E mail and internet access in south africa

christophp

I will be in South Africa for three weeks over Christmas. First I will be in a hotel off Kruger National Park, then moving on to hotels in cerntral Durban and Cape Town. The hotels have expensive WI fi so I am looking for a cheaper alternative for an hour or so each day to keep up with e mails and do a bit of surfing. Any suggestions gratefully received.

zebedy

Sorry, no suggestion other than pay the hotel fees or see if there is a local internet cafe. Depending where you are around Kruger, mobile phone and internet access can be anything between not very good and non-existent!
Local internet cafes will be the best value if you're in a town, but if you're in the bush either pay hotel price or go without

macman

Buy a local SIM and dongle when you get there, should be OK in the cities, not sure about Kruger though, doubt it there is decent 3G coverage there.

redux

http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Maps_of_Kruger_Park-travel/cellphone-map-knp.html

not a lot of 3g nationwide, mainly grps or EDGE - tick boxes on coverage map to add each on network sites

http://www.mtn.co.za/Travel/Pages/CoverageMap.aspx

http://www.vodamap.net/3g/

http://www.cellc.co.za/content/mobileinternet/mobile_internet_02.asp

- I can't find the map on this site. You can explore them all for tariffs, settings etc, and on

http://prepaid-wireless-internet-access.wetpaint.com/page/South+Africa