Cheapest and most expensive fibre broadband in SA

MWEB recently announced that it will offer its customers fibre-to-the-home lines across South Africa using Telkom’s infrastructure.

This announcement followed news that MWEB is working with private fibre provider Vumatel to bring its services to fibrehoods in Gauteng and the Western Cape.

“We know that many of our customers are keen to migrate to fibre, therefore MWEB has developed an array of fibre-to-the-home products for them to choose from,” said Carolyn Holgate, GM at MWEB.

Cybersmart also unveiled its latest uncapped fibre-to-the-home products recently, with pricing staring at R899 per month.

Vodacom was the latest company to unveil its fibre-to-the-home prices as part of an FTTH trial. Vodacom’s pricing range between R799 per month for a 20Mbps service to R1,799 for a 100Mbps offering.

The list of fibre-to-the-home products is growing rapidly, and competition is starting to drive prices down.

The following table provides an overview of some of the prominent fibre-to-the-home offerings in South Africa.

Fibre-to-the-home – South African prices
Provider	Fibre provider	Speed	Data	Price
MTN	MTN	20Mbps	20GB	R739
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	20Mbps	40GB	R788
Vodacom	Vodacom	20Mbps	50GB	R799
Smart Village	Smart Village	20Mbps	50GB	R929
MWEB	Telkom	20Mbps	100GB	R999
Telkom	Telkom	20Mbps	50GB	R999
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	20Mbps	120GB	R1,038
Smart Village	Smart Village	20Mbps	100GB	R1,184
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Cybersmart	Vumatel	20Mbps	Uncapped	R899
Smart Village	Smart Village	20Mbps	Uncapped	R1,359
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Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	40Mbps	40GB	R888
MWEB	Telkom	40Mbps	100GB	R1,099
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	40Mbps	120GB	R1,138
Smart Village	Smart Village	40Mbps	50GB	R1,149
Vodacom	Vodacom	40Mbps	100Mbps	R1,199
Telkom	Telkom	40Mbps	100GB	R1,299
Smart Village	Smart Village	40Mbps	100GB	R1,404
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MWEB	Vumatel	50Mbps	100GB	R899
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	50Mbps	100GB	R899
MTN	MTN	50Mbps	50GB	R959
Vox Telecom	Vumatel	50Mbps	200GB	R999
Vox Telecom	Vumatel	50Mbps	400GB	R1,079
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	50Mbps	250GB	R1,099
MWEB	Vumatel	50Mbps	300GB	R1,199
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Cybersmart	Vumatel	50Mbps	Uncapped	R1,499
Cool Ideas	Vumatel	50Mbps	Uncapped	R1,499
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MWEB	Telkom	100Mbps	100GB	R1,199
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	100Mbps	120GB	R1,248
MTN	MTN	100Mbps	100GB	R1,334
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	100Mbps	200GB	R1,448
MWEB	Vumatel	100Mbps	300GB	R1,449
Vox Telecom	Vumatel	100Mbps	300GB	R1,449
Vox Telecom	Vumatel	100Mbps	600GB	R1,549
MWEB	Telkom	100Mbps	200GB	R1,599
Web Africa	Telkom, Vumatel	100Mbps	500GB	R1,649
Vodacom	Vodacom	100Mbps	200GB	R1,799
Telkom	Telkom	100Mbps	200GB	R1,799
MWEB	Telkom	100Mbps	500GB	R2,849
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Cybersmart	Vumatel	100Mbps	Uncapped	R2,899
Cool Ideas	Vumatel	100Mbps	Uncapped	R2,899
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MWEB	Vumatel	1Gbps	500GB	R2,099