{"id":121867,"date":"2017-11-05T12:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-11-05T10:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=121867"},"modified":"2017-11-03T14:17:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:17:03","slug":"fibre-prices-in-south-africa-are-better-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/121867-fibre-prices-in-south-africa-are-better-than-ever","title":{"rendered":"Fibre prices in South Africa are better than ever"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fibre-to-the-home prices in South Africa have declined rapidly over the past three years, technology researchers\u00a0BMIT<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0showed in a new report.<\/p>\n

Uncapped gigabit-per-second fibre connections previously cost around R40,000 per month or more. Today, prices have been cut to under R3,000 per month.<\/p>\n

Similar price decreases are evident on capped packages and services that run at speeds below 1Gbps, according to the report.<\/p>\n

\u201cInterestingly, the prices in 2015 are much more sensitive to GB cap than to headline speed \u2013 a difference that is much smaller in 2017,\u201d said BMIT.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis makes sense if we note that, for ISPs with access to a large capacity of upstream bandwidth, the cost of an additional gigabyte is becoming increasingly negligible relative to that of access.\u201d<\/p>\n

BMIT used an example of how the prices of capped fibre packages through MWEB that run on Openserve have declined in recent years.<\/p>\n

Competition<\/h3>\n

BMIT\u2019s analysis corroborates recent\u00a0statements<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0from Cybersmart CEO Laurie Fialkov regarding the effect of competition in the fixed-broadband infrastructure market.<\/p>\n

He said that thanks to competition from players like Vumatel, Frogfoot, and Cybersmart, Telkom\u2019s networks division Openserve has reduced prices multiple times.<\/p>\n

Previously, ISPs had to put a lot of pressure on Telkom before they saw wholesale price reductions, said Fialkov.<\/p>\n

BMIT also showed that prices from several ISPs on entry-level, capped, and uncapped packages over the past four years have dropped.<\/p>\n

\u201cEntry-level prices have declined to the extent that they are now affordable to most broadband households,\u201d said BMIT.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest shift has been at the upper level of the market, both for high-speed capped services and for typical 20Mbps uncapped services \u2013 where average prices have fallen by a third.\u201d<\/p>\n

BMIT found that capped services around 40Mbps may also be considered to be in a pricing \u201csweet spot\u201d. Their prices have also fallen, albeit not quite as dramatically.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle wonder then that customers have rushed to adopt fibre broadband services. The problem is not with the demand, but with the ability to service the demand quickly enough.\u201d<\/p>\n

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MWEB FTTH prices on Openserve<\/h3>\n

\"BMIT<\/a><\/p>\n

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FTTH prices 2014\u20132017<\/h3>\n

\"BMIT<\/a><\/p>\n

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Now read:\u00a0How many homes can get Vumatel fibre in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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