{"id":85797,"date":"2013-09-01T22:44:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-01T20:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=85797"},"modified":"2013-09-02T08:39:29","modified_gmt":"2013-09-02T06:39:29","slug":"free-telkom-adsl-data-promotion-prices-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/85797-free-telkom-adsl-data-promotion-prices-compared.html","title":{"rendered":"Free Telkom ADSL data promotion &#8211; prices compared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Telkom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227037-Telkom\">Telkom<\/a> Internet informed its capped ADSL subscribers that their data allowance has been doubled in a new promotion.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom Internet confirmed that their soft cap promotion, which runs from 1 September 2013 to 31 March 2014, offers subscribers double their monthly data cap.<\/p>\n<p>This promotion ups the value to Telkom Internet ADSL subscribers, raising the question of how the ISP&#8217;s new capped accounts stack up against competing providers.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides an overview of how Telkom Internet&#8217;s ADSL data promotion compares with other capped products in the market.<\/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=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>10GB capped ADSL accounts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>ISP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Monthly data allowance<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Cost per GB<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Internet<\/td>\n<td>10GB (5GB + 5GB)<\/td>\n<td>R99<\/td>\n<td>R9.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cybersmart<\/td>\n<td>10GB<\/td>\n<td>R135<\/td>\n<td>R13.50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Openweb<\/td>\n<td>10GB<\/td>\n<td>R148<\/td>\n<td>R14.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>10GB<\/td>\n<td>R149<\/td>\n<td>R14.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MWEB<\/td>\n<td>10GB<\/td>\n<td>R199<\/td>\n<td>R19.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>15GB &#8211; 20GB capped ADSL accounts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Internet<\/td>\n<td>20GB (10GB + 10GB)<\/td>\n<td>R149<\/td>\n<td>R7.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MWEB<\/td>\n<td>20GB<\/td>\n<td>R239<\/td>\n<td>R11.95<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Afrihost<\/td>\n<td>15GB<\/td>\n<td>R190<\/td>\n<td>R12.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>15GB<\/td>\n<td>R199<\/td>\n<td>R13.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>40GB &#8211; 50GB capped ADSL accounts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vox Telecom<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R219<\/td>\n<td>R4.39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Internet<\/td>\n<td>40GB (20GB + 20GB)<\/td>\n<td>R239<\/td>\n<td>R5.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Axxess<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R385<\/td>\n<td>R7.70<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Openweb<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R398<\/td>\n<td>R7.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Afrihost<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R399<\/td>\n<td>R7.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R399<\/td>\n<td>R7.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MWEB<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R449<\/td>\n<td>R8.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>100GB capped ADSL accounts<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vox Telecom<\/td>\n<td>100GB<\/td>\n<td>R430<\/td>\n<td>R4.30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Internet<\/td>\n<td>100GB (50GB + 50GB)<\/td>\n<td>R645<\/td>\n<td>R6.45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Axxess<\/td>\n<td>100GB<\/td>\n<td>R690<\/td>\n<td>R6.90<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Openweb<\/td>\n<td>100GB<\/td>\n<td>R798<\/td>\n<td>R7.98<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>100GB<\/td>\n<td>R799<\/td>\n<td>R7.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>More ADSL articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"Telkom doubles your ADSL data, free\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/85785-telkom-doubles-your-adsl-data-free.html\"><strong>Telkom doubles your ADSL data, free<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Best ADSL ISP in South Africa: survey\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/81315-best-adsl-isp-in-south-africa-survey.html\"><strong>Best ADSL ISP in South Africa: survey<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ADSL problems frustrating you?\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/82249-adsl-problems-frustrating-you.html\"><strong>ADSL problems frustrating you?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"How to test for ADSL exchange congestion\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/82251-how-to-test-for-adsl-exchange-congestion.html\"><strong>How to test for ADSL exchange congestion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom launched a \u2018double your ADSL data\u2019 promotion in September, offering subscribers more value free of charge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":85799,"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":[5],"tags":[1669,1765,35,213,1261,109,1763,49,329],"class_list":["post-85797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adsl","tag-afrihost","tag-axxess","tag-headline","tag-mweb","tag-openweb","tag-telkom","tag-telkom-internet","tag-vox-telecom","tag-web-africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85797"}],"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=85797"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85797\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85803,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85797\/revisions\/85803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}