{"id":422726,"date":"2020-08-04T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=422726"},"modified":"2020-08-04T15:52:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T13:52:25","slug":"adsl-is-getting-cut-off-next-month-move-to-fibre-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/422726\/adsl-is-getting-cut-off-next-month-move-to-fibre-now\/","title":{"rendered":"ADSL is getting cut off next month &#8211; Move to fibre now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/418761\/telkom-is-moving-its-adsl-customers-to-fibre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Openserve has notified ISPs<\/strong><\/a> that it will terminate DSL and copper services in areas which are already covered by fibre networks on 1 September 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo this end, we will therefore be discontinuing all existing DSL and Openserve Copper Connect (OCC) services in these areas,\u201d Openserve said.<\/p>\n<p>What this means, in simple terms, is that many ADSL subscribers will have to migrate to fibre by next month.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the full list of areas affected here.<\/p>\n<p>Even if your area is not affected, it is still a good idea to move to fibre &#8211; as it offers higher speeds and a more reliable connection.<\/p>\n<p>Fibre is particularly suitable for using bandwidth-intensive services like Netflix and YouTube without data usage concerns.<\/p>\n<p>It is also great to support work-from-home activities like video conferencing, using online productivity tools, and access online learning resources.<\/p>\n<p>The biggest benefit, however, is affordability. Uncapped fibre products are much cheaper than comparable ADSL, VDSL, or wireless options.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Upgrade from ADSL to fibre now<\/h3>\n<p>Supersonic is a great option for ADSL users who need to move to fibre. They offer affordable uncapped fibre-to-the-home services and make it very easy to get online.<\/p>\n<p>For those who cannot get fibre, Supersonic offers fixed-LTE products over MTN\u2019s award-winning network, starting at only R249 per month.<\/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>Openserve has notified ISPs that it will terminate ADSL in areas where it has fibre. Here is the easy way to move to fibre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":48263,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[79,1622,13315],"class_list":["post-422726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-adsl","tag-fibre","tag-supersonic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422726","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=422726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":422732,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422726\/revisions\/422732"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}