Telkom’s network, many local ISPs offer Cell C fixed-LTE packages which also do not require subscribers to take out a contract.<\/p>\n

Cell C’s month-to-month fixed LTE packages are priced identically across all ISPs and include flat anytime data balances without any bonus data allocation.<\/p>\n

We compared the month-to-month Telkom fixed-LTE packages available from Webafrica with Cell C’s month-to-month packages available from numerous ISPs across the country.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Month-to-month Fixed-LTE<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Package<\/strong><\/td>\nAnytime Data<\/strong><\/td>\nNight Surfer Data<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C 20GB<\/strong><\/td>\n20GB<\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR219<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom 20GB<\/strong><\/td>\n20GB<\/td>\n10GB<\/td>\nR249<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C 50GB<\/strong><\/td>\n50GB<\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR349<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom 40GB<\/strong><\/td>\n40GB<\/td>\n20GB<\/td>\nR359<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom 70GB<\/strong><\/td>\n70GB<\/td>\n50GB<\/td>\nR459<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C 100GB<\/strong><\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR530<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom 100GB<\/strong><\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\nR759<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C 200GB<\/strong><\/td>\n200GB<\/td>\n–<\/td>\nR845<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom 200GB<\/strong><\/td>\n200GB<\/td>\n200GB<\/td>\nR1,059<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Night Surfer data<\/h3>\n

When comparing the balance of the anytime data bundle with the price of each package, the Cell C packages seem to offer the better deal.<\/p>\n

However, Webafrica’s month-to-month Telkom packages include a large amount of Night Surfer data which can only be used between midnight and 07:00 every day.<\/p>\n

This means that if you often use your fixed-LTE connection between these hours or change your schedule to do so, the month-to-month Telkom packages offered through Webafrica may offer more value than the Cell C packages.<\/p>\n

Customers who are primarily concerned with the amount of anytime data, however, will find that Cell C fixed-LTE packages from various ISPs offer the better deal.<\/p>\n

It should also be noted that the Anytime data on the Telkom LTE packages is valid for 61 days before it expires, while Night Surfer and Top-Up data is valid for 30 days.<\/p>\n

Cell C monthly data expires at the end of each month, and Top-Up data bundles are valid for 30 days after purchase.<\/p>\n

Telkom LTE Top-Up data bundles can be purchased from Webafrica, with the smallest 10GB bundle priced at R249. In comparison, 1GB of Cell C Top-Up data from many ISPs is priced at R12.50 for 1GB.<\/p>\n

However, it is important to note that the Top-Up data bundle prices for Telkom’s fixed-LTE packages become more attractive as the bundle size increases. For example, a 200GB bundle is priced at R1,055 which amounts to only R5.28 per GB.<\/p>\n

Now read: Telkom Big Deal \u2013 Uncapped LTE for R899<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Webafrica recently became the first ISP in South Africa to launch Telkom fixed-LTE packages which do not require customers to take out a contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341028,"featured_media":307592,"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_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[59313,355,35,59315,47490,109],"class_list":["post-308477","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-anytime-data","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-month-to-month","tag-night-surfer","tag-telkom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308477"}],"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\/341028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=308477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/308477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=308477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=308477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}