{"id":38863,"date":"2012-06-01T16:33:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=38863"},"modified":"2012-06-02T00:34:27","modified_gmt":"2012-06-01T22:34:27","slug":"free-adsl-speed-upgrades-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/38863-free-adsl-speed-upgrades-confirmed","title":{"rendered":"Free ADSL speed upgrades confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 1 June 2012, <a title=\"Telkom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227037-Telkom\">Telkom<\/a> announced that it will upgrade its \u2018Up to 384 kbps\u2019 <a title=\"ADSL\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/224881-ADSL\">ADSL<\/a> subscribers to \u2018Up to 1024 kbps\u2019 and its \u2018Up to 1024 kbps\u2019 ADSL users to \u2018Up to 2048 kbps\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will enable Telkom Internet to effectively increase the value to entry level broadband customers,\u201d Telkom said in a press statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTelkom is enhancing its value proposition to truly differentiate our broadband offerings. We are accelerating the evolution of broadband offerings in the country,\u201d said <a title=\"Manelisa Mavuso\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/287381-Manelisa-Mavuso\">Manelisa Mavuso<\/a>, Telkom\u2019s managing director for consumer services and retail.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis speed upgrade is indicative of the infinite possibilities that Telkom\u2019s innovation will enable. We are now in a position to create new products and services that will allow customers to run multiple bandwidth-hungry applications simultaneously and at faster speeds,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sophisticated products and services that can be delivered over enhanced Internet access speeds will enable businesses to gain a significant competitive edge. These upgrades are another step on Telkom\u2019s ongoing journey to providing South African businesses with the ICT infrastructure necessary to help them thrive in a globally competitive world,\u201d said <a title=\"Brian Armstrong\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/330878-Brian-Armstrong\">Brian Armstrong<\/a>, managing director of Telkom Business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSmall to medium businesses specifically will now be able to access a wider range of business utilities to boost their productivity,\u201d concluded Armstrong.<\/p>\n<p>The speed upgrades will happen in a phased approach. The process will start in August and run through to September.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Telkom ADSL speed upgrades on track\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/51253-telkom-adsl-speed-upgrades-on-track.html\"><strong>Telkom ADSL speed upgrades on track<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"40Mbps DSL network back on track\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/50827-40mbps-dsl-network-back-on-track.html\"><strong>40Mbps DSL network back on track<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/telecommunications\/8585\/telkom-upgrades-broadband-speed-and-infrastructure\/\"><strong>1Gbps Telkom VDSL and FTTH infrastructure roll-outs begin<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Flat ADSL access fee not discussed: Telkom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/50043-flat-adsl-access-fee-not-an-option-telkom.html\"><strong>Flat ADSL access fee not discussed: Telkom<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Telkom has confirmed that it is upgrading the speed of its ADSL subscribers free of charge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":34989,"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":[293,21,4682,4681,287],"class_list":["post-38863","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","tag-adsl","tag-headline","tag-manelisa-mavuso","tag-speed-upgrade","tag-telkom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38863","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\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38863"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38864,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38863\/revisions\/38864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}