{"id":73279,"date":"2015-03-14T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T08:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=73279"},"modified":"2015-03-13T17:17:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T15:17:52","slug":"vodacom-fibre-to-the-home-prices-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/73279-vodacom-fibre-to-the-home-prices-revealed","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom fibre-to-the-home prices revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has unveiled fibre-to-the-home prices as part of an FTTH trial, which range between R799 per month for a 20Mbps service to R1,799 for a 100Mbps offering.<\/p>\n<p>The monthly service charge includes data, line rental, and customer premises equipment (CPE). Installation is free.<\/p>\n<p>There is a monthly &#8220;fair use limit&#8221; (data cap) of between 50GB and 200GB, after which users will be charged R7.00 per GB.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that these are not Vodacom\u2019s final FTTH prices, but rather the pricing structure which the company is testing as part of its fibre broadband trials.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">What Vodacom\u2019s FTTH offers<\/h3>\n<p>Vodacom\u00a0has\u00a0partnered with Fibre Connect to launch its new \u201cBroadband Fibre to the Home\u201d service.<\/p>\n<p>Vodacom\u2019s Broadband Fibre-to-the-Home offers users a wide range of services other than fast Internet access. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vodacom IP-TV.<\/li>\n<li>Integrate your DSTV Explora or Apple TV and enjoy uninterrupted HD streaming.<\/li>\n<li>Stream online content including Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, emails, and gaming directly to your TV.<\/li>\n<li>Stream unlimited Vodacom health and educatoinal content including the Educational Portal Grade 4 to 12 Syllabus.<\/li>\n<li>Home with Cloud &#8211; protect your multimedia with cloud backup and access from any Vodacom device.<\/li>\n<li>Home Monitoring &#8211; watch pets, children, and other activity from any Vodacom device using wireless IP cameras.<\/li>\n<li>Home Automation &#8211; control appliances and lights while away.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The table below provides an overview of the Vodacom fibre-to-the-home trial prices.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#990000\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Vodacom fibre package<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#990000\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Fair usage limit (data cap)<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#990000\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><strong>Monthly charge <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>20Mbps Silver Package<\/td>\n<td>50GB<\/td>\n<td>R799<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>40Mbps Gold Package<\/td>\n<td>100GB<\/td>\n<td>R1,199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>100Mbps Platinum Package<\/td>\n<td>200GB<\/td>\n<td>R1,799<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"Vodacom FTTH\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/121600-aggressive-vodacom-fibre-to-the-home-prices.html\"><em><strong>Article courtesy of MyBroadband<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/73143-steam-will-control-all-pc-gaming.html\">Steam will control all PC gaming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/73181-best-selling-pc-console-games-in-south-africa.html\">Best-selling PC, console games in South Africa<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/columns\/73035-ultimate-gaming-wishlist-for-2015.html\">Ultimate gaming wishlist for 2015<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vodacom has unveiled fibre-to-the-home prices as part of an FTTH trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"featured_media":69889,"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":[6587,2932,21,817],"class_list":["post-73279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-fibre","tag-ftth","tag-headline","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73279","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=73279"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73283,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73279\/revisions\/73283"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}