{"id":76072,"date":"2014-12-15T11:17:12","date_gmt":"2014-12-15T09:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=76072"},"modified":"2014-12-15T11:17:12","modified_gmt":"2014-12-15T09:17:12","slug":"more-fibre-for-joburg-for-neighbourhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/76072\/more-fibre-for-joburg-for-neighbourhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"More fibre for Joburg for neighbourhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\">Vumatel, a provider of high-<wbr \/>speed broadband connectivity, will be rolling out an open-access fibre network throughout Parktown North.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Parktown North Ratepayers\u2019 and Residents\u2019 Association (PNRA) said\u00a0that Vumatel will be rolling out an open-access fibre network throughout Parktown North.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\ufffcVumatel has presented a technically sound and fully funded proposal, which also includes a comprehensive plan for active communication and engagement with the community,\u201d the PNRA said.<\/p>\n<p>Vumatel\u2019s commitment to supply public Wi-Fi access to Parktown North subscribers through their home accounts at the shopping nodes along 4th and 3rd Avenues further strengthened the attractiveness of its business model, the association said.<\/p>\n<p>The fibre access company has also promised a service level agreement under which it commits to attend to critical faults within 12 hours, to serious faults within 18 hours, and to minor faults within 24 hours.<\/p>\n<p>As with its Parkhurst installation, Vumatel\u2019s proposal includes a once-off installation fee of R1,500 (including VAT) per home, and free line \ufffcrental for 4Mbps.<\/p>\n<p>Vumatel said it has identified 35 Johannesburg neighbourhoods for its fibre installation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe benefits of transparency in pricing, increased competition and greater consumer choice far outweigh the temporary disruption of civil works during the construction phase,\u201d said Lee-Ann Louverdis, chairperson of the PNRA.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe community will enjoy the benefits arising from greater choice and competitive ISP service offerings \u2014 both of which will undoubtedly improve the desirability of living in Parktown North. This bodes well for real estate values in our suburb.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Vumatel<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"MWEB unveils fibre-to-the-home prices\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/74622\/mweb-unveils-fibre-to-the-home-prices\/\"><strong>MWEB unveils fibre-to-the-home prices<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telkom halts Parkhurst, Parkview fibre rollout\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/73470\/telkom-halts-parkhurst-parkview-fibre-rollout\/\"><strong>Telkom halts Parkhurst, Parkview fibre rollout<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Parkview announces fibre-to-the-home details\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/72578\/parkview-announces-fibre-to-the-home-details\/\"><strong>Parkview announces fibre-to-the-home details<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vumatel will be rolling out an open-access fibre network throughout Parktown North.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":58079,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[26,8081,2180],"class_list":["post-76072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-headline","tag-vumatel","tag-wi-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76072","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\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76072"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76072\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76082,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76072\/revisions\/76082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}