MWEB cut its 10Mbps uncapped ADSL rates last week, and also introduced a new 2Mbps uncapped offering in anticipation of Telkom speed upgrades in August 2012.
This move by MWEB followed many price cuts and new services by Internet Services Providers (ISPs), including Afrihost, Web Africa, Cybersmart, and Axxess.
These price cuts come on the back of Telkom’s 30% reduction in wholesale ADSL (IPC) rates in April.
The new 2Mbps uncapped ADSL products were launched in anticipation of Telkom’s planned ADSL speed upgrades, where 384kbps subscribers will be bumped up to 1Mbps, and 1Mbps ADSL lines will be upgraded to 2Mbps.
This raises the question of how the different ISPs compare when it comes to uncapped ADSL rates. The following table tries to answer this question for the country’s major ISPs.
| 1Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts | |
| ISP | Price |
| Cybersmart | R179 |
| Web Africa | R189 |
| Axxess | R196 |
| Afrihost | R197 |
| MWEB | R199 |
| @lantic | R199 |
| Telkom | R369 |
| 2Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts | |
| Axxess | R296 |
| MWEB | R369 |
| 4Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts | |
| Cybersmart | R395 |
| Afrihost | R397 |
| Axxess | R496 |
| @lantic | R499 |
| MWEB | R539 |
| Web Africa | R599 |
| Telkom | R699 |
| 10Mbps uncapped ADSL accounts | |
| Cybersmart | R975 |
| Afrihost | R997 |
| MWEB | R999 |
| Axxess | R1,096 |
| Web Africa | R1,299 |
| Telkom | R1,399 |
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What they should also list is what ISP is most likely gonna give you grief about lots of data use. I avg 280gb per month… give or take a few and MWeb is toootally fine with that. Cybersmart would start complaining after you broke the 50gb barrier (i experienced this personally).