{"id":72522,"date":"2014-11-05T15:10:28","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T13:10:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=72522"},"modified":"2014-11-05T15:10:28","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T13:10:28","slug":"how-much-fibre-to-the-home-costs-in-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/72522\/how-much-fibre-to-the-home-costs-in-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"How much fibre-to-the-home costs in SA"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Parkhurst fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) project has disclosed Web Africa\u2019s data prices for the Vumatel fibre network being deployed in the suburb.<\/p>\n

Web Africa\u2019s participation in Parkhurst\u2019s fibre project was announced last Tuesday \u2013 28 October 2014 \u2013 when Vumatel said in a press release that it had provided the first 1Gbps connections in the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

Vumatel announced in the same press release that Mweb and Smart Village would also be joining the list of Internet service providers (ISPs) offering services on the Parkhurst network.<\/p>\n

This brought the total number of confirmed ISPs for the Vumatel network in Parkhurst to six, as Cool Ideas, Cybersmart, and Vox Telecom had already revealed their prices.<\/p>\n

Mweb and Smart Village have not yet announced their pricing for the Parkhurst FTTH initiative.<\/p>\n

The table below summarises the various offerings from the service providers:<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Parkhurst\/Vumatel FTTH account comparison<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
4Mbps accounts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ISP<\/td>\nData<\/td>\nPrice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa<\/td>\n10GB<\/td>\nR199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cool Ideas<\/td>\n20GB<\/td>\nR299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa<\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\nR349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cool Ideas<\/td>\nUncapped<\/td>\nR399<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vox Telecom<\/td>\n150GB<\/td>\nR449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
50Mbps accounts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ISP<\/td>\nData<\/td>\nPrice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa<\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\nR899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vox Telecom *<\/td>\n200GB<\/td>\nR999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa<\/td>\n250GB<\/td>\nR1,099<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart<\/td>\nUncapped<\/td>\nR1,299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cool Ideas<\/td>\n100GB<\/td>\nR1,448<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cool Ideas<\/td>\nUncapped<\/td>\nR1,998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100Mbps accounts<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ISP<\/td>\nData<\/td>\nPrice<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vox Telecom *<\/td>\n300GB<\/td>\nR1,449<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa<\/td>\n500GB<\/td>\nR1,649<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cool Ideas<\/td>\n200GB<\/td>\nR3,199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cool Ideas<\/td>\nUncapped<\/td>\nR6,599<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
* Vox Telecom also offers bundles with synchronous speeds at R100-R200 more<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vox Telecom bundles also include 1GB mobile data, and 1TB free online storage<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

This article first appeared on MyBroadband<\/a><\/p>\n

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