{"id":45213,"date":"2012-03-08T15:00:51","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T13:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=45213"},"modified":"2012-03-09T08:51:19","modified_gmt":"2012-03-09T06:51:19","slug":"flat-rated-nokia-data-bundle-pricing-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/45213-flat-rated-nokia-data-bundle-pricing-comparison.html","title":{"rendered":"Flat-rated Nokia data bundle pricing comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nashua Mobile<\/a> recently launched a flat-rated data package, \u201cXtreme Data Service\u201d (XDS), for its contract subscribers who use certain Nokia<\/a> devices that will cost them R59 per month.<\/p>\n

The service is intended for web browsing, e-mail, instant messaging, and social networking. Nashua Mobile goes so far as to specifically list that latest Nokia web browser, Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a>, LinkedIn<\/a>, WhatsApp, Facebook Chat, and MXit<\/a> as the applications supported.<\/p>\n

XDS limits subscribers to speeds of 512kbps from the get-go, and users are throttled after hitting certain fair usage limits.<\/p>\n

The XDS fair use policy (FUP) specifies two tiers of data usage thresholds: 100MB and 160MB.<\/p>\n

After using 100MB in a month, you\u2019re throttled to a maximum speed of 256kbps and beyond 160MB usage, speeds are limited to 56kbps. These counters are reset at the start of every month.<\/p>\n

Comparing Nashua Mobile\u2019s new data deal for Nokia smartphones to other mobile data packages is tricky because there isn\u2019t anything like it available other than BlackBerry<\/a> Internet Service (BIS).<\/p>\n

The table below places the Nashua Mobile XDS service in context by comparing it to similar, or similarly priced mobile data offerings.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Data bundles<\/td>\nCap\/FUP<\/td>\nOut-of-bundle<\/td>\nCost<\/td>\nProvisos<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nashua Mobile Xtreme Data<\/td>\n100MB,160MB<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nR59<\/td>\nThrottled to 512kbps; 256kbps after 100MB usage, 56kbps after 160MB usage, no YouTube, no bulk downloads, no tethering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN 75MB contract<\/td>\n75MB<\/td>\nR0.65\/MB<\/td>\nR79<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN 75MB add-on<\/td>\n75MB<\/td>\nR0.65\/MB<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom MyMeg 100 Standard Contract<\/td>\n100MB<\/td>\nR1.00\/MB<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom MyMeg 100 Standard Prepaid & Top Up<\/td>\n100MB<\/td>\nR2.00\/MB<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C Smartdata 100MB<\/td>\n100MB<\/td>\nR0.50\/MB<\/td>\nR50<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8ta 100MB bundle<\/td>\n100MB<\/td>\nR1.00\/MB<\/td>\nR40<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Nokia Smartphone Pro Service<\/td>\n75MB<\/td>\nR0.50\/MB<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Smartphone Pro Service<\/td>\n75MB<\/td>\nR0.50\/MB<\/td>\nR49<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Social Networking Service<\/td>\n75MB<\/td>\nR0.65\/MB<\/td>\nR29<\/td>\nFUP only covers m.facebook.com & m.mxit.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Opera Mini Internet Service<\/td>\n75MB<\/td>\nR0.50\/MB<\/td>\nR35<\/td>\nFUP only covers MTN Opera Mini browser<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Uncapped Lite contract<\/td>\n3GB<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nR299<\/td>\n256kbps after FUP threshold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN Uncapped Pro contract<\/td>\n10GB<\/td>\nN\/A<\/td>\nR899<\/td>\n384kbps after FUP threshold<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

As can be seen from the table, XDS is slightly more expensive than the 100MB data bundle offered by most mobile operators. It is also cheaper than the next largest data package, which is typically 250MB\/month.<\/p>\n

The limitations on XDS may be too much for some to bear, but it presents an interesting alternative to Nokia users from regular data bundles. It will certainly be interesting to see what uptake of the service looks like in the coming months.<\/p>\n

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MTN uncapped broadband speed limit boost<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

MTN slashed uncapped broadband pricing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How does Nashua Mobile\u2019s offering compare to similar – and similarly priced – products?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":45271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[473,3978,97,4212,355,35,42,40,41,9593],"class_list":["post-45213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-8ta","tag-bis","tag-blackberry","tag-blackberry-internet-service","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-mtn","tag-nashua-mobile","tag-vodacom","tag-xtreme-data-service"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45213"}],"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=45213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45257,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45213\/revisions\/45257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}