MyGaming’s sister publication, MyBroadband recently conducted an online piracy survey. It was completed by 5,230 broadband users in South Africa, who represent tech savvy consumers with a good knowledge of the Internet and broadband services.
Results showed showed that ADSL and WISP connections are the most popular among South African online pirates. The results further showed that Afrihost’s uncapped users had the highest piracy percentage.
The survey also revealed that 58% of respondents have pirated content over the last 12 months, and 28% of respondents have pirated video games.
Most popular broadband connection among online pirates
The survey results showed that fixed broadband connections – WISP access, ADSL, and fibre – had the highest number of online pirates.
Mobile broadband connections had the lowest ratio of Internet pirates. This is to be expected considering the high data costs associated with these connections.
The following list shows the percentage of users of different broadband connections in South Africa who pirated content online over the last 12 months.
- WISP – 82%
- ADSL 4Mbps – 73%
- ADSL 2Mbps – 72%
- VDSL 20Mbps and 40Mbps – 69%
- Neotel fibre – 67%
- ADSL 1Mbps – 65%
- ADSL 10Mbps – 62%
- Telkom Mobile 3G and LTE – 58%
- iBurst Wireless – 51%
- Cell C 3G and LTE – 41%
- Neotel CDMA – 39%
- MTN 3G and LTE – 32%
- Vodacom 3G or LTE – 27%
Broadband accounts and piracy
Most popular ADSL accounts among online pirates
The survey results unsurprisingly showed that uncapped ADSL users had significantly higher piracy rates than their capped counterparts.
The following list shows the percentage of users of different ADSL accounts who pirated content online over the last 12 months.
- Afrihost Uncapped – 83%
- Openweb Uncapped – 81%
- Cybersmart Uncapped – 78%
- Web Africa Uncapped – 78%
- MWEB Uncapped – 76%
- Internet Solutions Uncapped – 75%
- Telkom Internet Uncapped – 68%
- Axxess Uncapped – 66%
- Web Africa Capped – 59%
- Axxess Capped – 54%
- Afrihost Capped – 53%
- Cybersmart Capped – 49%
- Telkom Internet Capped – 44%
- MWEB Capped – 29%
- Internet Solutions Capped – 17%
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