{"id":92200,"date":"2015-07-01T09:33:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-01T07:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=92200"},"modified":"2015-07-01T10:04:42","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T08:04:42","slug":"telkom-cuts-fibre-to-the-home-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/broadband\/92200\/telkom-cuts-fibre-to-the-home-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Telkom cuts fibre-to-the-home prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom has reduced the pricing of its ADSL and fibre-to-the-home packages.<\/p>\n<p>The company said its broadband bundles are now up to 15% cheaper, which follows a recent reduction in pricing of its LTE and LTE-Advanced offerings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe new Do Bundle prices start at R399 a month (reduced from R408 previously) for the Do Basic Bundle, which includes up to 2Mbps and 10GB soft cap, and goes up to R999 a month (reduced from R1 028) for the Do Elite Plus Bundle, which includes up to 40Mbps and a 100GB soft cap,\u201d said Telkom.<\/p>\n<p>The only exception is the price for the Do Elite product, which will increase by \u201cabout 1%\u201d to R799 per month from 1 August.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom customers who are currently subscribed to Do Bundles will also benefit from the price reductions.<\/p>\n<p>All Do bundles also include free night surfer data between 12am and 7am, 3GB mailbox, and one email account with five aliases, said Telkom.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen signing a 24-month contract (for a DSL service), a free Wi-Fi-enabled modem is included in the bundle. Line rental is also included in all the bundle pricing.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Fibre prices slashed<\/h3>\n<p>Fibre prices now range from R699 per month for the 10Mbps, 50GB package, to R1,599 for the 100Mbps, 200GB package.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll fibre bundles include free night surfer data between 12am and 7am, as well as a free Wi-Fi-enabled modem, 3GB mailbox, and one email account with five aliases.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Telkom\u2019s new broadband pricing\u00a0take\u00a0effect from 1 July.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bt_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"6\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Telkom FTTH Package<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">Old Price<\/th>\n<th bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">New Price<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10Mbps, 50GB softcap<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<td>R699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20Mbps, 50GB softcap<\/td>\n<td>R999<\/td>\n<td>R849<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40Mbps, 100GB softcap<\/td>\n<td>R1 299<\/td>\n<td>R1 099<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100Mbps, 200GB softcap<\/td>\n<td>R1 799<\/td>\n<td>R1 599<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Telkom<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/91360\/whites-not-targeted-telkom\/\">Whites not targeted: Telkom<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/91314\/whites-will-go-in-telkom-retrenchments-union\/\"><strong>Whites will go in Telkom retrenchments: union<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/91146\/zuma-unfazed-by-telkom-retrenchments-union\/\">Zuma unfazed by Telkom retrenchments: union<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom has reduced the pricing of its ADSL and fibre-to-the-home packages.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":49757,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5553],"tags":[25,1622,65],"class_list":["post-92200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-active","tag-fibre","tag-telkom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92200","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=92200"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92200\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92218,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92200\/revisions\/92218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49757"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}