{"id":376449,"date":"2020-02-24T11:18:34","date_gmt":"2020-02-24T09:18:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=376449"},"modified":"2020-02-25T09:25:11","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T07:25:11","slug":"vumatel-launches-pre-paid-fibre-service-in-soweto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/376449\/vumatel-launches-pre-paid-fibre-service-in-soweto\/","title":{"rendered":"Vumatel launches pre-paid fibre service in Soweto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vumatel has launched its new Vuma Reach product in Soweto, offering pre-paid fibre to residents in the township.<\/p>\n<p>The fibre packages are available on a pre-paid basis from Internet Service Providers (ISPs), with residents not being tied into a contract, giving them the freedom to buy services for data as and when they choose.<\/p>\n<p>Vumatel said that these fibre services offered by the ISPs will give every home in the Vuma Fibre network:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>20\/10Mbps uncapped internet connection;<\/li>\n<li>FREE in-home fibre installation and Wi-Fi enabled device;<\/li>\n<li>24\/7 availability and support;<\/li>\n<li>No long contracts;<\/li>\n<li>Pre-paid service.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Soweto.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-376451 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Soweto.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"767\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Soweto.png 767w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Soweto-300x197.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">The Vuma Reach package<\/h3>\n<p>This Vuma Reach fibre package is currently offered through two ISPs \u2013 Webafrica and Supersonic \u2013 and is priced at R399 per month.<\/p>\n<p>The service offers download and upload speeds of 20Mbps and 10Mbps respectively with no fair usage policy.<\/p>\n<p>This offering is summarised below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Download Speed \u2013 <strong>20Mbps<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Upload Speed \u2013 <strong>10Mbps<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Price per month \u2013 <strong>R399<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vuma Reach customers will also get the following, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.webafrica.co.za\/vuma-reach-fibre#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Webafrica\u2019s website<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free installation worth R999<\/li>\n<li>Free Phone Calls \u2013 30 min\/month<\/li>\n<li>Free Router<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The 30 minutes of free phone calls every month are a VoIP service offered by Webafrica and are bundled with its Vuma Reach fibre package.<\/p>\n<p>Webafrica stated that its package is purchased on a month-to-month basis, which means there are no cancellation penalties or credit checks.<\/p>\n<p>Soweto is the latest area to be covered by Vuma Reach, which also has coverage in Vosloorus, Tshwane, Grassy Park, and Blue Downs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/375186\/south-africas-international-internet-connectivity-fully-restored\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">South Africa\u2019s international internet connectivity fully restored<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vumatel has launched its new Vuma Fibre Reach product in Soweto, offering pre-paid fibre to residents in the township.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":87228,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5553],"tags":[26,8081],"class_list":["post-376449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-headline","tag-vumatel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376449","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\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376449"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":376459,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376449\/revisions\/376459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/87228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}