MTN data plan vs Pay as you use browsing

Posted by james Oluwasegun paul on Tuesday February 3, 2015 at 14:35:28:

Over the years, internet services has evolved with several options depending on which suits you the most. One of the best networks we have had around this part of the world is MTN Nigeria. With MTN, if you want to access the internet, it is either that you are subscribing to a data plan or you pay on the go, that is with your normal credit balance. Some people do not know this - there is a difference between browsing with your credit as it is and making use of prepaid data plan.

Browsing with a data plan is considered an ideal way of browsing - one of the reasons for this is because it offers more value for your money. Depending on the nature of your browsing, the network offers browsing data plans active at particular times of the day-whether day or the night browsing.

These plans are made in such a way that it meets different needs of its customers. They are targeted at different kinds of customers. There are ones that are for entry level users (cheap browsing plans) as well as those for medium and high data users (browsing bundles). Browsing without a data plan is quite expensive for most users. You can subscribe to any of your desired data plan and browse using mobile phone directly or using it as a modem to connect your laptop or desktop and then to the internet.

Migrating to a data plan is not at all a difficult thing to do. All that is required is that you have the required amount on your phone and then you activate by sending required digit number (the browsing codes) to 131. An example of a plan is the 24/7 where you can browse at any time of the day. Another is the night plan where you only have nights to browse (normally between the hours of 9am-9pm). For those who are always busy on week days, the week end data plan might be an ideal plan for you-it allows you access through out the days of the end of the week (friday to monday). There are lots of other plans depending on the measure of bandwidth you wish to us up.

On the other hand, browsing on pay as you use is seen to be really expensive. This is when you decide to browse through the internet without wanting to subscribe to any data plan. Currently the network charges about 5 kobo per kb (5 kobo/kb). The amount of kb your browsing exhausts is dependent the nature of websites or webpages you open.

When it comes to data, the moment your plan expires you get to forfeit any balance that is unused. The plan you subscribe to will depend on the way you make use of the internet data. Every body has ways of using data. Some make use of it to surf or work and others simply use it for chatting. Others use it for uploading and downloading pictures, music and movies.