Quoting Ezra:

Okay so I have to say that the Uncapped bundle may be bad for YouTube and so-on but I am I gamer and I pride myself as to knowing the limits of every internet connection and I must say that Uncapped lite is seemingly good for gaming I play full on Steam games all the time and I have long gone over the cap and its actually quite fast

They have obviously not capped you yet. Wait until they cap you down to 24kbs/s, playing games is then impossible. I play Hawx 2 and once the cap hits it is tickets. Yeh, for the first month they treat you like gold, must be some clause they have to adhere to in order to enforce full contract prices/length. After that it is thanks for you money, we lied, but did it so skillfully that you cannot do anything about it. Myself, I am going to Vodacom, they have the same awesome reception as MTN but their prices have been slashed. Sure, MTN is well priced, it is the sneaky way in which they fox their customers that gets me angry. Anyways, Vodacom will most likely do the same thing, bring up their prices once they got you hooked. Good Luck hey, and enjoy it, even when they cap you, leave it on all day and download as much as you can.

Quoting James:

I have MTN uncapped. connection is quite reliable, can't complain. but it is throttled so heavily after the first 3 gigs that that it can't really be called uncapped. Once it is throttled you have to go make a cup of coffee and walk around the block while a YouTube video downloads. If you compare to 8ta, you can download more with their capped package than MTN's uncapped. The price is not bad but I feel a bit like MTN is getting the better deal here, not me.

Well said James, you are spot on. I have also been getting excellent speed until the cap hits and then it is basically useless. I would also go for 8ta but strangely they have not been able to explain why they don't have signal at my house, most likely they know what a nightmare client I am. Well, if a nightmare is asking for transparency and service, then that is me. The fight continues and like the fight against Apartheid, we have a long road ahead to equality and freedom of knowledge. The whole 'Infrastructure costs a lot' paradigm/excuse, just doesn't wash in my book, the infrastructure has been there for many years, it is the fat cat directors sitting on their rears, getting paid fortunes for doing bugger all, this is the problem dear friends. Never thought we would have to pay so much for light waves.

I wish someone would come in and just help the people out, so we, South Africans, can get ahead in this world. But no, they keep pressing you down with ridiculous bills, tax, vat, petrol, electricity. The old saying stays true, the rich get richer while the poor get pushed deeper into the cow dung suffocating on the excrement of the proletariat. Even our so called 'middle-class' has to buy 1 ply toilet paper, and if you have two children you can only buy them 1 small sweet a week. Why, because large fat companies like MTN, Vodacom, CellC etc etc, charge you fat rates while pushing advertisements of what they are doing for the poor. What a load of con-men, showing these one or two little deeds of compassion while behind closed doors milking everyone dry. These are the true criminals in our great and fertile land, they are as bad as all the rapists, thieves and murderers, the only difference is, they make you think you are actually getting a bargain. So, you smile, sign the dotted line and then, guess what, you are trapped in their web of small print, lies and techno jargon babble.

Oh well, got to go now, this message has most likely already used 2 GB of my 'Monthly 3GB Uncapped/Slightly Capped and then before you know it, Fully Capped Lite' Data.

Not to worry, MTN is under investigation, massive criminal damages are going to be following shortly, stay tuned. I too have had enough of their sneaky tactics, heck, at the end of December they just decided to conveniently debit my account with R900, when I am on a fixed uncapped lite of R345/month. They never keep to their contractual agreements and one can never hold them to blame because their cleverly worded contracts are designed in such a way as to screw you over, and you can do absolutely squat. Well, a massive investigation is under way, it takes into account various factors and has recorded numerous activities such as this, and many other con-men type stunts that MTN pull to screw us the customers over. I cannot wait until their high and mighty directors are sitting in Polsmoor, Prison networking big time.

Best of all is it is going to all be aired on a well known factual, investigative T.V program. I cannot wait to see those who profit from milking the people of a economically struggling nation, being shamed, publicly. Oh well, such is life I suppose, no ethical conduct at all.

So, my advice, "Run away from MTN as fast as you can, no matter what clever slogans they concoct, they will do you in, especially if you sign a contract and give them unlimited access to your accounts. Come December and their cash flow is struggling, guess what, that's rite, you get milked, followed by a month of fighting with untrained illiterate staff, trying to get your money back.

Guess I am going to hit send now for this comment, probably is going to take a day to get through seeing as my uncapped lite is now throttled to 12 kb/s, what a world.

I have been using the mtn lite for the passed 5 months and let me tell you :) I am happy with it. Your d/l speed only drops during peak hours or when the network is busy. For me, at this point in the month I am passed 25 gb (other months I have wracked up much higher) and my current speed is over 1 mbyte/s (not bits)

MTN IS KKAAKK