MTN IS DEAD IN THE WATER DURING LOAD SHEDDING.

I discovered today, that MTN is switched off during load shedding. So, you cannot even use your DATA to access your Apps or send an SMS ie. no phoning/texting on WhatsApp, Facebook etc. You are dead in the water. I went to MTN Strand Central and was told this. Even though I have 2GB data available, I cannot use it. Vodacom does not operate like this. I cannot believe this nonsense. Apparently its been a problem for MTN for the last year and there seems to be no fixing this anytime soon. So Now I have to go and open an account with another service provider. I cannot sit for 2hours + with no means of communication (work or personal) Terrible service.