Telkom increases SoftCap ADSL account prices
Telkom has confirmed it will increase the prices of certain SoftCap Internet packages from 1 April 2017.
To be clear, the only products called 'Softcap' are the stand-alone internet accounts. The bundles which include Telephone line rental, DSL and a Softcap account, are currently called 'do Bundles' (at least on the website as it currently is).
So no, this is incorrect, the prices of the 'Do Bundles' that include telephone line rental, that have a bundle price of less than R600, have been increased by R10 to take into account the
telephone line rental increase. Telkom is absorbing the price increase on all the other bundles.
From the article:
This comes after the company published its new tariff sheet for the year ahead – which included increased analogue line rental prices, from R189 to R199 per month.
The sentence above is about the only sentence in the article that is accurate.
SoftCap products which will receive a price increase are:
Home SoftCap Lite (1GB) – will increase from R269 to R279 per month.
The standalone 1GB Softcap product was grandfathered in about 2011 or 2012 at R79 for 1GB. At time, the next product was R99 for 5GB (IIRC). The R269 price would be for the
Do Lite bundle, which includes:
- Telephone line rental (R189->R199)
-
1Mbps DSL (R165)
The total so far is R354, so the 1GB account comes free with a R85 discount.
Home SoftCap Basic (20GB) – will increase from R399 to R409 per month.
The author seems to be referring to
do Basic, which includes:
- Telephone line rental (R189->R199)
-
1Mbps DSL (R165)
The total so far is still R354, so when taking the Do Basic bundle the
20GB softcap (R99 stand-alone) effectively costs you R45.
Home SoftCap Advanced (40GB) – will increase from R549 to R559 per month.
The author seems to be referring to
do Advanced, which includes:
- Telephone line rental (R189->R199)
-
4Mbps DSL (R299)
Total so far = R488, so when taking the Do Advanced bundle, the
40 GB Softcap (R149 stand-alone) effectively costs R61.
