MTN useless during loadshedding

I live in a suburb in Pretoria (not somewhere in the bundus) No internet connection the moment the power goes off. H+ at best when we've got electricity. My wife's vodacom delivers 4G irrespective of loadshedding or not. Very sporadic access to my voice line during loadshedding, which means I cant make or receive calls during loadshedding. I've been with MTN since 1998, but I am going to cancel my contract, at great cost, but I can't continue to pay for something I can't use Jan Opperman