{"id":82351,"date":"2015-03-12T09:11:51","date_gmt":"2015-03-12T07:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=82351"},"modified":"2015-03-12T09:11:51","modified_gmt":"2015-03-12T07:11:51","slug":"vodacom-unveils-fibre-to-the-home-with-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/82351\/vodacom-unveils-fibre-to-the-home-with-pricing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom unveils fibre-to-the-home with pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has unveiled fibre-to-the-home prices as part of an FTTH trial, which range between R799 per month for a 20Mbps service to R1,799 for a 100Mbps offering.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly service charge includes data, line rental, and customer premises equipment (CPE). Installation is free.<\/p>\n<p>There is a monthly \u201cfair use limit\u201d (data cap) of between 50GB and 200GB, after which users will be charged R7.00 per GB.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that these are not Vodacom\u2019s final FTTH prices, but rather the pricing structure which the company is testing as part of its fibre broadband trials.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">What Vodacom\u2019s FTTH offers<\/h3>\n<p>Vodacom has partnered with Fibre Connect to launch its new \u201cBroadband Fibre to the Home\u201d service.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom\u2019s Broadband Fibre-to-the-Home offers users a wide range of services other than fast Internet access. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vodacom IP-TV.<\/li>\n<li>Integrate your DSTV Explora or Apple TV and enjoy uninterrupted HD streaming.<\/li>\n<li>Stream online content including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, emails, and gaming directly to your TV.<\/li>\n<li>Stream unlimited Vodacom health and educatoinal content including the Educational Portal Grade 4 to 12 Syllabus.<\/li>\n<li>Home with Cloud \u2013 protect your multimedia with cloud backup and access from any Vodacom device.<\/li>\n<li>Home Monitoring \u2013 watch pets, children, and other activity from any Vodacom device using wireless IP cameras.<\/li>\n<li>Home Automation \u2013 control appliances and lights while away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The table below provides an overview of the Vodacom fibre-to-the-home trial prices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Fibre package<\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Data cap<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Monthly price<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20Mbps Silver<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R799<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40Mbps Gold<\/td>\n<td>100GB<\/td>\n<td>R1 199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100Mbps Platinum<\/td>\n<td>200GB<\/td>\n<td>R1 799<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p>This article was republished <a title=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/121600-aggressive-vodacom-fibre-to-the-home-prices.html\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/121600-aggressive-vodacom-fibre-to-the-home-prices.html\">with permission from MyBroadband<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on FTTH in SA<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"MTN fibre-to-the-home has arrived\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/60807\/mtn-fibre-to-the-home-has-arrived\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MTN fibre-to-the-home has arrived<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Parkhurst 1Gbps FTTH network goes live\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/71902\/parkhurst-1gbps-ftth-network-goes-live\/\"><strong>Parkhurst 1Gbps FTTH network goes live<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Get fibre-to-the-home on Robben Island\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/81853\/get-fibre-to-the-home-on-robben-island\/\"><strong>Get fibre-to-the-home on Robben Island<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telkom launches 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home service\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/74838\/telkom-launches-fibre-to-the-home\/\"><strong>Telkom launches 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home service<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has unveiled its initial fibre-to-the-home prices as part of a trial campaign, with speeds ranging between 20Mbps and 100Mbps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":58255,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5553],"tags":[1622,2137,26,27],"class_list":["post-82351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-fibre","tag-ftth","tag-headline","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82351","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\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82355,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82351\/revisions\/82355"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}