The best ADSL and VDSL ISPs in SA

The latest MyBroadband speed test results show that Vox Telecom and Internet Solutions produce the highest average ADSL and VDSL speeds respectively.

MyBroadband’s speed test service uses Ookla’s platform, and is hosted in Teraco’s vendor-neutral facilities 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 valid results are recorded, MyBroadband filters the broadband speed tests based on network information from the Internet service providers.

Over the last 30 days, over 16,000 valid ADSL and VDSL tests were performed using the MyBroadband speed test server.

The results show that Internet Solutions had the highest average VDSL speed at 19.18Mbps. Vox Telecom reigned supreme in the ADSL space with 4.41Mbps.

The tables below show the top five ADSL and VDSL ISPs, based on average download speed.

ADSL Speeds
Rank	ISP	Service	Download Speed	Upload Speed
1	Vox Telecom	ADSL	4.41 Mbps	0.57 Mbps
2	Internet Solutions	ADSL	3.39 Mbps	0.55 Mbps
3	Cybersmart	ADSL	2.78 Mbps	0.46 Mbps
4	Telkom	ADSL	2.77 Mbps	0.48 Mbps
5	MTN Business	ADSL	2.71 Mbps	0.49 Mbps

VDSL Speeds
Rank	ISP	Service	Download Speed	Upload Speed
1	Internet Solutions	VDSL	19.18 Mbps	2.42 Mbps
2	Cybersmart	VDSL	17.76 Mbps	1.76 Mbps
3	Vox Telecom	VDSL	17.66 Mbps	1.72 Mbps
4	Telkom	VDSL	13.39 Mbps	1.68 Mbps
5	MWEB	VDSL	10.88 Mbps	1.1 Mbps