by The fibre rollout in South Africa has rapidly begun picking up speed. With more and more people aware of what fibre internet is and that it’s an option instead of getting a regular ADSL connection.
Vodacom is the latest company to offer fibre internet with their new Vodacom Fibre Broadband.
Vodacom Introduces a Fibre Offering
The company defines fibre broadband as “high speed broadband internet connectivity from 4 Mbps to 100 Mbps over a future proof fibre network to customers in residential communities. Broadband internet access over fibre essentially allows the user a faster and more reliable internet browsing experience, not supported by conventional methods of connecting to the internet”.
Available as either month-to-month or 12 to 24 month options, these offerings are only available through their third-party network operators in certain areas.
Louisa van Beek, Managing Executive for FTTX (Fibre-To-The-X) at Vodacom, says: ‘We are making good progress on our own fibre deployment. By entering into strategic wholesale agreements to sell services through other network providers, we have additional access to over 175 000 end points.’
‘The rollout of fibre remains a critical part of Vodacom’s growth strategy and our intention remains to pass one million fibre end-points within the next four years.’
Find out if fibre is available in your area here.
Vodacom Fibre Packages
Please note that the Vodacom Fibre Broadband product offering and monthly subscriptions differs per network infrastructure provider. However, the subscription per product on the same network infrastructure provider is the same across all contract duration options with varying once-off charges. The once-off charge for all 12 month contracts is R499 (incl. VAT) and R999 for all month-to-month contracts. There is no once-off charge for 24 month contracts.
*All Vodacom Fibre products are subject to Vodacom Fibre T&Cs available at www.vodacom.co.za/fibre.
| Network | Line Speed (Mbps) | Monthly Allocation / Uncapped
(GB) |
Monthly Subscription
(incl. VAT) |
| MetroFibre | 10 Mbps | 100 | R579 |
| 10 Mbps | Uncap. | R679 | |
| 25 Mbps | 200 | R729 | |
| 25 Mbps | Uncap. | R829 | |
| 50 Mbps | 300 | R899 | |
| 50 Mbps | Uncap. | R1049 | |
| 100 Mbps | 500 | R1299 | |
| 100 Mbps | Uncap. | R1449 | |
| SADV | 10 Mbps | 50 | R529 |
| 10 Mbps | Uncap. | R629 | |
| 20 | 200 | R729 | |
| 20 Mbps | Uncap. | R849 | |
| 50 Mbps | 300 | R929 | |
| 50 Mbps | Uncap. | R1049 | |
| 100 Mbps | 500 | R1399 | |
| 100 Mbps | Uncap. | R1549 | |
| Fibrehoods | 10 Mbps | 100 | R599 |
| 20 Mbps | 200 | R699 | |
| 50 Mbps | 300 | R799 | |
| 50 Mbps | Uncap. | R899 | |
| 100 Mbps | 1000 | R949 | |
| 100 Mbps | Uncap. | R1099 | |
| Century City Connect | 10 Mbps | 100 | R549 |
| 10 Mbps | Uncap. | R599 | |
| 20 Mbps | 200 | R699 | |
| 20 Mbps | Uncap. | R799 | |
| 50 Mbps | 300 | R849 | |
| 50 Mbps | Uncap. | R899 | |
| 100 Mbps | 500 | R949 | |
| 100 Mbps | Uncap. | R999 | |
| Vumatel | 4 Mbps | 100 | R449 |
| 20 Mbps | 200 | R749 | |
| 20 Mbps | Uncap. | R799 | |
| 50 Mbps | 400 | R1049 | |
| 50 Mbps | Uncap. | R1099 | |
| 100 Mbps | 600 | R1399 | |
| 100 Mbps | Uncap. | R1499 | |
| Openserve | 4 Mbps | 25 | R449 |
| 10 Mbps | 100 | R649 | |
| 10 Mbps | Uncap. | R799 | |
| 20 Mbps | 200 | R949 | |
| 20 Mbps | Uncap. | R1499 | |
| 40 Mbps | 300 | R1149 | |
| 40 Mbps | Uncap. | R1999 | |
| 100 Mbps | 500 | R1599 | |
| 100 Mbps | Uncap. | R2499 | |
