Uncapped 40Mbps VDSL price comparison: Telkom vs MWEB

Telkom Internet will launch 20Mbps and 40Mbps VDSL broadband products on 4 March 2013, offering both capped and uncapped products.

As with traditional ADSL services, consumers will have to rent a voice line from Telkom, as well as pay a fee to Telkom for the DSL access portion of the service.

Telkom has announced their pricing on uncapped VDSL bundle products, which includes the DSL access portion of the service. MWEB has also announced their consumer uncapped pricing.

We’ve compared the two pricing options to see which of the two currently offers the best deal on consumer-level uncapped VDSL products, including voice line and DSL access costs.

VDSL up to 20Mbps	Uncapped data	Telkom voice line rental	Telkom DSL line rental	Total cost
Telkom Do Uncapped Elite	R1,899	R148.37 (consumer)	Included in bundle	R2,047.37
MWEB Consumer Uncapped	R2,299	R148.37 (consumer)	R540	R2,987.37

VDSL up to 40Mbps	Uncapped data	Telkom voice line rental	Telkom DSL line rental	Total cost
Telkom Do Uncapped Elite Plus	R3,499	R148.37 (consumer)	Included in bundle	R3,647.37
MWEB Consumer Uncapped	R3,999	R148.37 (consumer)	R540	R4,687.37

Telkom has announced a range of VDSL products, and more information on the business and soft-capped products can be found here: Telkom 20Mbps, 40Mbps VDSL pricing

MWEB has also announced a range of business and consumer VDSL products. More information can be found here: MWEB 20Mbps, 40Mbps uncapped data prices announced

These high speed products will, for now, be launched in selected areas. The initial rollout will offer these services in Benmore Gardens, Fourways and Waterkloof in Gauteng; Durban North in KwaZulu-Natal; and Durbanville in the Western Cape.

With this pricing benchmark revealed, will you be considering VDSL services? Let us know in the comments below, and on the MyGaming forum.