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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by mmsimanga on Friday September 07, 2018 @07:22AM (#17933411)
I am green with envy. South Africa, data is so expensive I literally only check my WhatsApp messages when using cellular networks. Everything else I do when I connect to ADSL backed WiFi connection. Here are two deals being advertised on Vodacom (vodafone), the largest cellular network in SA. Per month. (Yes it is MB not GB).

    $35 400 Minutes 900MB 400 SMSs
    $50 600 Minutes 1200MB 600 SMSs
Note: Rand has dropped from US$1 = 13 to 15 in the last day. I divided ZAR price by 14.

https://www.vodacom.co.za/vodacom/shopping/plans/plans

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by tkmunzwa on Friday September 07, 2018 @11:34AM (#17935071)
You can get an LTE data-only SIM capped to 1GB for $5/mo (ZAR 67) from Axxess[1]. Granted - it's not unlimited and doesn't include calls and SMS, but it's much better deal than Vodacom - for data.

1. https://www.axxess.co.za/mobile/data

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Re:Two Years Ago, India Lacked Fast, Cheap Internet – One Bi... by iamgopal on Friday September 07, 2018 @01:52PM (#17936250)
The same Vodafone forced to change all their plan to match that to Jio. I'm using same 5$ for 2GB per day, 84 day plan that Jio provide on Vodafone.
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