8ta, South Africa’s newest cellular operator has just dropped the bomb on rival cellphone network operators by introducing the cheapest mobile broadband package available in South Africa.
The new 8ta deal called Internet 5 will give subscribers access to 10GB of bandwidth at only R199 per month, and for an additional R100 users can get another 10GB that can be used between 12AM and 5AM.
This new deal from 8ta undercuts the current deals by Cell C, MTN and Vodacom that offers customers a mere 2GB of bandwidth per month for R149, by a large margin.
The 10GB package from 8ta for R199 per month will be available at all 8ta flagship stores from 26 June 2011, users will need to sign a 24 month contract and the deal is only applicable on 8ta base stations and not where 8ta uses MTN coverage to serve its customers.
To see if you are covered for the 8ta 10GB package see the Internet 5 coverage map.




I would like to know with the 8ta contract for 149pm do you get a modem and what ees apply when take this he first time.
My house falls outside a coverage area by 3 houses (half a block). What if I erect an external antenna and connect that to the data card? I am quite sure the coverage maps are based on ground level coverage with no augmentation to the signal received and an external antenna should compensate.
Please I need the 10G contract, please contact me
i need wireless for my daughter will this package work for her?
please can you give me a quotation of 10G for R199 p/m
I Think you have answered your own question there
can you please notify me when there’s 3G coverage for chatsworth (Malmesbury) ,coz its realy disapointing to live in the middle of nowhere without any internet.
I nees this deal!!How do I go about it!!!
Where can i see how much of the 10gb i have used up and why was i charged R418-27 this month? is this correct? This is the first payment which was deducted from my account.
This was probably inclusive of your R 200 activation fee
Hi I’m having problem with my 8ta internet
every time I try to connectto the network its giving me error619 please sort my problem out
Come on people, this is a news blog, not an 8ta support forum. Contact them with your questions / complaints. http://www.8ta.co.za
i don’t need contract but i need 10gig for R199 for prepaid can i get it
I want to apply for internet 5
I am a 8ta customer and have applied for fax to mail. not all of my faxes are reaching me pls i need help
If your 8ta card is pin blocked( courtesy of my daughter).What no can u call and what do u give if the request a no to unblock the pin? Can u call from a telkom line or your current network and if u dial from your network is it a free call? Tx for the product it has worked much better than the previous deals so far.
Hi would like to apply for internet 5, can one of your consultants please contact me.
many thanks
I apply in january 2012.work for only 2 weeks.everytime i traying to conect it says conection terminated…why..?i went to the glen shoping center TELKOM OFFICES…NO HELP AT ALL .they cant tell me the problem,hard to belive ,but i call it bad services from 8ta staff,can some body help me ..?????
I would like a package like this, would somene please make contact with me ASAP as i need to know whether this pakage comes with a modem etc
I travel with my Laptop and need to have access to Internet
I used Vodacom stick
Do you have something similar ?
How many MB and at what Price
Do I sign a contract or can I buy as and when I need it
Hi There ,
I am a 8.ta user , i took 2gb+1gb(Nite time surfer) promo.Its working very strange ,i have data 80mb nite time data out of 1GB.But it’s showing i dnt have any data.I tried to speak call centre people many times but they never answered properly and disconnecting.
I am not satisfied with your service.
I will like to know about that contract of 10gig of data b , for internet it is annuelly payable avery months…and tell me if that comes with the modem, I ca use for business, and if thoses 10Gid finish , be4 the end of months , may I be able to require incrusement of gig ,…please your answer….
Hi would like to apply for internet 5, can one of your consultants please contact me.
many thanks
i am so interested in signing up for a contract, morte so after i had bitter deals wit both VODACOM and CellC and are currently looking to secure a data contract. at present 8ta has the better deal money can buy but my problem is that for the past week i have tried contacting outlets from the cape to af far off as Knysna and had no reply, phones just dont get answered, my fear now is should i sign up and have an enquiry how would i contact you? is this a sign of after sale service?
I LIKE THIS PACKAGE BUT I DONT KNOW WERE TO GET IT, AND WHAT IT REQUERS
CAN I APPLY FOR THE PACKAGE THROUGH THE INTERNET?
Hello, i really need 10gig per month for R199 but i do not wnat it on contract basis. i can afford it without contract, any possibility? or do you have any alternative method?
Regards
hi
What do i sms to witch tel number to get a data usage update on the 10gig package?
Werner
I have the 10g package. How do I see what I have been used and how many gigs I have left.
where it shows connection, click on text then the blue envelope and type 188 and send. I check mine every day
You now talk about 10GB when I have not been able to e-mailm children for the past week as I could not buy more air time as you were down, I have just moved from Vodacom. although Vodacom is more expensive they at least work all everytime and all then time.It is better to buy a R1000,000.00 car that goes rather than a R10000.00 that cant go
I am the Ward 1 Councillor For Midvaal municipality And have only half of the 2600 houses in the Vaalmarina area covered with your Internet 5 service the balance of have land lines or 3G coverage, the informal settlement of “Mamello” of approx 2000 residents also has no 3G coverage off our Telkom tower Which has the 3G attenna mounted too low
Please HELP
Ihave a 8TA wireless landline on your system in Vaalmarina and would like to cancel my monthly 2Gig Cap & sign up for your 10Gig offer
as I do a lot of data up/down loading with Municipality & Government DAILY
Please Contact me
016 372 2601 (8TA Wireless)
If it would help. I have a site with a 30 metre high mast on my property, as well as the contacts in The Municipal Council I work for to possibly use the Municipal Water Resevoir Site on top of the Hill to get proper coverage.
Cllr. Wayne de Agrella – Cell; 0824529548
I need a contract phone with you guys can i pls get a respond today
I already ask one of your consultants to contact me on 21/2/2012 but no reply. It realy look like you do not care or want to sell your product, After reading the other peoples remarks I think I will rather sticck to MTN
Regards CM
Still can’t find a way of checking my data balance
when you are connected click on text then on the blue envelope and type 188 and send. I check mine every day
i just want to know if its possible for students to sign up for the 10gig contract deal and i also have a banking account with nedbank
Is your 10gb available at Illovo Beach?
I would like to take the R199-00 contract,the only problem my contract with Vodocom expires on 27th July 2012.Can I sign the contract now and pay my first premium on 1st August 2012
It is more tham amonth and still nobody contact me
I think you must work on your customer service,then you will have success on selling your product
Thats because this is a news blog and not an 8ta support centre. Go to 8ta.co.za for support.
@Duane: Sometimes Duane, us intelligent folk forget that we are blessed and that the world’s population has an average IQ of 100 (thanks mainly to the East Asians), less than 2% of the world’s population has an IQ above 120 & and the African average is a mere 70.
Here’s a link to the Proof: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:National_IQ_Lynn_Vanhanen_2006_IQ_and_Global_Inequality.png
Not that this is a race thing, I’m no racist. I’m simply pointing out the obvious: WTF is up with these DUMB-ASSES?!?! Call 8ta!!!
@Tyrel – you may be interested to learn the definition of racist – “the belief that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, esp. so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races.” By that definition it would appear that you are in fact a racist – sorry to break it to you!
IQ tests were devised to calculate a person’s ability to learn – not a measure of their knowledge – if people are uneducated it does not mean that they are not intelligent!
So here’s a wild idea – how about educating people instead of calling them names? … Dumb ass!
Just saying..
I have the 10gb option for R199 pm. How do iknow how much of the 10 gb i have used
any body here knows what is the price of the 8ta usb modems?
sounds good… so is this 10 gigs of 3G?
I’m deffinatly getting ths one.why nt sooner vele?
Hi
Please help me i want to apply for this contract with 8ta the one you pay R199 per month,what to do please help me
Hi Zameka,
Please go to your nearest Telkom store with your latest salary slip, proof of residence and a three months bank statement.
I need to get the 10gb Internet, please call me to see if I qualify.
Thanks
Helena pieterse
I would like a 10gig 24 month contract
@:P, dear
, how every clever of you to be able to look up a definition in Websters! Your mother must be so proud!
You obviously must be one of the less intelligent people I was referring to, or you would have realized that I was merely highlighting a global, ratified study, outlining the relationship between National Intelligence Quota’s versus Global Inequality.
Had you not been so quick to jump on your High Horse, you may have taken the time to read the study, which goes on to elaborate on the methods used in accumulating and analysing the data therein. Furthermore, it goes on to describe the correlations between… wait, perhaps I should quote this for you, so that your simple argument can crumble dismally before you eyes: “Significant correlations with higher national IQ were found for a number of factors: higher GDP/capita, higher adult literacy rate, higher gross tertiary education enrollment ratio”…..
DUMB-ASSSS! If you are too thick to get it now you moron, let me explain in simple english: educating people was what my entire comment was taking in jest (that means “making a joke of” to you simple folk, or perhaps you only understand “I want make funny haha”). Read, and understand, before you go off half cocked calling people racists. Any 5 year old would have been educated by clicking that link; I am so sorry that you found it too “higher grade”. I’ll try keep that in mind in future. I’d kindly ask you, to in future, keep in mind that regular people have a sense of humour, so don’t take them, or your self too seriously.
Kind Regards,
Tyrel Slabbert
0791670674
Next time you want to call me a racist, call me
Give this man a Bells !!!!!!
Thanks Paul, much appreciated!!! Cheers.
i wolud like to know more about your 10gig for 199pm
thanks
RJ 0786113941
how is this 8ta coverage in Margate, as i relocate from witbank to margate.