{"id":376131,"date":"2020-02-22T15:44:55","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T13:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=376131"},"modified":"2020-02-22T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T13:47:48","slug":"if-you-have-adsl-you-will-need-to-find-an-alternative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/376131\/if-you-have-adsl-you-will-need-to-find-an-alternative\/","title":{"rendered":"If you have ADSL, you will need to find an alternative"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom is rapidly cutting off ADSL and VDSL fixed-line subscribers across South Africa as part of its plan to completely <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/327215-telkom-fixed-lines-are-getting-killed.html\"><strong>decommission its copper network<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>What this means for current ADSL and VDSL subscribers is that they have to look for an alternative service to stay connected.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular option is fibre, which provides subscribers with a fast and affordable uncapped Internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>With speeds ranging between 10Mbps and 1Gbps, fibre remains unmatched in the value if offers subscribers.<\/p>\n<p>Fibre-to-the-home and fibre-to-the-business connections are only available in selected suburbs across the country, however, and many DSL subscribers fall outside of these \u2018fibre-ready\u2019 areas.<\/p>\n<p>For these subscribers, a fixed-LTE connection is a good alternative. These wireless connections are quick to install and offer affordable high-data-usage accounts.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Get fibre or fixed-LTE now<\/h3>\n<p>If you are looking for a fibre-to-the-home, or fixed-LTE connection, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supersonic.co.za\/Pages\/Home.aspx?utm_source=MyBroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Supersonic is a great option<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supersonic offer affordable, uncapped fibre services in the majority of areas that have fibre coverage in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>For those who cannot get fibre, Supersonic offer affordable Home Broadband (fixed-LTE) services over the best mobile network with 95% 4G coverage in South Africa, MTN.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more about moving from ADSL to fibre or fixed-LTE, complete the form below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; margin-top: 20px;\" src=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/general\/lead-forms\/supersonic\" width=\"100%\" height=\"480px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have an ADSL or VDSL Internet connection it will be cut off soon. These are your best options to ensure you remain connected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":376133,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[6432,1622,14735,525,14733,65,2136],"class_list":["post-376131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-dsl","tag-fibre","tag-fixed-lte","tag-lte","tag-supersonic-adsl","tag-telkom","tag-vdsl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376135,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376131\/revisions\/376135"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}