who is happy with virgin mobile gprs?

arcadecrawler · Post by **arcadecrawler** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:08

isn't it better to go mtn or vodacom at the moment they're faster and have better technologies? Right?

I just need a cheap text based 56k type internet

please help, thanks

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:12

Who's the cheapest?

Post by **maxxis** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:24

Go with Vodacom then at R399 / month for 2 gigs or you could go with Virgin at 50c per meg.

Its not really that slow but the stability of the connection is pretty random.

Hex_Rated · Post by **Hex_Rated** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:42

Go with Vodacom then at R399 / month for 2 gigs

Isn't that MTN. Or is Vodacom doing this too?

Post by **maxxis** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:46

MTN is R469 I think.

The R399 was vodacoms way of countering.

Hman · Post by **Hman** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:53

Sorta on topic, these data bundles, can you buy them sort of like pre-paid, or is it a recurring monthly thing?

Xiphan · Post by **Xiphan** » 02 Apr 2007, 15:57

Virgin's rates make it worth putting up with the s**t you experience with them, but then again you get that with Vodascum and everyone else too! The most prevalent problem is being disconnected at random times or connecting and then receiving a maximum of 240 bytes, this happens prevalently with Vodascum.

However Virgin is clever, they lure you with the idea of their data rates being so cheap, until you have to phone someone, they make you bend and then they rape you senseless! So why are they called Virgin Mobile again? I remember phoning someone for 8 minutes and it cost me R20! What a bloody ripoff! But the amount of k*k I had with Vodacom's GPRS made me accept Virgin's rates. The problem I had was I'd connect to GPRS then after about five minutes I'd get disconnected and I'd have to switch off my phone to reset it before I could go back on GPRS. Or whilst browsing with a Vodacom SIM card on a Vodafone Live branded phone my phone would just lock up and I'd have to switch it off and on again to reset.

This problem is pretty much non existent with Virgin Mobile? But hey I could be wrong, some people might actually be happy with Vodascum? If paying R2 a meg is your thing, then good luck to you?

PsyCLown · Post by **PsyCLown** » 02 Apr 2007, 16:27

Im very happy with virgin! They are very well priced and I have had no major problems with them! the only problem which I use to have is that their GPRS didnt always work (it didnt work for like 5 min - 2hours and sometimes more) But that problems seems to have stopped now!

Xiphan · Post by **Xiphan** » 02 Apr 2007, 16:30

@PsyCLown Ya there GPRS is hundreds like I said, but just wait till you gotta phone someone for longer than a few minutes, you'll wish they weren't only per second billing! But at least they give you plenty of call mes to get your friends to log onto Mxit!

arcadecrawler · Post by **arcadecrawler** » 02 Apr 2007, 17:21

http://www.vodacom.co.za/pkgcr.do?actio ... GroupId=16

Anyone know anymore about these my 500 meg packages?
Cheapest one was about R250/189 a month?

It only happend very recently when MTN changed their rate from R2 to 60c I think to compete with Virgin? Then vodacom changed it last week sometime I read the info on the back of the sunday times magazine or was it a separate booklet?

Spicy-McHaggis · Post by **Spicy-McHaggis** » 02 Apr 2007, 17:34

Virgin FTW!

That just doesnt sound right does it?

Faltzer · Post by **Faltzer** » 02 Apr 2007, 21:37

Virgin is pretty cool with their GPRS/EDGE rates at 50C/MB!! But since they're using Cell C's 1800GSM signal towers they inherit Cell C's errors and other stuf as well so it's like taking Cell C as a network

arcadecrawler · Post by **arcadecrawler** » 03 Apr 2007, 14:50

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?p=937916

this might give more info on the VC price cuts.....?

Post by **KillerByte** » 03 Apr 2007, 15:16

i've been having seriuos problems trying to connect lately.

Ike · Post by **Ike** » 03 Apr 2007, 15:27

VMgprs sucks... My nets was down almost the whole day! And my gtalk still doesn't connect!

viceroy · Post by **viceroy** » 03 Apr 2007, 17:43

I'm very happy with virgin GPRS. I don't have it personally but my sister does and she's the biggest moaner out there, and I've heard nothing from her, so it must be working flawlessly.

Post by **KillerByte** » 03 Apr 2007, 18:12

yeah same here. been having problems all day.

Xiphan · Post by **Xiphan** » 05 Apr 2007, 02:27

Spicy-McHaggis wrote:Virgin FTW!

Would you still say that if they were like Vodascum that charged R2 a meg? There phone calls are fexpensive?

KillerByte wrote:I've been having seriuos problems trying to connect lately.

It could most likely be caused by your phone when switching between Cell-C and Vodacom transmitters?

arcadecrawler · Post by **arcadecrawler** » 06 Apr 2007, 15:32

Xiphan wrote:
Spicy-McHaggis wrote:Virgin FTW!
Would you still say that if they were like Vodascum that charged R2 a meg? There phone calls are fexpensive?

?

didn't it come down recently? check the links I posted.
I think MTN is 60c a meg am I right?

Soap · Post by **Soap** » 06 Apr 2007, 15:45

Well, I am quite happy. It works flawlessly, not the fastest, but it's GPRS after all.

Spicy-McHaggis · Post by **Spicy-McHaggis** » 06 Apr 2007, 15:56

Xiphan wrote:
Spicy-McHaggis wrote:Virgin FTW!
Would you still say that if they were like Vodascum that charged R2 a meg? There phone calls are fexpensive?

They cheaper then vodacom, MTN, CELLc.

With vodacom, MTN, CELLc they make laughing stock outta u by getting u to sign a 2 yrs contract...

With Virgin Mobile you dont sign a contract for 2 yrs... u want out in 18 months u only pay the rest of ur phone and not ur contract...

as a virgin mobile salesman once told me....

"We dont F#%^@^k arround"

But then again i think mostly its mostly personal choice...