Telkom DoUncapped, finally!

[iCubed.Saajid]

Telkom Uncapped ADSL

Telkom today announced the release of their much-awaited uncapped ADSL offerings.

Full details are still to be revealed, but the company did provide us with the main features and benefits of the service.

The DoUncapped packages will be available in 3 speeds, 384Kbps, 512Kbps and 4Mbps, while each package provides shaped bandwidth.

The 384Kbps package will be totally uncapped until the 3GB limit is reached, after which you have to purchase another uncapped account. The 512Kbps package is uncapped to 5GB and the 4Mbps package is uncapped to a "massive" 10GB.

Once you reach the uncapped usage limit, Telkom allows you to topup your uncapped account with another uncapped account at R395 for 384Kbps, R595 for 512Kbps and R1495 for 4Mbps which is, according to the company, market-related and extremely competitive.

Says a company spokesperson, "The advantage of the DoUncapped product is that you can download and upload as much as your connection is capable of before you reach the account limit. We have researched the market and have noticed that an uncapped product is an absolute necessity in the modern economy."

Telkom has also said the product is perfectly suited for light email checking, Googling once a day or so, telnet sessions and anything requiring less bandwidth than the entire Mongolia did in 1977.

Telkom's DoUncapped will only be available today, April 1.

Apologies if this has been posted before. I simply couldn't resist. Source: http://www.hellkom.co.za/

 

[charlieharper]

hahaha, the Classic April Fools joke!
But I wouldn't have been surprised, if telkom really called that Uncapped.. haha

 

[cavedog]

And all fall for it.

 

[copacetic]

Oh goodness.

 

[xrapidx]

Sounds like all the other uncapped offerings... just less vague

 

[medicnick83]

Damn it, got me all excited!!!

 

[akescpt]

okay. i'm not very familiar with these things but doesnt uncapped imply limitless. so why do they all seem to have caps? why do they call it uncapped?

 

[EXtremiXed]

akescpt it's called marketing / advertisement. For a everyday just random person it would be like he has no limits (just because he's limits aren't really high at the end)

 

[akescpt]

akescpt it's called marketing / advertisement. For a everyday just random person it would be like he has no limits (just because he's limits aren't really high at the end)

ok but doesnt ASA sort out false advertising? they just sorted out vodacom's 'broadband', why hasnt people complained about this ambush marketing?

 

[shadowfox]

Ummm ... guys ... it was an April Fool's joke. Read the date on the article.

 

[davemc]

Brilliant!
I did not see this one before.

 

[guest2013-1]

Ummm ... guys ... it was an April Fool's joke. Read the date on the article.

WHAT?! THE INTERNET ISN'T SERIOUS!? You mean to tell me I can't believe everything I read?! THE AUDACITY! I HAVE TO COMPLAIN SOMEWHERE

 

[zombie]

WHAT?! THE INTERNET ISN'T SERIOUS!? You mean to tell me I can't believe everything I read?! THE AUDACITY! I HAVE TO COMPLAIN SOMEWHERE

Following tradition, this is where you should complain