While that isn’t too much of a surprise, a question that keeps coming up over and over again when these hikes take place is, “why is POTRAZ allowing such ridiculousness to happen?”

Before we go into that, below are the results of NetOne’s recent price review.

This is what it will cost you to surf the internet for a month on the NetOne network (without including social media bundles):

POTRAZ

For those who don’t know, POTRAZ is an acronym for Postal and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority of Zimbabwe. This is the board that regulates data prices in Zimbabwe. They are responsible for making sure that the data tariffs set by these mobile network operators are reasonable and justified.

So the question still stands…where is POTRAZ amidst all these data tariffs hikes?

Zimbabwe has reported the highest data tariff prices in our region despite the existence of boards such as POTRAZ. As a result, some Zimbabweans on various social platforms have finally reached a conclusion on this matter and it might just make sense. They have suggested that these unbearable price hikes could possibly be a way of reducing people’s access to the internet because a lot of political awareness and change start as just conversations on the internet.

Remember that November when a revolution started and was organised from the internet? A whole regime was changed and that is the power of the internet.

So it would make sense a lot of sense if this was a way to stop that from happening. With regards to this situation, a social media user (@doctorphill1) commented:

“social media has been and is our weapon as Citizens to spread information pertaining voting for competent leadership.”

These were the same sentiments shared by citizens when the 2022 national budget revealed controversial tax amounts on mobile phone purchases.

Do you agree with this view?

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Telone recently announced adjustments in their data tariffs. The adjustments are effective starting on 29 September 2021. However, despite the changes, Zimbabweans seem pleased by the affordability of their packages. The same cannot be said for the Econet Packages that people have complained about so much to the extend that popular journalist Hopewell Chinono chided Zimbabweans for using Econet.

Below are the tariff changes:

The service provider clarified to users that the roll over service is still under suspension. This means that the packages are valid for a month from the day purchased.

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The page undoubtedly aims to target the increasingly data hungry Zimbabweans off guard. The fake Econet page is promising Zimbabweans 15GB of data on sign up and we all know Econet would never do that in their lifetime, that is how we knew the page was fake.

So when one decides to signup they are taken to a website called Jinaka.com(above) which was made to look like Facebook. Don’t panic yet. We also entered fake credentials to see what happens so that you don’t have to. A user is simply redirected to more fake webpages with ads, but at this stage your credentials would have been taken and no 15GB of data was sent to you.

Be careful people!

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The new promotion started on the 29^th of March and it appears that the mobile operator is trying to entice more users to its mobile money platform which has always played second fiddle to EcoCash. With the prices for data now getting out of reach for many, they might just succeed, depending how long the promotion runs.

Below are the step by step instructions on how to get the 500Mb free data;

Now this is Zimbabwe, of course there’s a catch. To get the free 500MB data you need to move a minimum of ZWL$1000 to be eligible.

An end date for this promotion has not yet been revealed.

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We’ve started with the prices for residential users and they are as follows:

Below are the business internet packages.

Blaze LTE Packages

Dedicated Internet Packages

The company also offers dedicated internet packages for businesses, as shown below.

Satellite Internet Packages

TelOne has several satellite packages for its enterprise customers. Here are the prices:

Ka Band

Customers get free data at night between midnight and five in the morning. The packages also include one public IP address.

The Ka Band satellite is very reliable during harsh weather.

C Band

The C Band satellite cannot with stand very harsh weather conditions. However, internet access should remain normal during rainfall.

Ku Band

The Ku Band satellite is resilient to harsh weather.

WiFi Packages

You can use the TelOne public WiFi at hotspots in Harare and some towns and cities. TelOne has listed the hotspots on its website.

You can access this internet service by paying the respective cost. Alternatively, you can use your internet login details if you have already subscribed to an ADSL package. However, you will consume the data from your ADSL package in the process.

TelOne Voice Tariffs

Should you need more information on this service, you can visit Telone’s official website or social media pages.

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Following NetOne’s very recent price hikes, customers have been complaining about the drastic changes that were made to the tariffs. Customer’s expressed similar sentiments of disapproval and disappointment across the board. NetOne took it upon themselves to reply to one such user of their network. They had this to say:

“We understand your concern over the recent tariff adjustments. However, the increase was in sympathy with the prevailing business climate where operational costs have gone considerably up. Had this adjustment not been implemented, it could have resulted in serious degradation of the quality of our network and consequently heavily degraded service quality to you our valued customer.”

Does NetOne’s drastic changes in data tariffs reflect this supposed adjustment to “the prevailing business climate?” Is an almost 100% increase in their prices easily justified by changes in the economy? Or did we hit the nail on the head in our “Greedy NetOne” article?

Let’s consider the issue of service degradation. Has NetOne been able to provide the great service that they are now supposedly trying to maintain? If you got a chance to browse our previous NetOne article, you’ll find comments of NetOne users that don’t seem to think so.

What is your opinion on the matter?

Let us know in the comments below.

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Social Media Bundles

One Fusion

SMS

One-Fi

Data Bundles

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The general sentiment is that NetOne should infact be reviewing their poor network and service provision before considering any sort of review in data tariffs. Most users feel as though the only tariff change that would tally with the service Netone is currently giving would be a reduction of their current data prices.

If you were born and raised in Zimbabwe, history has probably taught you that a “review” can only mean prices are about to soar. Would a hike in prices be justifiable? Well, although NetOne has yet to respond to complaining customers’ sentiments, an analysis of the common complaints NetOne has been receiving can give us an answer. Users who switched to the network because of its cheaper tariffs are now complaining of cheap tariffs without the promised service. Monthly bundles are said to be lasting just 3 days or even less.

Below are some of NetOne customers’ grievances:

In addition to these grievances, NetOne’s internet seems to consistently shut down towards the weekends. This means that if you did pay for data to use over the weekend, there is a high possibility that the data would likely expire before you even got to use it.

So, for now we wait to hear the exact changes NetOne has decided to make to their tariffs, or if they will heed the complaints of their customers. However, one thing is certain, these bad reviews do not coincide with what NetOne boasts for. They describe their organization as “a Zimbabwean mobile network operator with the widest coverage and the lowest rates…[that provides] high speed mobile broadband.

Do you think an increase in tariffs could have a negative impact on NetOne as an organization given the current dissettlement over the issue? Or should they consider refunding customers for the data they bought but were unable to use before making this change?

What’s your verdict on the issue? Let us know in the comment section below

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