Uncapped ADSL price comparison

Over the last few weeks numerous ISPs have cut the price of their uncapped ADSL products. This is how these prices compare

Staff WriterJuly 31, 2012

MWEB cut its 10Mbps uncapped ADSL rates last week, and also introduced a new 2Mbps uncapped offering in anticipation of Telkom speed upgrades in August 2012.

This move by MWEB followed many price cuts and new services by Internet Services Providers (ISPs), including Afrihost, Web Africa, Cybersmart, and Axxess.

These price cuts come on the back of Telkom’s 30% reduction in wholesale ADSL (IPC) rates in April.

The new 2Mbps uncapped ADSL products were launched in anticipation of Telkom’s planned ADSL speed upgrades, where 384kbps subscribers will be bumped up to 1Mbps, and 1Mbps ADSL lines will be upgraded to 2Mbps.

This raises the question of how the different ISPs compare when it comes to uncapped ADSL rates. The following table tries to answer this question for the country’s major ISPs.

1Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts
ISP	Price
Cybersmart	R179
Web Africa	R189
Axxess	R196
Afrihost	R197
MWEB	R199
@lantic	R199
Telkom	R369

2Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts
Axxess	R296
MWEB	R369

4Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts
Cybersmart	R395
Afrihost	R397
Axxess	R496
@lantic	R499
MWEB	R539
Web Africa	R599
Telkom	R699

10Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts
Cybersmart	R975
Afrihost	R997
MWEB	R999
Axxess	R1,096
Web Africa	R1,299
Telkom	R1,399