How do Telkom’s WiMax offerings compare on price?
Telkom announced yesterday that they will launch their commercial WiMax offering this week, and that the prices will fall in line with their current ADSL offerings.
Telkom’s will use WiMax mainly as an ADSL replacement technology which will offer consumers a 512 Kbps broadband service using WiMax as a wireless access method.
‘Stand alone access’ is priced at R 240-00 per month, while the all-inclusive price for a 1 GB service is R 319-00. The 2 GB offering costs R 389-00 while the 3 GB service retails for R 479-00.
These prices are more or less in line with other broadband offerings in the market, but they lag behind on ‘speed versus price’ when compared to HSDPA, iBurst and MyWireless.
The tables below show the pricing comparison between the different options.
1 GB Service
| Service | Cap | Speed | Price | Cost/Mbps/GB |
| Vodacom HSDPA | 1 | 1800 | 289 | 164 |
| MyWireless | 1 | 1024 | 299 | 299 |
| iBurst | 1.2 | 1024 | 369 | 308 |
| Telkom Do WiMax | 1 | 512 | 319 | 638 |
| Telkom Do ADSL | 1 | 384 | 279 | 744 |
2 GB Service
| Service | Cap | Speed | Price | Cost/Mbps/GB |
| Vodacom HSDPA | 2 | 1800 | 389 | 111 |
| MTN HSDPA | 2 | 1800 | 399 | 113 |
| MyWireless | 2 | 1024 | 449 | 225 |
| iBurst | 1.5 | 1024 | 419 | 279 |
| Telkom Do WiMax | 2 | 512 | 389 | 389 |
| Telkom ADSL | 2 | 512 | 561 | 561 |
3 GB Service
| Service | Cap | Speed | Price | Cost/Mbps/GB |
| Vodacom HSDPA | 3 | 1800 | 689 | 131 |
| iBurst | 3.5 | 1024 | 599 | 171 |
| Telkom Do WiMax | 3 | 512 | 479 | 319 |
| Telkom ADSL | 3 | 512 | 611 | 407 |
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