Telkom lines stolen in your area? Setting-up a temporary office and need telephone services? Moved to another premises and waiting for Telkom to install your lines? Or need a backup telephone and internet service for when your Telkom lines goes down for whatever reason... 

Fixed line telephone service over wireless 3G network

Small business alternative internet and telephone services

What happens if your Telkom lines go down? It can take Telkom days or even weeks to fix the problem.

Or there is Telkom cable theft in your area. It can take Telkom months to repair the cables. We talk from experience because we have been waiting for over 3 months for Telkom to repair the cable theft in our area.

If you have a small business thats dependant on Internet and land line telephones, then being in the dark for days or weeks can seriously harm your business

Now there is a backup option for when your Telkom lines go down. I'll be explaining briefly on how it works and the costs involved.

First we need to look at a company called Vox Telecom . They have a VOIP telephone service that is very easy to install and their rates are cheaper than Telkom. Example: The Telkom rate to landline numbers (standard time) is 65c p/minute , but the Vox Telecom rate to Telkom land line numbers is 39c p/minute.

The Vox system is a unit that you plug into your ADSL router (via a normal network cable into one of the LAN connectors). Wireless handsets then connect to the unit which makes it possible for you to make and receive calls. You receive a 087 number on which you can receive calls, but it all works on VoIP. The voice quality is as good as a Telkom line with no delays.

Because VoIP is a internet based service, it uses some of your monthly data cap, but its not much, you might look at about a 100 MB p/month

Making calls on Vox
Click here to download the Vox call rates (rebates are the revenue your receive on incoming calls)
For comparison click here for the Telkom rates

Vox setup and monthly charges:
Setup fee - R300 once-off

Monthly charge - R99 p/m which includes R50 talk time (1 year contract)

or R225 p/m which includes R200 talk time (no contract, month-to-month)

Click here for more details on the Vox Superfone

To the left is a image of the unit that plugs into your normal ADLS router (modem) and the wireless handset. More handsets can be linked to the unit and calls can be transferred from one handset to another handset. There are no cash outlay for the hardware, its part of your monthly charges. If you cancel your services with Vox then the hardware will be returned to them

Now what if you want to use Vox but you dont have ADSL or your ADSL is down?
The solution...
The Huawei B970 is a 3G router. How it works is you insert a normal cellphone simcard into the router. You then load a data bundle onto the simcard. The B970b has 4 LAN connectors and WiFi, so you can connect multiple computers to the router and they will all share the same 3G internet connection.

Now for the magic. You can plug your Vox unit into one of the LAN connectors and your Vox unit will use the 3G connection to make and receive calls. Call quality is perfect with no delays, if you have good 3G reception. You are welcome to call one of our numbers that works on 3G to test the call quality - 087 809 3563

Costs:
The retail price of the Huawei B970b is about R1900.

Then you need a 3G service. We have tested Vodacom, MTN and CellC and all 3 of them work fine with a Vox phone.
We suggest using prepaid 3G and not a contract, because if multiple people use the same 3G connection then you could get a unexpected bill for data usage if you are on contract. With prepaid you can better manage your data costs.

With prepaid 3G you simply load airtime onto the simcard and convert it to a data bundle.
For more details on Vodacom data bundle prices, click here

Click here to order your Vox phone online

Please contact your local computer dealer for a the Huawei B970 router

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