The latest Ookla Household Value Index statistics show that South Africa’s broadband prices are very high when compared to global standards.
The Net Index Household Value Index uses recent surveys from Speedtest.net to compare and rank consumer broadband value around the globe.
According to the Net Index statistics, South Africa has the second highest tariff out of the 64 surveyed countries for the raw cost per Megabit per second (Mbps) — a measurement of how much you pay for broadband speed.
South Africa’s cost of $21.67 per Mbps is significantly higher than the international average of $5.57 per Mbps.
The following image shows how South Africa’s cost per Mbps stacks up against some of the other countries listed in the report.
Price per Mbps
Broadband affordability
The Net Index Household Value Index also gives the mean broadband subscription cost divided by the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita.
This measurement provides a good overview of the affordability of a broadband service in a country.
Here South Africa ranked at 58 out of 64 countries, with the cost of a broadband service coming in at 11% of the GDP per capita.
Broadband cost vs GDP per capita
Article courtesy of MyBroadband
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What is funny, when I say to local monkeys (say, in Hellkom) “your prices are CRAZY! See prices in Russia, for example!”, they answer: “don’t compare apple to oranges!” – WTF??? What is a difference between ISP of Cambodia and SA? Same HW, same SW, difference is that local gov are robbers who waste our taxes and this leads to permanent inflation + local business cannot rely on blacks – everybody tries to earn “as much as can” before they immigrate – THIS is “oranges”! But nothing prevents us from having NORMAL prices.