Best South African ADSL and VDSL prices

On 1 July 2015 Telkom announced price adjustments to a range of its data products, including its Do bundles on DSL.

The new Do Bundle prices start at R399 a month – reduced from R408 – for the Do Basic Bundle, which includes up to 2Mbps and a 10GB soft cap.

On the high-end, Telkom offers a Do Elite Plus Bundle – which includes up to 40Mbps and a 100GB soft cap – for R999 a month.

Telkom said new and existing Do Bundle customers will benefit from its ADSL and VDSL price reductions.

Telkom’s Do DSL bundles also include analogue line rental, which means that the price you see is the full monthly price you will pay.

This raises the question: How does Telkom’s new DSL bundle pricing compare to competing service providers’ products? The table below answers that question.

Capped DSL – Total Monthly Cost
ISP	DSL line speed	Data	Line rental	Total monthly price
Axxess	2Mbps	10GB	R189	R378
Telkom do Basic	2Mbps	10GB	Included	R399

Telkom do Advanced	4Mbps	20GB	Included	R549
MWEB	4Mbps	20GB	R189	R578

Telkom do Premium	10Mbps	50GB	Included	R699
Axxess	10Mbps	50GB	R189	R734
MWEB	10Mbps	50GB	R189	R788

Axxess	20Mbps	50GB	R189	R788
Telkom do Elite	20Mbps	50GB	Included	R799

Telkom do Elite Plus	40Mbps	100GB	Included	R999
Axxess	40Mbps	100GB	R189	R1,088
Cybersmart	40Mbps	100GB	R189	R1,137

Uncapped DSL – Total Monthly Cost
ISP	DSL line speed	Data	Line rental	Total monthly price
MWEB	Up to 2Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R528
Crystalweb	Up to 2Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R533
Cybersmart	Up to 2Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R538
Web Africa	Up to 2Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R538
do Uncapped Basic	Up to 2Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R583
Axxess	Up to 2Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R585
Afrihost	Up to 2Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R586

MWEB	Up to 4Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R638
Axxess	Up to 4Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R688
Crystalweb	Up to 4Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R733
Web Africa	Up to 4Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R738
Cybersmart	Up to 4Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R768
do Uncapped Advanced	Up to 4Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R774
Afrihost	Up to 4Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R786

Cybersmart	Up to 10Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R968
Axxess	Up to 10Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R988
Crystalweb	Up to 10Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,059
Afrihost	Up to 10Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,086
Web Africa	Up to 10Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,088
MWEB	Up to 10Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,088
do Uncapped Premium Plus	Up to 10Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,188

Cybersmart	Up to 20Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,347
Afrihost	Up to 20Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,486
Axxess	Up to 20Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,488
Crystalweb	Up to 20Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,563
MWEB	Up to 20Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,687
do Uncapped Elite	Up to 20Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,787

Cybersmart	Up to 40Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,752
Axxess	Up to 40Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,918
Afrihost	Up to 40Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R1,936
Crystalweb	Up to 40Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R2,083
MWEB	Up to 40Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R2,587
do Uncapped Elite Plus	Up to 40Mbps	Uncapped	R189	R2,587