{"id":37505,"date":"2012-05-10T11:00:25","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=37505"},"modified":"2012-05-10T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T09:02:45","slug":"mweb-not-planning-capped-adsl-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/37505-mweb-not-planning-capped-adsl-upgrades","title":{"rendered":"MWEB not planning capped ADSL upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Mweb\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/226947-MWeb\">MWEB<\/a> will not be making adjustments to its capped products following recent wholesale price cuts, the CEO of its ISP division, <a title=\"Derek Hershaw\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/226207-Derek-Hershaw\">Derek Hershaw<\/a>, <a title=\"Derek Hershaw on Mweb, Tetris on a Building, and Turing's Code Math revealed - Let's Talk Geek Episode 90\" href=\"http:\/\/ltg.letstalknetwork.tv\/2012\/04\/26\/derek-hershaw-on-mweb-tetris-on-a-building-and-turings-code-math-revealed-ltg-episode-90\/\" target=\"_blank\">confirmed in a recent interview<\/a> on technology podcast Let\u2019s Talk Geek.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur focus since March 2010 has been on uncapped,\u201d Hershaw said. \u201cThat\u2019s our strategy going forward and it\u2019s working for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hershaw said that their primary concern is driving benefit for their uncapped base.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur capped products are very well priced,\u201d Hershaw said, adding that he believes capped pricing is starting to bottom out now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt has almost become a race to the bottom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hershaw said that he doesn\u2019t think the pricing on capped products is a barrier to entry anymore, \u201cSo our focus is really about uncapped.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/edjawopOhWA?start=502\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p id=\"related\"><em>Article courtesy of MyBroadband &#8211; 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