ADSL and fibre prices compared

[Jan]

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 Reach, Frogfoot Air, and Openserve Web Connect — are cheaper than Telkom's ADSL packages.

 

[bwana]

Before deciding whether fibre or ADSL better suits your needs, there are several aspects to consider other than price.

Forgot one - availability - I wonder how many people who have DSL also have fibre available in their area.

[x] I do not.

If fibre was available I'd drop DSL tomorrow.

 

[DapperDanMan]

FTTH packages aimed at less affluent demographic — like Vuma Reach, Frogfoot Air, and Openserve Web Connect

Poverty FTW!

 

[Totempole]

My main issue with this article is that upload speed isn't taken into consideration, so not the fairest comparison.

 

[MEG101]

Forgot one - availability - I wonder how many people who have DSL also have fibre available in their area.

[x] I do not.

If fibre was available I'd drop DSL tomorrow.

Same here, I have Just DSL 10mbps (fastest in my area) and not one fiber operator has plans to build here, although I live in a well populated area with mansions going up like mushrooms. I will switch to fiber in a heartbeat if it was available.

 

[MEG101]

Poverty FTW!

Yes, even small towns have at least 1 fiber operator (Vuma or Herotel) with +- 250 homes. 500+ homes in highly populated suburbs, mostly have just DSL available and not one FNO. I do not understand why this is the case.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Same here, I have Just DSL 10mbps (fastest in my area) and not one fiber operator has plans to build here, although I live in a well populated area with mansions going up like mushrooms. I will switch to fiber in a heartbeat if it was available.

https://gigawave.co.za/ speak with them they finally doing our area now after begging.

 

[CaptainPugwash]

Yet again sloppy research from MyBroadband. Axxess and a few other ISP's offer the same packages at cheaper rates than Afrihost. I think this article is missing a "Partner content" label ?!?!

 

[ghostRgg]

Same here, I have Just DSL 10mbps (fastest in my area) and not one fiber operator has plans to build here, although I live in a well populated area with mansions going up like mushrooms. I will switch to fiber in a heartbeat if it was available.

Drop me a PM, we are always looking to assist in getting new areas connected. Assisted with the whole Glenwood rollout in Durban and some surrounding areas.

Even if it's not in KZN.

 

[hyperian]

My DSL line went down 10 times I'd guess over the 7 years I had it. My Fibre line goes down every other week for days at a time.

 

[extrusion]

My DSL line went down 10 times I'd guess over the 7 years I had it. My Fibre line goes down every other week for days at a time.

Same here. Wondering when they are going to sobatage the fibre cables again. Probably not too long from now.

 

[system32]

More Things To Consider
ADSL is affected by distance and SNR.
ADSL marketing/pay for speed is unlikely to be achieved if you far from the DSLAM/Exchange.
In my case I paid for 10Mbps and could only get 6Mbps.

 

[system32]

My DSL line went down 10 times I'd guess over the 7 years I had it. My Fibre line goes down every other week for days at a time.

My fibre has had 12 outages this year alone.
Mostly JHB Water digging up the pavement,
I have an LTE backup as I WFH.
Not good.

 

[Sapphiron]

Same here, I have Just DSL 10mbps (fastest in my area) and not one fiber operator has plans to build here, although I live in a well populated area with mansions going up like mushrooms. I will switch to fiber in a heartbeat if it was available.

Exactly. Or latency.

 

[hyperian]

I switched to Rain 5G and it's been great. Was delivered the day I ordered it, get 90Mbps down most times, stays on during loadshedding, and when a tower goes down I just reposition the router to the other nearby tower.