Telkom has rolled out its Swap marketing campaign, encouraging DSL prospects emigrate to fibre by providing a free month of Web entry and waiving migration charges.
The one-month free subscription, router, and set up is out there to Telkom’s DSL and Copper Voice prospects that migrate to its fibre-to-the-home providers — supplied they’re in an space coated by Openserve.
Telkom says that making the swap will cut back the chance of cable theft and enhance the reliability of its prospects’ connections.
The promotion started earlier this month and can run till 10 June.
Telkom has had a considerably stop-start strategy to its ADSL copper switch-off programme, with the corporate initially asserting its plans to kill its ADSL providers in Could 2019.
Nevertheless, the partially state-owned telecoms firm continued promoting ADSL merchandise — and nonetheless does at this time. That is possible as a result of some areas in South Africa don’t but have fibre however nonetheless have DSL-capable copper traces.
In July 2019, Telkom introduced that it had migrated 96% of its pay as you go fixed-line prospects to wi-fi providers, and that it will shut down its pay as you go copper service on 1 August.
Telkom stated its technique was to change its copper-based merchandise with Good Voice, LTE, and fibre providers.
To recoup among the prices related to its copper community, Telkom stated that it will pull up its cables and resell them.
Nevertheless, in 2020, a month into South Africa’s Covid-19 lockdown, Telkom’s wholesale and networks division Openserve launched bare ADSL.
This made DSL less expensive, as subscribers may purchase the broadband service with out taking a Telkom cellphone line.
Telkom then stated it will proceed to promote its copper-based merchandise in areas the place it’s economically viable.
The corporate has now circled again to encouraging prospects emigrate off its copper community.
Telkom has seen its fixed-line buyer base decline considerably in recent times. The corporate’s monetary outcomes for the yr ended March 2020 revealed that its fixed-line enterprise had declined from 2,267,000 in March 2019 to 1,602,000 in March 2020.
Telkom ADSL vs fibre
Telkom presents prospects copper-based Web connectivity by means of its Limitless Dwelling Lite DSL merchandise. These packages characteristic asymmetrical obtain and add speeds.
The most cost effective service is its Limitless Dwelling Lite DSL package deal with 10Mbps obtain and 1Mbps add speeds. It’s out there for R299 for the primary six months of a 24-month contract and R329 after that.
Telkom is working an analogous promotion on all of its Limitless Dwelling Lite DSL merchandise, with the 40Mbps package deal beginning at R499 per thirty days after which rising to R699, and the 20Mbps service rising from R399 to R599 after the primary six months.
Compared, Telkom’s fibre merchandise supply symmetrical add and obtain speeds. Its 25Mbps package deal goes for R449, and its 50Mbps package deal goes for R699 per thirty days.
The speeds and pricing of Telkom’s DSL and fibre merchandise are in contrast beneath.
| Telkom ADSL vs fibre pricing | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Bundle | Obtain | Add | Worth |
| Limitless Dwelling Lite DSL 10Mbps | 10Mbps | 1Mbps | R299 / R329 |
| Limitless Dwelling Lite DSL 20Mbps | 20Mbps | 5Mbps | R399 / R599 |
| Limitless Dwelling Lite DSL 40Mbps | 40Mbps | 10Mbps | R499 / R699 |
| Fibre Dwelling Limitless 25Mbps | 25Mbps | 25Mbps | R449 |
| Fibre Dwelling Limitless 50Mbps | 50Mbps | 50Mbps | R699 |