{"id":379717,"date":"2020-03-06T13:38:59","date_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=379717"},"modified":"2020-03-06T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-06T11:38:59","slug":"all-adsl-users-in-south-africa-should-read-this","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/379717\/all-adsl-users-in-south-africa-should-read-this\/","title":{"rendered":"All ADSL users in South Africa should read this"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/telecoms\/327215-telkom-fixed-lines-are-getting-killed.html\"><strong>decommissioning its copper network<\/strong><\/a>, which means South African ADSL and VDSL subscribers are getting cut off.<\/p>\n<p>This process leaves many DSL subscribers without a reliable fixed-broadband connection at home or at the office.<\/p>\n<p>ADSL and VDSL subscribers must find an alternative connection, and the best options are fibre or fixed-LTE.<\/p>\n<p>Fibre-to-the-home or fibre-to-the-business are the best alternatives to ADSL, as they offer higher speeds, better reliability, and are not susceptible to copper theft.<\/p>\n<p>Fibre prices are also on par or more affordable than DSL when the total cost of ownership is considered.<\/p>\n<p>The bad news is that fibre is only available in selected neighbourhoods in South Africa, which means not everyone can get it.<\/p>\n<p>Where fibre is not available, fixed-LTE is the best option. It offers good speeds and high usage limits at an affordable price.<\/p>\n<p>Another benefit of fixed-LTE is that it is quick and easy to order and install, which is not always the case with fibre.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Move to fibre or fixed-LTE now<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supersonic.co.za\/Pages\/Home.aspx?utm_source=MyBroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Supersonic offers subscribers<\/strong><\/a> a wide range of affordable, uncapped fibre services in areas which have fibre coverage.<\/p>\n<p>It also offers an excellent fixed-LTE service over MTN\u2019s award-winning network to those who cannot get fibre.<\/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>ADSL lines in South Africa are getting disconnected, which means users have to find an alternative. Here is a great option.<\/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":[79,13315,2136],"class_list":["post-379717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-adsl","tag-supersonic","tag-vdsl"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379717","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=379717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":379719,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379717\/revisions\/379719"}],"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=379717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}