{"id":552103,"date":"2007-04-24T23:37:03","date_gmt":"2007-04-24T23:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/wordpress\/technology\/552103-telkom-s-do-broadband-pricing-how-does-it-compare.html"},"modified":"2007-04-24T23:37:03","modified_gmt":"2007-04-24T23:37:03","slug":"telkom-s-do-broadband-pricing-how-does-it-compare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/552103-telkom-s-do-broadband-pricing-how-does-it-compare.html","title":{"rendered":"Telkom\u2019s Do Broadband Pricing: How does it compare?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom\u2019s Do Broadband offerings come in three flavours, namely a DSL384 service with a 1GB usage limit for R 279-00, a DSL384 offering with a 2 GB cap for R 364-00 and a DSL 4 Mbps product with a 3 GB cap for R 675-00. The Do Broadband offerings include both the ADSL access and the ADSL ISP portions, but exclude the compulsory R 100-00 analogue line rental payable to Telkom.<\/font> <\/p>\n

With varying speeds and usage allowances it can be\u00a0difficult to compare broadband services and packages, but a common indicator used by the ITU (International Telecommunications Union) and other research entities is to compare the price\/Mbps. <\/font><\/p>\n

This ratio is however used overseas for services with unlimited usage allowances, and with monthly usage allowances playing a vital role in the cost of a broadband package in South Africa the Cost\/GB\/Mbps is a far more accurate measurement.<\/font> <\/p>\n

The following table provides a summary of how well Telkom\u2019s new DoBroadand offerings are priced in comparison with similar offerings from the local wireless providers.<\/font> <\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Service<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nSpeed (Mbps)<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nUsage (GB)<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nCost\/GB<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\nCost\/GB\/Mbps<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/font><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/font><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/font><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/font><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/font><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do Broadband 3 *<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n675.00<\/font><\/td>\n4<\/font><\/td>\n3<\/font><\/td>\n225<\/font><\/td>\n56<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom HSDPA<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n389.00<\/font><\/td>\n1.8<\/font><\/td>\n2<\/font><\/td>\n195<\/font><\/td>\n108<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN HSDPA<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n399.00<\/font><\/td>\n1.8<\/font><\/td>\n2<\/font><\/td>\n200<\/font><\/td>\n111<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom HSDPA<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n689.00<\/font><\/td>\n1.8<\/font><\/td>\n3<\/font><\/td>\n230<\/font><\/td>\n128<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sentech MyWireless<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n699.00<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n5<\/font><\/td>\n140<\/font><\/td>\n140<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom HSDPA<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n289.00<\/font><\/td>\n1.8<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n289<\/font><\/td>\n161<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iBurst <\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n599.00<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n3.5<\/font><\/td>\n171<\/font><\/td>\n171<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iBurst <\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n529.00<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n2.5<\/font><\/td>\n212<\/font><\/td>\n212<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sentech MyWireless<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n449.00<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n2<\/font><\/td>\n225<\/font><\/td>\n225<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sentech MyWireless<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n299.00<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n299<\/font><\/td>\n299<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
iBurst<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n469.00<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n1.5<\/font><\/td>\n313<\/font><\/td>\n313<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do Broadband *<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n364.00<\/font><\/td>\n0.384<\/font><\/td>\n2<\/font><\/td>\n182<\/font><\/td>\n474<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Do Broadband *<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\n279.00<\/font><\/td>\n0.384<\/font><\/td>\n1<\/font><\/td>\n279<\/font><\/td>\n727<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

* Excludes compulsory R 100-00 analogue line rental <\/font><\/p>\n

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Telkom recently launched their \u2018Do Broadband\u2019 packages, promising to revolutionize the local broadband space. But how do they compare on price and speed with existing broadband offerings?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}