Goodbye ADSL — Fibre vs copper prices in South Africa
South Africa's fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) packages are generally cheaper than DSL broadband products with similar download speeds, a comparison by MyBroadband has found.
The sole provider of DSL infrastructure in South Africa — Telkom's...
Fibre versus ADSL — price showdown
Fibre to the home (FTTH) packages are generally cheaper than ADSL, with the latter only being more cost-effective for low-speed service in specific situations.
However, it should be noted that FTTH packages aimed at less affluent demographic — like Vuma...
Telkom's plan to switch off ADSL
Telkom has plans to migrate all of its copper-based services to fibre over time but will continue to sell its DSL services for the foreseeable future.
This is according to a Telkom spokesperson who also told MyBroadband that the company would not disconnect DSL...
Big plans for Telkom ADSL
Telkom executives have hinted at a number of product and customer experience changes to reverse its decline in fixed-line subscribers