{"id":382435,"date":"2020-03-18T15:36:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T13:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=382435"},"modified":"2020-03-18T15:36:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T13:36:25","slug":"move-from-adsl-to-fibre-or-fixed-lte-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/382435\/move-from-adsl-to-fibre-or-fixed-lte-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Move from ADSL to fibre or fixed-LTE now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you are still using ADSL, it is time for you to move to fibre. It is faster, better, and more affordable than a comparable DSL service.<\/p>\n<p>Apart from the benefits of fibre over ADSL, there is an even more pressing issue &#8211; Telkom is discontinuing all ADSL connections in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, Telkom started to decommission its copper network &#8211; which means all South African ADSL and VDSL subscribers will get cut off.<\/p>\n<p>This process will leave ADSL and VDSL subscribers without an Internet connection. Therefore, they will have to find an alternative.<\/p>\n<p>Fibre is the best option as it offers users reliable and affordable uncapped Internet connections with speeds ranging between 10Mbps and 1Gbps.<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, a caveat. Fibre is not available in all areas where people currently have ADSL connections.<\/p>\n<p>If fibre is not available, the best alternative is fixed-LTE. It provides a fast connection, is quick to install, and offers generous usage limits.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Move to fibre now<\/h3>\n<p>A great option for people looking to move from ADSL to fibre or fixed-LTE is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supersonic.co.za\/Pages\/Home.aspx?utm_source=MyBroadband\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Supersonic<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Supersonic won the 2019 ISP of the Year Award and provides a wide range of affordable, uncapped fibre services.<\/p>\n<p>The ISP also offers excellent fixed-LTE products over MTN\u2019s award-winning network for those who cannot access 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>Fibre is faster, better, and more affordable than ADSL. It is time for you to move.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":182569,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[79,1622,14735,13315],"class_list":["post-382435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-adsl","tag-fibre","tag-fixed-lte","tag-supersonic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382435","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=382435"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382435\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":382817,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382435\/revisions\/382817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/182569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}