MyGaming recently released the latest speed test results from MyBroadband which showed that Cybersmart and MWEB offer the lowest average latency on ADSL and VDSL.
While the ranking gave a good idea of the top-performing Internet service providers (ISPs) in terms of latency, the value they offer requires a different comparison.
To see which of these ISPs offer the best value, we decided to compare their various capped offerings.
Although there are uncapped ADSL services which will serve gamers well, a capped account will arguably give you the most stable performance.
Capped accounts typically enjoy the highest priority on an ADSL service provider’s network, and the account will not be shaped or throttled based on your historical usage.
ADSL ISP MyBroadband speed test results
MyBroadband’s speed test servers make use of Ookla’s platform and are hosted in Teraco’s vendor-neutral data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town.
Through NapAfrica, all network operators present at its peering points are provided with a free 1Gbps connection to the MyBroadband speed test platform.
To ensure that only results from broadband connections are used, MyBroadband filters speed tests based on network information from the Internet service providers.
With over 40,000 broadband tests per month, the MyBroadband speed test platform is a popular destination for South Africans to gauge their Internet services.
| ADSL ISP average MyBroadband speed test results | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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ISP
|
Download Speed (kbps)
|
Upload Speed (kbps)
|
Latency (ms)
|
| Cybersmart | 2,984 | 443 | 45 |
| MWEB Business | 2,904 | 500 | 49 |
| Internet Solutions | 3,863 | 531 | 51 |
| Telkom | 3,029 | 488 | 54 |
| MWEB | 3,008 | 455 | 57 |
| Afrihost | 3,650 | 510 | 58 |
| Axxess | 3,858 | 514 | 68 |
| VDSL ISP average MyBroadband speed test results | |||
|
ISP
|
Download Speed (kbps)
|
Upload Speed (kbps)
|
Latency (ms)
|
| MWEB | 11,499 | 1,120 | 37 |
| Afrihost | 15,436 | 1,506 | 38 |
| Internet Solutions | 15,343 | 1,447 | 38 |
| Telkom | 17,345 | 1,708 | 40 |
| Axxess | 17,390 | 1,967 | 46 |
Capped ADSL price comparison
The table below shows a service provider’s best value ADSL account, ranked according to the amount of data you get for the price.
It also shows the worst value accounts – typically those with the lowest caps – to give an idea of the price range.
Only accounts from ISPs with ADSL latency less than or equal to 60ms, and VDSL latency less than or equal to 40ms were included.
Internet Solutions doesn’t sell direct to consumers, so the prices of Webafrica and Crystal Web accounts were used in this comparison.
No after-hours data was considered for the purpose of this comparison, though it is interesting to note that Afrihost, Crystal Web, and Telkom offer unlimited after-hours data with their capped accounts.
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Capped DSL service
|
Cap (GB)
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Price (ZAR)
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Price/GB
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|---|---|---|---|
| Webafrica 500GB+ | 500 | R899 | R1.80 |
| Afrihost 50GB | 50 | R99 | R1.98 |
| MWEB 150/200GB* | 75/100 | R149/R199 | R1.99 |
| Afrihost 75/100/150GB | 75/100/150 | R149/R199/R299 | R1.99 |
| Webafrica 100GB | 100 | R199 | R1.99 |
| Crystal Web 850GB | 850 | R1,699 | R2.00 |
| The R2/GB value threshold. | |||
| Crystal Web 100GB | 100 | R279 | R2.79 |
| Afrihost 10GB | 10 | R29 | R2.90 |
| Telkom SoftCap 500GB | 500 | R1,599 | R3.20 |
| Web Africa | 20 | R79 | R3.95 |
| MWEB 100GB* | 50 | R199 | R3.98 |
| Cybersmart 100GB | 100 | R399 | R3.99 |
| Cybersmart 20GB | 20 | R134 | R6.70 |
| Telkom SoftCap 10GB | 10 | R99 | R9.90 |
| * MWEB’s promotional capped accounts include “night time data” equal to the amount of anytime data allotted. | |||
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