Digicel lifts daily cap on internet usage

Feb 22, 2015 News

Mobile giant, Digicel, has announced an end to daily cap for its internet usage.

Digicel has announced an end to its daily cap for internet usage on mobile phones.

The company made the announcement Friday, disclosing that it is making it more convenient for prepaid customers to connect their phones to the internet with the launch “Flexible Data Plans”. The revised data plans will now cost customers for one day -(50 megabytes MB) $280; two days (100 MB) – $500; one week (350 MB) – $1100; one month (800 MB) – $2800 and one month plus(1 GB) – $3200.
“Digicel data plans will no longer have a daily cap. The new flexible data plans will make it easier and more affordable for customers to enjoy more data on-the-go in our constantly changing technological world,” the company said.
With many customers still without landline internet connectivity, the primary source for thousands of Guyanese has remained smart phones.
Customers have been clamouring for faster, cheaper internet.
Digicel said that while its activation code -*136# – remains the same, there are changes to how the prepaid data plans work.
‘Customers will no longer have a daily cap on their usage. The caps will now apply for the entire period customers have subscribed. There is also a new ‘add-on’ feature to the data plans for customers who reach the limit before the plan expires.”
The ‘Add-on will cost $100 and will give customers an additional 15MB of data.
“Customers can purchase ‘Add-ons’ every hour as needed. Commenting on the changes, Customer Care Manager, Sherwyn Osborne stated: “ The changes were made based on feedback from customers that the 50MB daily cap was too limiting since on some days they have the need to use more and also they wanted a mechanism to better manage their spending once they are over their cap.”
Digicel Group Limited is a leading global communications provider with operations in 31 markets in the Caribbean, Central America and Asia Pacific. After 12 years of operation, total investment to date stands at over US$4.5 billion worldwide.