LTE-A deal?

JollyJamma · May 2, 2019

Hi all
Since my ADSL has capitulated and is expensive, I'm looking at an LTE-A deal with a cap of 100gigs.
No contract is a must.

Has anyone got any suggestions?
I'm not taking a Telkom deal because reasons but a lot of the offers are backed by Cell C. I'm not a huge Cell C fan.

DJveezzZ · May 2, 2019

Vodacom 90gigs. 60gigs anytime, 30gigs night. R299 per month. If I'm not mistaken, deal ends this weekend. Unfortunately this IS a contract.

If you don't want a contract you are definitely looking at one of the minor service providers, all of which use Cellc.

You can try a telkom prepaid sim and force it to use mtn network, however the connection isn't reliable.

The next best are mtn black Friday deals. Which is... Months away.

Maybe try Rain. They use mtn (kind of, they throttled badly). You'll have issues during peak times if you're in a metropolitan area.

Good luck. If you find something. Post it here. Let us know.

Toxxyc · May 3, 2019

Out of contract you're going to PAY. I pay R899 for a 200GB Cell C contract - 100GB day, 100GB night. It works, but 100GB really isn't a lot.

SkiZo · May 3, 2019

I am with Afrihost R530 for 100gb, havent had any real issues from them.
Getting speeds of 30mb down and 20mb up without any boosters
Afrihost

dash09 · May 3, 2019

Webafrica month to month I pay R845 for 200gb, its on cellc network though

nagapie · May 3, 2019

JollyJamma said:
Hi all
Since my ADSL has capitulated and is expensive, I'm looking at an LTE-A deal with a cap of 100gigs.
No contract is a must.

Has anyone got any suggestions?
I'm not taking a Telkom deal because reasons but a lot of the offers are backed by Cell C. I'm not a huge Cell C fan.

Get the mobile rain and get the uncapped for R250 but then you need to organize another isp for 6pm to 11pm. When i last used telkom at peak pings werent great at peak hour so for gaming its so so. Cell c no idea.

Mtn & vodacom cant comment as i havent used them for lte internets but from what i see they a lot cheaper on contract (Yes i saw no contract)

JollyJamma · May 3, 2019

nagapie said:
Get the mobile rain and get the uncapped for R250 but then you need to organize another isp for 6pm to 11pm. When i last used telkom at peak pings werent great at peak hour so for gaming its so so. Cell c no idea.

Mtn & vodacom cant comment as i havent used them for lte internets but from what i see they a lot cheaper on contract (Yes i saw no contract)

Thanks.

I checked out my options and Webafrica had the best offer with a free 50MB/s synchronized connection that I only have to maintain the month to month contract for 6 months to pay off.

Cell C has coverage in my area but no one else, except Telkom.

Telkom won’t do a month to month but we’re cheaper.

Thanks for the help. I’ll order the Webafrica service as I’m planning on emigrating and it ticks most of the boxes.

nagapie · May 3, 2019

JollyJamma said:
Telkom won’t do a month to month but we’re cheaper.

Why not get a prepaid sim it was R1200 for 200 gigs + 200 gigs but double check that as i might be a bit off on price xD You will have to organize a router though but guessing yoh get a 'free' router with webafrica as long as you do 6 month contract

JollyJamma · May 3, 2019

nagapie said:
Why not get a prepaid sim it was R1200 for 200 gigs + 200 gigs but double check that as i might be a bit off on price xD You will have to organize a router though but guessing yoh get a 'free' router with webafrica as long as you do 6 month contract

Well Webafrica was R530 for 100 gigs a month and I’m very happy with that arrangement, plus I just return the modem if I cancel the service.

I’ll check out the prepaid option though. I know my dad uses it.

Fiber · May 9, 2019

Get Rain LTE for R250 i use like 400 Gigs a month the only caveat is that it doesn't work between 6 PM-11 PM. You could use something else between that like a Cell C 20 Gig for R219

MSI1104 · May 9, 2019

be very wary of Afrihost terms and conditions...
1. The Cell C service is rubbish.
2. its a month to month deal with a R1000 cancellation fee if you cancel in first 6 months whether you take a router or not.

JollyJamma · May 10, 2019

MSI1104 said:
be very wary of Afrihost terms and conditions...
1. The Cell C service is rubbish.
2. its a month to month deal with a R1000 cancellation fee if you cancel in first 6 months whether you take a router or not.

Yeah, I know. Most internet companies have moved away from RAIN to Cell C as RAIN has become over burdened.
I plugged in my Cell C backed Webafrica modem yesterday and was getting download speeds of between 3 to 8 megs a second. Terrible. Was about to cancel the contract within the 7 days I'm allowed to with no repercussions.

Telkom service is amazing in my area but I decided to dig further. I put my work SIM in my Webafrica router and my Webafrica SIM in my work router. Suddenly, both are hitting ~20 meg download speeds. Both are backed by Cell C.

No idea. Maybe it took a day for the SIM to find the nearest tower (which is around the corner from me, I've got Cell C LTE+ coverage as per the map).

JollyJamma · May 10, 2019

Fok weet

JollyJamma · May 10, 2019

Double post

MSI1104 · May 10, 2019

JollyJamma said:
Yeah, I know. Most internet companies have moved away from RAIN to Cell C as RAIN has become over burdened.
I plugged in my Cell C backed Webafrica modem yesterday and was getting download speeds of between 3 to 8 megs a second. Terrible. Was about to cancel the contract within the 7 days I'm allowed to with no repercussions.

Telkom service is amazing in my area but I decided to dig further. I put my work SIM in my Webafrica router and my Webafrica SIM in my work router. Suddenly, both are hitting ~20 meg download speeds. Both are backed by Cell C.

No idea. Maybe it took a day for the SIM to find the nearest tower (which is around the corner from me, I've got Cell C LTE+ coverage as per the map).

To be honest I tried the CELL C twice. I even bought a router... I could not get more than 4 megs in a LTE-A area and the routers all of them would lose signal 3 or 4 times a night...
Luckily I can use the routers with Vodacom and Rain. For some odd reason Vodacom hits 99 megs at around 2am.

JollyJamma · May 10, 2019

MSI1104 said:
To be honest I tried the CELL C twice. I even bought a router... I could not get more than 4 megs in a LTE-A area and the routers all of them would lose signal 3 or 4 times a night...
Luckily I can use the routers with Vodacom and Rain. For some odd reason Vodacom hits 99 megs at around 2am.

I know that signal is a big thing and so is latency. It's why I wouldn't get LTE at first because I knew that I couldn't game with it online with something like PUBG.

There's no replacement for a cable. I don't care what 5G promises, fiber is infinitely better. Even good old copper can outperform an LTE service at times. It's all about the support and Telkom has zero interest in ADSL now so the exchanges are left to rot.

I don't like LTE but it solves my problem of having zero ADSL connectivity so that's fine.

When I eventually move to England, I'll be rocking a 500 meg/s fiber line and be living in the future. In 6 months time I'll cancel the contract and give the modem to my dad who is still on rickety old ADSL.

Hell, my family friend in Paris has a 1000 MB/s line. Do you know how quick it is? Your device can't keep up.

Toxxyc · May 10, 2019

I'm on Cell C LTE. 20Mbps easy.

mark121m · May 10, 2019

JollyJamma said:
Hi all
Since my ADSL has capitulated and is expensive, I'm looking at an LTE-A deal with a cap of 100gigs.
No contract is a must.

Has anyone got any suggestions?
I'm not taking a Telkom deal because reasons but a lot of the offers are backed by Cell C. I'm not a huge Cell C fan.

Telkom 50 + 50(20)
Total is 120Gig of data

70Gig anytime
50gig night surfer (12/6am)
549per month

Ping is great for local
CsGo @ 48ping

Europe
PubG @ 195ping

Maxim · May 10, 2019

I have Telkom 60gb and 60gb prepaid lte and rain setup

yes you can do prepaid - lol

Vodacom R299pm deal is done and cell c has stopped all the data packages

JollyJamma · May 10, 2019

Maxim said:
I have Telkom 60gb and 60gb prepaid lte and rain setup

yes you can do prepaid - lol

Vodacom R299pm deal is done and cell c has stopped all the data packages

I can't find their prepaid section anywhere

I'll take another look because if I could move to Telkom, it would be a better service. I just know that they are shitheads when it comes to cancellation time.
Thankfully, my best mate is a litigation lawyer.

Maxim · May 10, 2019

U need to buy airtime online ane then convert to data. R555pm same as contract.

Had a telkom sales person also tell me there are no prepaid deals.

Took me a year to cancell - i understand

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Terumo · May 10, 2019

Maxim said:
U need to buy airtime online ane then convert to data. R555pm same as contract.

Had a telkom sales person also tell me there are no prepaid deals.

Took me a year to cancell - i understand

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I took out a month to month a while back when the 100+100 night owl stuff launched. I told the sales lady instore that i already have a modem so i want it month to month, been that way ever since.
I do get the occasional call stating "you can upgrade"

JollyJamma · May 10, 2019

Maxim said:
U need to buy airtime online ane then convert to data. R555pm same as contract.

Had a telkom sales person also tell me there are no prepaid deals.

Took me a year to cancell - i understand

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A fucking year? God damn, that’s impossible to handle.

I’ve cancelled my landline and they said it’ll take 3 weeks to process. Lies, all lies.

Maxim · May 10, 2019

After my 2 years they said inhad to.cancell my sim and would not drop my price from 999 for 100gn to 759 for 100gb.

Everytime u phone its another story.

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MSI1104 · May 10, 2019

JollyJamma said:
I can't find their prepaid section anywhere
I'll take another look because if I could move to Telkom, it would be a better service. I just know that they are shitheads when it comes to cancellation time.
Thankfully, my best mate is a litigation lawyer.

Buy a prepaid sim and change the tariff to smartbroadband via *180#.
They buy prepaid data and convert to data bundles. I buy 200+200 for 1055 and they expire after 60 days...

Doom5003 · May 12, 2019

MSI1104 said:
Buy a prepaid sim and change the tariff to smartbroadband via *180#.
They buy prepaid data and convert to data bundles. I buy 200+200 for 1055 and they expire after 60 days...

Is there a way to do this without having to remove the sim from the router? Or would you have to remove it every time you add mode data?
By remove I mean temp place it in a phone and use *180#

Maxim · May 12, 2019

Mine is a prepaid data sim. Telkom did ir for me.

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MSI1104 · May 12, 2019

Doom5003 said:
Is there a way to do this without having to remove the sim from the router? Or would you have to remove it every time you add mode data?
By remove I mean temp place it in a phone and use *180#

My router seems to accept USSD commands... but I just take it out every 2 months to do it... Its my 3rd month so next month.

nagapie · May 12, 2019

Doom5003 said:
Is there a way to do this without having to remove the sim from the router? Or would you have to remove it every time you add mode data?
By remove I mean temp place it in a phone and use *180#

You create a telkom account on their webpage then you add the number etc.

What id normally do is out sim into my phone covert to smart broadband package then add the number to telkom account which sends a verification code to the cell. Type the code into the site and then put sim into router.
Issues :

1st ive had with their site it can be very slow at times like it times out multiple times....

2nd if your data runs out its not always possible to get to that telkom page im guessing this is a dns issue or something.

But apart from the above two it works well for recharging as they have options to use your cc or input a airtime voucher. Not sure if you can convert airtime to data on their but i have bought data from their site plenty times.

They do have an android app but its also sometimes works and sometimes doesnt.

NB the android app could have improved im not sure as i havent used it in about 8 months.

JollyJamma · May 12, 2019

I can’t find the 100gig top up for R550 listing at all.

If it’s true, have a day left to cancel my contract and I’m tempted to since the connection is meh.

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