Comments on: MTN unveils ‘uncapped’ 3G broadband

By: Makau

Makau — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 17:16:53 +0000

“MTN says SA will be the second country in Africa to provide 3G at 900MHz, after Ghana.”……..is not entirely true. I’m from Kenya and Safaricom (a local GSM provider) is already doing this for a year now. Average 3G speeds on USB modem is 2Mbps for about 200 rand a month.

By: toni harrison

toni harrison — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 00:39:50 +0000

dont waste your time with mtn please……especially with 3g internet and uncapped and r50 bundles…….they are all hoaxes…. you get speeds of vark 1kb per second….your pages dont load…you cant watch youtube ,,you cant vark pus do nuthin…they easy make a million rand a day stealing ppls money…..
its too complicated for mtn to go into 3g and internet…..they make it imposible to do anythin and if you wanna complain….goodluck gettin thru to some1 that knows what the vark data bundles is all about…..stick to goin to internet shops rather…

By: Greg

Greg — Sun, 30 May 2010 16:01:07 +0000

@xangetsu You’re trolling, right?

By: xangetsu

xangetsu — Sun, 30 May 2010 15:17:00 +0000

i’d like to piont out the obvious quickly. it wont get cheaper and the prices wont change, why? mtn cant afford to deliver cheaper mobile 3g because then they will go bankrupt. nothing ever gets cheaper.

By: vince

vince — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:21:14 +0000

Hi there, Something Important
Theres a lot of talk of third world countires having better products than S.A
What we have here is something sinister going on in our country.
We need to get somebody to investigate this and even get the obuds involved.
Why would a country rich in mineral wealth,excellent climate,and a growing workforce still be battling to compete with the best in the world when it comes to the internet.
This can only hamper development and growth of infrastucture and it’s people
Why are the people being taken for a ride in this country
The S**t needs to start flying

By: vince

vince — Sat, 29 May 2010 08:07:44 +0000

GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! AND ALSO IF ANY GIRLS HERE
WHY DO WE MOAN ABOUT A SERVICE THAT A COMPANY PROVIDES WHEN WE CAN SEE IT IS NOT THE COMPANY AND ITS REGULATIONS AT FAULT BUT THE PEOPLE THAT WORK THERE AND THOSE TAHT REGULATE THE COMPANIES “ICASA”. ALL THE INSIDE PEOPLE
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE ANY INSIDERS THERE, MY BEST WISH IS IF YOU GUYS CAN GET THESE PEOPLE TALKING TO THE BIG BOYS.NOTHING WORKS BETTER THAN THOSE THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE INSIDE PEOPLE.
IT MAKES THE BIGGEST NOISE!!!!.
IT’S TRIED AND TESTED THAT CONTACTS DO WORK.ALSO GATHER LISTS OF PEOPLE WHO ARE ON THE NETWORKS AND EMAIL OR INFORM THEM OF NEW AND BETTER INTERNET OFFERINGS AS SOON AS ONE POPS UP.
THE FASTER THE NEWS SPREADS,THE MORE REASON THE NETWORKS WILL HAVE TO ENSURE THEY DON’T LOSE CUSTOMERS.

By: Anton

Anton — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:21:22 +0000

What a load of crap. Paying so much for a 3GB account. What are we supposed to do with 128kbps??? All this hype about the new Seacom cable is just another BIG dissapointment for south africans. Nothing will ever change here…

By: Wogan

Wogan — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:24:47 +0000

With the Interconnect bomb looming it’s hardly surprising that this offering is below-par.For the time being, mobile operators are gonna have to use clever marketing to get as many people on board for new products as possible, and this is no exception.

What’s always bugged me about these throttled offerings, is this: 1st of every month, caps reset, full speed for everyone. Not everyone gets the full 14mbps, though, because too many people are competing for a single tower.

Then the heavier users are throttled, and as more days go by, more people are throttled, until you’re left with a situation at the end of the month where most of your userbase is using 128kbps, and the towers go underutilized. 1st of next month, rinse and repeat.

Isn’t it possible to come up with some sort of allowance system that lets people get decent speeds every *day*, even if only for a few hundred MB before dropping down the speed rungs? You can still price and cap the same, just deliver a consistent experience throughout.

~ Wogan

By: Res

Res — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:52:21 +0000

I’ll stick with the once off budles, at least I don’t get locked to any 24m contracts and I pay when I can and when it’s really necessary, South Africa is really behind compared to other African countries…

…Posted from my iPad 3G…

By: Res

Res — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:42:53 +0000

I meant 14mbps*** sorry on that

By: Res

Res — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:41:26 +0000

This is a daylight robbery, 24 month!! R750!!! 24mbps hmm hehehe MTN is making jokes, even if it was true about the “24mbps”, 3gb wouldn’t really last because the faster the Internet, the faster your bundle goes!!! and 128kbps is so damn slow, you will be tired of waiting for pages to load, in today’s world 3gb is nothing for Internet usage, because everything on the Internet is increasing in size because of quality! Try watching a few YouTube videos, or download a few iTunes content, and see if it will last for a week!! …the government should do something about this, Internet is an important part of education!! ……… Vodacom, MTN and etc, STOP SLOWING DOWN DEVELOPMENT!!!

By: Roger

Roger — Sat, 22 May 2010 13:51:18 +0000

South Africa is a joke with mobile broadband and internet connections. I am looking at moving back to South Africa after being in the UK for the last 10 years – I currently get Unlimited Downlaods with a speed of 20MB for

By: Thakier

Thakier — Thu, 20 May 2010 13:33:05 +0000

IS THIS SOME KIND OF SICK JOKE ??????? R750 for 3G internet on a TWENTY FOUR month CONTRACT ?????? and buying a normal data bundle with more megabytes is actually CHEAPER !!!!!!!!!!!! Who on earrth needs uncapped 3G that “throttles” down to 128kb ..????

ps. All 3G connections reset at 250 MB. !!!! so its not like u can even download a movie . maybe with torrent. but at 128kb you’ll take 3 months to download Toy Story 3 .

By: Z Zing

Z Zing — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:13:19 +0000

FAIR USAGE AGREEMENT allows MTN not to be legally accused of misinforming the consumer. The reality of the situation is that this is NOT broadband nor will it be and Cell C’s “attempt” at competing is a crock at best.

I mean come on … when you do thieves stop being thieves (if inter-connect fee bilking of consumers wasn’t enough for people to wake up)

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 19 May 2010 15:59:32 +0000

Why can’t we first get decent pricing for capped mobile broadband before moving to uncapped? A 3gig bundle with a 3g modem is about R165 in the UK.