MTN’s new rates unpacked

The Nokia 6500 slide is R100 per month on Anytime 100 but R119 per month on MyCall 100. I dunno, I would still prefer to take the MyCall 100.

The question is, would new subscribers on Monday still be able to get the "old" contracts?
 
Why not move over. The new deals do sound better. Now if they can have just 5 months carry over for that other income stream of MTN!
In any cape well done MTN.
 
RPM,
Does MTN have the same scheme as VirginMobile where, let say you take a R200 post-paid contract and only use R150, you receive R50 discount on the next month's R200, or is it only airtime carry-over?
 
Pitbull said:
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Well, then these MTN deals exactly "special", since you pay only 5c more for the first 5min on VirginMobile prepaid and R1.55 thereafter - no bundle schemes.

Virgin post-paid is even cheaper - R1.95 for first 5min and R1.55 thereafter on V100. R100 gets you an estimated 51min with VM & 43min on MTN.
 
ajax said:
The question is, would new subscribers on Monday still be able to get the "old" contracts?
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Good question. I'm waiting for the N82 to be in stock so that I can upgrade to a Procall 120, so any day now...

Pitbull?
 
lcbxx said:
Well, then these MTN deals exactly "special", since you pay only 5c more for the first 5min on VirginMobile prepaid and R1.55 thereafter - no bundle schemes.

Virgin post-paid is even cheaper - R1.95 for first 5min and R1.55 thereafter on V100. R100 gets you an estimated 51min with VM & 43min on MTN.
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Again, on net vs off net. Then also Virgin network vs MTN network. You make the choice not me ;)

ryan411
Yes you can for a window period still
 
Pitbull said:
Again, on net vs off net. Then also Virgin network vs MTN network. You make the choice not me ;)
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Some of the staff who are with VM have no complaints about the network & coverage, apart from poor EDGE/GPRS data. Then again, you pay 50c/Meg and not R2...
 
lcbxx said:
Some of the staff who are with VM have no complaints about the network & coverage, apart from poor EDGE/GPRS data. Then again, you pay 50c/Meg and not R2...
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That is the way the world works.

You get what you pay for.
 
So correct me if I am wrong but for an AnyTime 100 package all call's while in bundle to any network are R2.30 p/m irrespective of time of day.
 
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these packages don't look good to me, and ja they are a copy of the cell c product, nothing special really.

I pay R200 a month and the mycall 100 and that includes a 200 sms bundle and a 6110 navigator, the same priced package on this "anytime" doesn't compare, also what do the sms's cost on these contract, if its 80 something cents or something like that then go fly a kite!

why dont they start a contract where you can bundle peak minutes into your contract like you do with sms's?
 
have MTN released pricing for the different phones on the various new Anytime packages yet? In my case, I'm looking for pricing on the N82.
 
ryan411 said:
have MTN released pricing for the different phones on the various new Anytime packages yet? In my case, I'm looking for pricing on the N82.
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That will be in the hands of Marketing. I won't have access to that now I think. I'll try and find out
 
While these new deals are certainly less confusing,:) I remain unhappy that the Networks are allowed to make your paid for Airtime 'disappear' after 5 months ! :confused: I have no doubt that the new Consumer Protection Bill is going to address this sort of thing, but it is in poor taste that the Networks implimented this and have been allowed to get away with it for so long. If I have paid for it, I want be able to use it when I need it. They even low end recharge vouchers that only last 30 days. Talk about robbing the POOR! Be careful & read the small print.
 
All I can say is that this is a joke.
MTN is copying Virgin can you believe it!!!
Plus Virgin buys their airtime extra so they make much less than MTN but then MTN still charges more.... Sure MTN's network is more stable and out preforms that of other networks but surely they can actually make calls cheaper for everyone since they own their own network. Oh MTN thanks for the per second billing though... at last.

Why not have a contact that you can actually bundle your own minutes (Peak and off peak)and your own rates depending on the handset you get.
I think that would be fair on everyone and politically correct. hehe
 
@Pitbull: you seem to be in the know. I want to get with MTN - the reception is great in my house unlike all the other networks. Do they have a 'bring your own phone' contract that includes free minutes and that you can bolt data onto?

Basically `i use an imported iPhone and want a contract as pay as you go is such a headache and so expensive - I want a contract, I want my account billed monthly by debit order... I do not want any of the sh1tty@rse phones they are offering.

I spoke to a rep in the local store but they were beyond useless.
 
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