{"id":14360,"date":"2011-09-30T11:14:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T09:14:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-29T22:00:00","slug":"telkom-uncapped-adsl-launched-at-rage-2011-with-pricing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/14360-telkom-uncapped-adsl-launched-at-rage-2011-with-pricing","title":{"rendered":"Telkom uncapped ADSL launched at rAge 2011 with pricing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Summary<\/span>:  TelkomInternet is launching at least three uncapped ADSL accounts  today: &ldquo;up to 384kbps&rdquo; for R219 per month, 1Mbps for R369, and a  promotional bundle exclusive to the rAge expo for R782 that includes &ldquo;up  to 10Mbps&rdquo; line rental and Battlefield 3.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TelkomInternet  is selling their new uncapped ADSL accounts at the rAge gaming expo  being held this weekend (30 September to 2 October 2011).<\/p>\n<p>The Telkom uncapped account sales confirm speculation from yesterday that <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/34956-telkom-uncapped-broadband-on-its-way.html\" title=\"Telkom uncapped broadband on its way?\">Telkom would be introducing consumer uncapped ADSL<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>It  looks like Telkom will be launching at least three new packages today,  two of which will be permanent products running on 384kbps and 1Mbps  lines, and a third promotional package for &ldquo;up to 10Mbps&rdquo; ADSL that will  only be available at rAge.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom&rsquo;s &ldquo;do Uncapped&rdquo; accounts will  be throttled during the day between 06h00 and 22h00 to a certain  fraction of the maximum linespeed, but there is no restriction on local  traffic.<\/p>\n<p>There is no mention of throttling on the &ldquo;do Gamers bundle for rAge&rdquo; promo.<\/p>\n<p>The  do Gamers bundle, available only at rAge this weekend, costs R782 per  month and includes line rental for Telkom&rsquo;s fastest ADSL offering (&ldquo;up  to 10Mbps&rdquo;), a 1Mbps do Uncapped ADSL data account, a copy of Battlefield 3 (when it launches), and a 2TB  external hard drive.<\/p>\n<p>You are required to sign a 12 month contract for the Do Gamers bundle.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp mceIEcenter\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_35012\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 610px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Telkom_Uncapped_ADSL_Product_Sheet_973234852.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><em>Telkom Uncapped ADSL Product Sheet<\/em><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>The details of the new TelkomInternet do Uncapped accounts are as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Do Uncapped 384kbps account only &ndash; R219; daytime restriction (06h00 to 22h00) to 354kbps<\/li>\n<li>Do Uncapped 1Mbps account only &ndash; R369; daytime restriction (06h00 to 22h00) to 767kbps<\/li>\n<li>Do Uncapped 4\/10Mbps account only &#8211; R2097<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do Uncapped 384kbps account &amp; ADSL access &ndash; R371; daytime restriction (06h00 to 22h00) to 354kbps<\/li>\n<li>Do Uncapped 1Mbps account &amp; ADSL access &ndash; R658; daytime restriction (06h00 to 22h00) to 767kbps<\/li>\n<li>Do Uncapped 4\/10Mbps account &amp; ADSL access &#8211; R2510<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Package pricing excludes landline rental.<\/p>\n<p>Telkom&rsquo;s  384kbps uncapped account is priced exactly the same as Mweb&rsquo;s, but its  1Mbps account is somewhat more expensive (Mweb&rsquo;s costs R299 per month).<\/p>\n<p><em>Thanks to MyBroadband freelancer Gerrit Vermeulen and Let&rsquo;s Talk Network for doing the legwork on this one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Article courtesy of MyBroadband &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/35006-telkom-uncapped-adsl-pricing-revealed.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Telkom uncapped ADSL pricing revealed\">Telkom uncapped ADSL pricing revealed<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/forum\/showthread.php\/18332-Telkom-uncapped-ADSL-launched-at-rAge-2011-pricing-revealed\" target=\"_self\" title=\"Telkom uncapped ADSL launched at rAge 2011, pricing revealed\"><strong>Telkom uncapped ADSL launched at rAge 2011, pricing revealed<\/strong><\/a> &lt;&lt; Comments and views<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TelkomInternet is selling Do Broadband packages to rAge attendees standing in line outside the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/157"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14360\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}