2GB mobile data prices in SA compared

Vodacom, Neotel and 8ta recently unveiled new broadband prices. We compare their pricing on 2GB data packages

Neotel launched new broadband packages and data bundles in August 2011 to increase the choice of data and voice solutions available to consumers.

Neotel’s new products include two NeoGo packages, offering consumers 2GB of data per month at R99 and 3GB of data and a dongle at R179 per month.

Vodacom and 8ta have also unveiled aggressively priced mobile data promotions over the last few weeks.

Vodacom announced on 24 August 2011 that they will cut their prepaid and top up data prices by up to 42% from 19 September. The company also unveiled a ‘double your prepaid data’ promotion on their bigger prepaid data bundles.

Vodacom’s announcement comes only days after 8ta announced their new prepaid data special that offers subscribers 2GB of anytime data and 1GB “midnight surfer” data for R149. ‘Midnight surfer’ data can be used between 00:00 and 05:00.

The following table provides an overview of some of the most prominent data offerings which were launched over the last few weeks.

Data bundles: Prepaid and month-to-month
Service	Data	Price	Cost/GB
Neotel NeoGo	2GB	R99	R49.50
8ta Go Big	2GB	R149	R74.50
iBurst Wireless	2GB	R198	R99.00
Vodacom	1GB + 1GB	R249	R124.50
Cell C	3GB	R400	R133.33
MTN	2GB	R389	R194.50
Data prices: Contract
8ta	10GB	R199	R19.90
Neotel NeoGo	3GB	R179	R59.67
Cell C (+USB modem)	2GB	R149	R74.50
MTN (+USB modem)	2GB	R149	R74.50
iBurst Wireless (+USB modem)	2GB	R257	R128.50
Vodacom (+USB modem)	2GB	R349	R174.50