Telkom’s current Fibre-To-The-Home (FTTH) offerings are now cheaper than its ADSL.
The biggest reason for the discrepancy is obvious: FTTH products don’t require any forced analogue line rental.
This has resulted in calls from major ISPs like Web Africa and MWEB for Telkom to offer a “naked ADSl” option which will hoepfully reduce costs and result in a larger uptake.
The table below shows the total price of DSL and FTTH access, based on Axxess’s latest prices:
| Service | Speed | Line Rental | Total Access Price (No Data) |
| FTTH | 4Mbps | No line rental | R399 |
| ADSL | 4Mbps | R189 | R464 |
| FTTH | 8Mbps | No line rental | R459 |
| ADSL | 8Mbps | R189 | R544 |
| FTTH | 10Mbps | No line rental | R499 |
| ADSL | 10Mbps | R189 | R584 |
| FTTH | 20Mbps | No line rental | R599 |
| VDSL | 20Mbps | R189 | R614 |
| FTTH | 40Mbps | No line rental | R699 |
| VDSL | 40Mbps | R189 | R724 |
This article originally appeared on MyBroadband and is republished with permission.
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FTTH only benefits those people living in new areas, those living in old areas will have to wait until existing copper network is replaced.