Vumatel Fibre starting at 20Mbps, others offer less?

[Vecta_ZA]

I've been wondering this for a few days now but cant seem to find any information on the web as to why Vumatel start their FTTH offerings at 20Mbps, whereas Openserve, Octotel, Metrofibre, Supersonic etc all have 4, 5, and 10Mbps?

I'd prefer not to think its a snobbish approach to maximise their ROI, or a "limitation" on their end.

What then could be the reason?

 

[damian666]

I've been wondering this for a few days now but cant seem to find any information on the web as to why Vumatel start their FTTH offerings at 20Mbps, whereas Openserve, Octotel, Metrofibre, Supersonic etc all have 4, 5, and 10Mbps?

I'd prefer not to think its a snobbish approach to maximise their ROI, or a "limitation" on their end.

What then could be the reason?

Vumatel starts at 4/1 Mbps

 

[KaZeYKaZe]

I've been wondering this for a few days now but cant seem to find any information on the web as to why Vumatel start their FTTH offerings at 20Mbps, whereas Openserve, Octotel, Metrofibre, Supersonic etc all have 4, 5, and 10Mbps?

I'd prefer not to think its a snobbish approach to maximise their ROI, or a "limitation" on their end.

What then could be the reason?

Starts at 4/1 then jumps to 20/1 and so on...

 

[Vecta_ZA]

Oh ok they start at 4, but that jump to 20; why is that?

 

[damian666]

Oh ok they start at 4, but that jump to 20; why is that?

guess because the jump from 4-20 is R250 bux, guess they can see a reason to make a 10Mbps connection for like R650.00 per month

 

[KaZeYKaZe]

Oh ok they start at 4, but that jump to 20; why is that?

Honestly....I have no idea If I check through afrihost all of the other providers seem to still do 10mb, not sure why vuma does not??

 

[Vecta_ZA]

Honestly....I have no idea If I check through afrihost all of the other providers seem to still do 10mb, not sure why vuma does not??

This is exactly my thoughts, 4/1 is pointless IMHO, but then the jump to <R900 where honestly for a bachelor setup is overkill, so it practically forces LTE/LTE-A which is in the more reasonable R500 - 700 range, but obviously less stable.

Just seems that Vuma is dismissing a significant demographic, or those that just want decent fibre that's better than their ADSL without spending a lot.

 

[KaZeYKaZe]

This is exactly my thoughts, 4/1 is pointless IMHO, but then the jump to <R900 where honestly for a bachelor setup is overkill, so it practically forces LTE/LTE-A which is in the more reasonable R500 - 700 range, but obviously less stable.

Just seems that Vuma is dismissing a significant demographic, or those that just want decent fibre that's better than their ADSL without spending a lot.

If you are willing to spend 100 bucks more than your ballpark budget you can have the 20mb fibre for R797 a month from Afrihost.

 

[GrubKnight]

Probably due to the demographic research they've done.

 

[Divan85]

Go check the website, you can browse all available packages from various ISPs.

Vumatel Packages

 

[Phence]

Probably due to the demographic research they've done.

Or haven't done - based on what all the other operators are doing.