{"id":40818,"date":"2012-07-05T15:00:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T13:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=40818"},"modified":"2012-07-06T02:40:46","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T00:40:46","slug":"sas-most-respected-broadband-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/40818-sas-most-respected-broadband-provider","title":{"rendered":"SA&#8217;s most respected broadband provider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyBroadband conducted its latest broadband survey in June 2012, revealing that <a title=\"Vodacom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227063-Vodacom\">Vodacom<\/a> is the most respected broadband provider in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Over 5,000 people completed the survey, which asked them to rank the country&#8217;s broadband providers from the most respected to the least respected.<\/p>\n<p>28% of people said that Vodacom is the most respected broadband provider in South Africa, followed by <a title=\"Telkom\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/227037-Telkom\">Telkom<\/a> and <a title=\"Cell C\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/213919-Cell-C\">Cell C<\/a> (both on 18%). Telkom&#8217;s overall score was however dragged down by the high number of people who placed it at low ranks.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"iBurst\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/289087-iBurst\">iBurst<\/a> was the lowest rated broadband provider, with only 2% of people placing it in the top spot, while 20% of people felt it was the worst provider in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provides an overview of how consumers ranked the country&#8217;s biggest broadband providers (1 = best, 7 = worst).<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Broadband provider<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>5<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>6<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>7<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Average relative percentage<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Vodacom <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>27.74%<\/td>\n<td>20.38%<\/td>\n<td>16.13%<\/td>\n<td>11.57%<\/td>\n<td>6.86%<\/td>\n<td>3.92%<\/td>\n<td>4.64%<\/td>\n<td><strong>64%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cell C <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>17.61%<\/td>\n<td>15.82%<\/td>\n<td>18.23%<\/td>\n<td>14.79%<\/td>\n<td>13.62%<\/td>\n<td>6.18%<\/td>\n<td>4.15%<\/td>\n<td><strong>56%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>MTN<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>12.64%<\/td>\n<td>19.64%<\/td>\n<td>19.68%<\/td>\n<td>15.84%<\/td>\n<td>11.61%<\/td>\n<td>6.57%<\/td>\n<td>4.68%<\/td>\n<td><strong>55%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>8ta <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>10.48%<\/td>\n<td>15.74%<\/td>\n<td>11.86%<\/td>\n<td>14.77%<\/td>\n<td>14.22%<\/td>\n<td>14.47%<\/td>\n<td>8.07%<\/td>\n<td><strong>46%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Telkom <\/strong><\/td>\n<td>18.00%<\/td>\n<td>10.33%<\/td>\n<td>11.28%<\/td>\n<td>11.26%<\/td>\n<td>11.14%<\/td>\n<td>8.28%<\/td>\n<td>20.55%<\/td>\n<td><strong>45%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Neotel<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>4.07%<\/td>\n<td>5.24%<\/td>\n<td>6.58%<\/td>\n<td>10.38%<\/td>\n<td>14.94%<\/td>\n<td>22.56%<\/td>\n<td>25.38%<\/td>\n<td><strong>27%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>iBurst<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>2.05%<\/td>\n<td>4.42%<\/td>\n<td>7.01%<\/td>\n<td>11.38%<\/td>\n<td>16.89%<\/td>\n<td>26.59%<\/td>\n<td>20.49%<\/td>\n<td><strong>26%<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\"><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"SA\u2019s top ADSL ISP revealed\" 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