{"id":3608,"date":"2008-04-25T00:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T22:11:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-04-25T00:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-04-24T22:11:00","slug":"neotel-consumer-tariffs-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/3608-neotel-consumer-tariffs-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"Neotel consumer tariffs revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Neotel is slowly releasing its NeoConnect Prime offering into the consumer market and has revealed the product description and price. <\/p>\n

NeoConnect Prime is Neotel’s first consumer and small business offering, providing subscribers with a converged voice, fast Internet and SMS service.<\/p>\n

Pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n

NeoConnect Prime provides consumers with a CDMA voice & Internet device<\/a>, a 2.4 Mbps Internet connection with 10 GB of monthly bandwidth, 1 000 free on-net voice minutes and 50 free on-net SMSs for R 599.00 per month.<\/p>\n

There are no additional installation or activation charges, device rental or hidden costs. “It is a true all-in-one price…the only extra payment is for out-of-bundle usage,” said Neotel’s head of retail products and services, Maneesh Mittal.<\/p>\n

Out of bundle bandwidth will cost 7 c per MB, and billing will be per MB precluding the need to purchase data bundles.<\/p>\n

Text messages to other networks will be charged at 35c per SMS while out-of-bundle on-net SMSs cost 10 c each.<\/p>\n

Out-of-bundle and off-net call rates will be the same as the recently published enterprise rates: Neotel call charges<\/a><\/p>\n

This initial offering targets a specific segment of the market, but there will be many more flavours available soon Neotel pointed out. Mittal said that Neotel will launch a variety of new packages – some significantly cheaper while others will be more expensive – in May during its commercial launch which will be wider in scope.<\/p>\n

Comparative pricing<\/strong><\/p>\n

Neotel’s price for its NeoConnect Prime offering stacks up well when compared with other similar offerings in the market.<\/p>\n

The NeoConnect Prime service, with a peak speed of 2.4 Mbps, can be compared to iBurst’s Internet & iCall service, Telkom’s 4 Mbps ADSL service, MTN’s 1.8 Mbps HSDPA service and Vodacom’s 3.6 Mbps HSDPA offering.<\/p>\n

The following table gives a fair reflection of how the various services match up.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
 <\/font><\/td>\nNeo Connect<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\niBurst<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nVodacom HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nMTN HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nADSL<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Peak Speed<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n2.4 Mbps<\/font><\/td>\n1 Mbps<\/font><\/td>\n3.6 Mbps<\/font><\/td>\n1.8 Mbps<\/font><\/td>\n4 Mbps<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Usage Limit<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n10 GB<\/font><\/td>\n10 GB<\/font><\/td>\n10 GB<\/font><\/td>\n10 GB<\/font><\/td>\n10 GB<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Activation<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nFree<\/font><\/td>\n99.00<\/font><\/td>\nFree<\/font><\/td>\n99.00<\/font><\/td>\nVaries<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Out of bundle per MB<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n0.07<\/font><\/td>\n0.95<\/font><\/td>\n1.00<\/font><\/td>\n1.20<\/font><\/td>\n0.07<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free Extras<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n1000 on-net voice minutes<\/font><\/td>\nThrottled after cap<\/font><\/td>\nVoice service<\/font><\/td>\nVoice service<\/font><\/td>\nVoice service<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50 on-net SMSs<\/font><\/td>\niCall with webphone<\/font><\/td>\nFree local bandwidth<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n599.00<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n1139.00<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n2099.00<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n2005.00<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n1123.90<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Neotel pricing discussion<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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