{"id":56946,"date":"2013-08-01T17:13:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=56946"},"modified":"2013-08-01T17:15:01","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:15:01","slug":"gaming-on-adsl-just-got-a-little-more-costly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/56946-gaming-on-adsl-just-got-a-little-more-costly","title":{"rendered":"Gaming on ADSL just got a little more costly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Telkom’s latest tariff adjustments kicked in today (1 August 2013), which means online gamers will be paying a little more each month.<\/p>\n

There was an overall increase of 1.3% on basic voice and data connectivity services.<\/p>\n

Telkom DSL and Telkom Internet monthly service subscription charges remain unchanged. The overall bill of ADSL clients will increase because of higher line rental prices.<\/p>\n

Post-paid analogue residential line rentals will increase by 5.8% to R157.00 (Incl VAT) per month and business line rentals will increase by 6.2% to R216.00 (Incl VAT) per month.<\/p>\n

The following tables provide an overview of Telkom\u2019s new prices which will became effective on 1 August 2013.<\/p>\n

Telkom ADSL costs<\/h3>\n

From 1 August new ADSL subscribers will pay more for the installation of a new service. Installation charges will increase by 6% and this includes postpaid and DSL services.<\/p>\n

DSL line service charges remain unchanged, but the pre-requisite analogue line rental service charge has been increased.<\/p>\n

The following table provides an overview of the increase on the basic cost of ADSL access (excluding an ADSL data account) from 1 August 2013.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Telkom residential rates<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOld prices<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nNew prices<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service<\/strong><\/td>\nLine rental<\/strong><\/td>\nADSL access<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal price<\/strong><\/td>\nLine rental<\/strong><\/td>\nADSL access<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal new price<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\nR148.37<\/td>\nR165.00<\/td>\nR313.37<\/strong><\/td>\nR157.00<\/td>\nR165.00<\/td>\nR322.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\nR148.37<\/td>\nR299.00<\/td>\nR447.37<\/strong><\/td>\nR157.00<\/td>\nR299.00<\/td>\nR457.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/10Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\nR148.37<\/td>\nR425.00<\/td>\nR573.37<\/strong><\/td>\nR157.00<\/td>\nR425.00<\/td>\nR582.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom business rates<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOld prices<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nNew prices<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Service<\/strong><\/td>\nLine rental<\/strong><\/td>\nADSL access<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal price<\/strong><\/td>\nLine rental<\/strong><\/td>\nADSL access<\/strong><\/td>\nTotal new price<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\nR203.35<\/td>\nR165.00<\/td>\nR368.35<\/strong><\/td>\nR216.00<\/td>\nR165.00<\/td>\nR381.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\nR203.35<\/td>\nR299.00<\/td>\nR502.35<\/strong><\/td>\nR216.00<\/td>\nR299.00<\/td>\nR515.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
4\/10Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\nR203.35<\/td>\nR425.00<\/td>\nR628.35<\/strong><\/td>\nR216.00<\/td>\nR425.00<\/td>\nR641.00<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Telkom Internet<\/h3>\n

Telkom Internet monthly service subscription charges remain unchanged.<\/p>\n

\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Bundle category<\/td>\nConsumer Bundles (all unchanged)<\/td>\nCurrent Price<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Soft Capped Bundles<\/td>\ndo Basic (1024kbps + 5GB)<\/td>\nR219<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Advanced (2,048kbps + 10GB)<\/td>\nR395<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Premium (4\/10mbps + 20GB)<\/td>\nR554<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Premium Plus (4\/10mbps + 30GB)<\/td>\nR639<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Elite (20mbps + 30GB)<\/td>\nR727<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Elite Plus (40mbps + 50GB)<\/td>\nR1,099<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uncapped Bundles<\/td>\ndo Uncapped Basic Bundle<\/td>\nR329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Uncapped Advanced Bundle<\/td>\nR459<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Uncapped Premium Bundle<\/td>\nR699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Uncapped Premium Plus Bundle<\/td>\nR999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Uncapped Elite<\/td>\nR1,899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
do Uncapped Elite Plus<\/td>\nR3,499<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n

Telkom services<\/h3>\n

On the voice side of things, Telkom\u2019s new prices include a decrease in the tariffs for outgoing fixed-to-mobile calls of 3.1% to R1.30 (Incl VAT) per minute during peak time and by 2.7% to R1.05 (Incl VAT) per minute during off-peak time.<\/p>\n

Installation charges will increase by 6% and this includes post-paid, PrepaidFone ISDN, and DSL services. Line rental for PrepaidFone (weekly\/monthly and Top-up) also increased by 6%.<\/p>\n

For an in-depth look at Telkom voice rate increases, head on over to MyBroadband: New Telkom prices kick in<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

More broadband and gaming news<\/h3>\n

Telkom cable theft wreaks network havoc: pictures<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cheap 40Mbps home fibre broadband is possible<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Uncapped ADSL price comparison<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Telkom’s new prices kick in today, meaning a higher overall ADSL bill for gamers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":157,"featured_media":55791,"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":[8812],"tags":[293,10492,21,2752,5793,287,10491],"class_list":["post-56946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-adsl","tag-adsl-prices","tag-headline","tag-sa-gaming-market","tag-sa-gaming-news","tag-telkom","tag-telkom-prices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56946","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=56946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56947,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56946\/revisions\/56947"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}