ISP and Package Details |
ISP |
Vodacom |
Package |
MyGig 5 ADSL |
Price |
R169/month |
Website |
http://www.vodacom.co.za/portal/site/vodacom/menuitem.c6ff878cc70b64f3128ca6a52de217a0/?vgnextoid=765ee8f99d6fa210VgnVCM100000cd |
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Service Details |
Cap |
5.0GB |
Shaping |
Shaped |
Access |
Full local and international |
Billing |
Month to month |
Mailboxes |
0 |
Virus Scanning |
No |
Spam Filtering |
No |
To see what this ISP package will cost for business and home users please look below. |
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Per Month |
Per Hour |
Per Day |
Per Year |
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Home 384k |
R460.97 |
R0.64 |
R15.37 |
R5531.64 |
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Home 1mbps |
R634.97 |
R0.88 |
R20.48 |
R7619.64 |
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Home 4mbps |
R721.97 |
R1.00 |
R23.29 |
R8663.64 |
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The above prices include Telkom phone line rental, Telkom ADSL line rental, the cost of the ISP package, and VAT. |
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Per Month |
Per Hour |
Per Day |
Per Year |
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Business 384k |
R512.84 |
R0.71 |
R16.54 |
R6154.08 |
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Business 1mbps |
R686.84 |
R0.95 |
R22.16 |
R8242.08 |
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Business 4mbps |
R773.84 |
R1.07 |
R24.96 |
R9286.08 |
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The above prices include Telkom phone line rental, Telkom ADSL line rental, the cost of the ISP package, and VAT. |

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Graphs showing pricing differences between residential/business prices. |
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HomeDSL 384 |
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HomeDSL 1024 |
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HomeDSL 4096 |
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BusinessDSL 384 |
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BusinessDSL 1024 |
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BusinessDSL 4096 |
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How much of my allocated bandwidth can I use? |
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Megabytes Per Hour |
6.94 MB |
Megabytes Per Day |
166.67 MB |
Megabytes Per Week |
1,250.00 MB |
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Rough guidelines that providers seem to always use. |
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e-Mails per Month
Based on 50KB per mail |
~
100,000.00 |
5 Min. YouTube Clips
Not HD, 100% buffered |
~
427 clips |
Skype Calls
Person-to-person calls |
~
231.48 hours |
Light Online Gaming
Based on ~10KB/s both ways |
~
694 hours |
Moderate Online Gaming
Based on ~20KB/s both ways |
~
347 hours |
Heavy Online Gaming
Based on ~30KB/s both ways |
~
158 hours |
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Other ADSL Packages in the same price range |
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ISP, Package |
ISP |
Transfer |
eMails |
Shaping |
Access |
Virus |
Spam |
Notes |
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| 1 |
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2GB ADSL |
169 |
2.0GB |
0 |
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2 GB + 28 GB local after capped |
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| 2 |
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MyGig 5 ADSL |
169 |
5.0GB |
0 |
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Once-off bundle, any ADSL line speed. |
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| 3 |
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1024k Vanilla Uncapped ADSL |
169 |
999.0GB |
1 |
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Uncapped ADSL. 1024k ALL DAY Uncapped ADSL. Perfect for browsing and gaming! |
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| 4 |
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Silver 3 Gig ADSL |
166 |
3.0GB |
1 |
 |
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-- |
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| 5 |
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2 GB ADSL Shaped |
165 |
2.0GB |
2 |
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Free Email, Top-Up Anytime, Multiple Connections |
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| 6 |
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MyGig 5 ADSL |
165 |
5.0GB |
0 |
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12 or 24 month contract, any ADSL line speed. |
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| 7 |
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Per GB Unshaped ADSL |
160 |
1.0GB |
1 |
 |
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Unshaped 1/3 Contention ratio per GB |
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| 8 |
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Naked 2GB |
160 |
2.0GB |
0 |
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24/7/365 Support, 30GB Local (Soft Cap) |
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| 9 |
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2GB ADSL |
160 |
2.0GB |
1 |
 |
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-- |
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| 10 |
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10Gb Local Only |
160 |
10.0GB |
0 |
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