{"id":55943,"date":"2012-08-01T23:05:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=55943"},"modified":"2012-08-01T23:07:07","modified_gmt":"2012-08-01T21:07:07","slug":"uncapped-broadband-google-versus-telkom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/55943-uncapped-broadband-google-versus-telkom.html","title":{"rendered":"Uncapped broadband: Google versus Telkom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Google has recently unveiled their first commercial broadband services, offering consumers gigabit fibre connections for $70 per month (R579 at $1 = R8.27). There is also a free 5Mbps service available to consumers who do not feel like forking out money.<\/p>\n<p>Google unveiled its ultra-high speed Google Fiber service in Kansas City, Missouri, and could start installations in September. Google hopes to roll out the service to other cities later.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccess is the next frontier that needs to be opened,\u201d Google Chief Financial Officer Patrick Pichette said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to do it profitably. That is our plan.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Google\u2019s services and pricing may set the new global benchmark for Internet services, and it is instructional to compare local broadband access to Google\u2019s Fibre offerings.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Google Fibre<\/h3>\n<p>Google has launched three fibre services aimed at different portions of the market: Free Internet, Gigabit Internet and Gigabit + TV.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Free Internet (free):<\/strong> 5Mbps download speed, 1Mbps upload speed, no data caps, free service guaranteed for at least 7 years<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gigabit Internet ($70 per month):<\/strong> 1Gbps download speed, 1Gbps upload speed, no data caps, 1TB Google Drive<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gigabit + TV ($120 per month):<\/strong> 1Gbps download speed, 1Gbps upload speed, no data caps, full channel TV lineup, Nexus 7 tablet, TV Box, Storage Box, Network Box, 1TB Google Drive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_55877\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/55875-google-launches-1gbps-internet-service.html\/attachment\/google-gigabit-internet\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-55877\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55877\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55877\" title=\"Google Gigabit Internet\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Google-Gigabit-Internet.jpg\" alt=\"Google Gigabit Internet\" width=\"600\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Google-Gigabit-Internet.jpg 600w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Google-Gigabit-Internet-100x16.jpg 100w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Google-Gigabit-Internet-185x31.jpg 185w, https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/Google-Gigabit-Internet-250x42.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google Gigabit Internet<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Google versus Telkom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although South Africa and the United States are vastly different countries with different population demographics and different geographic challenges, it is still instructional to compare local services with Google\u2019s new broadband products.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides a basic comparison of Google\u2019s Fibre offerings and Telkom\u2019s current ADSL products.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>Google Fibre versus Telkom ADSL<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Service<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Download speed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Upload Speed<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Monthly cost<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Cost\/Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Google Free Internet<\/td>\n<td>5Mbps<\/td>\n<td>1Mbps<\/td>\n<td>Free<\/td>\n<td>Free<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom do Uncapped 4Mbps<\/td>\n<td>4Mbps<\/td>\n<td>0.5Mbps<\/td>\n<td>R1,272<\/td>\n<td>R313.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"5\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Google Gigabit Internet<\/td>\n<td>1Gbps<\/td>\n<td>1Gbps<\/td>\n<td>R579 ($70)<\/td>\n<td>R0.56<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom do Uncapped 10Mbps<\/td>\n<td>10Mbps<\/td>\n<td>1Mbps<\/td>\n<td>R1,972<\/td>\n<td>R195.00<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Google launches 1Gbps Internet service\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/55875-google-launches-1gbps-internet-service.html\"><strong>Google launches 1Gbps Internet service<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"MWEB slashes 10Mbps uncapped ADSL price\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/55901-mweb-slashes-10mbps-uncapped-adsl-price.html\"><strong>MWEB slashes 10Mbps uncapped ADSL price<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Uncapped business ADSL pricing comparison\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/53671-uncapped-business-adsl-pricing-comparison-2.html\"><strong>Uncapped business ADSL pricing comparison<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Afrihost 10Mbps uncapped ADSL Home account review\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/53529-afrihost-10mbps-uncapped-adsl-home-account-review.html\"><strong>Afrihost 10Mbps uncapped ADSL Home account review<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/40160-sas-top-adsl-isp-revealed.html\">SA\u2019s top ADSL ISP revealed<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has recently unveiled its first commercial broadband services. This is how Telkom&#8217;s ADSL offerings compare to Google&#8217;s Fibre service.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55949,"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":[4],"tags":[167,35,109],"class_list":["post-55943","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-google","tag-headline","tag-telkom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55943"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55943"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55943\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56393,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55943\/revisions\/56393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}