Fibre used to be a pipe-dream in South Africa, but as coverage rolls out across the country it has become a serious competitor to the country’s ADSL offerings.
Of course with the increased size of gaming downloads and the ability to now access most of your entertainment through sites like Netflix and Showmax, faster download speeds and uncapped data has become a necessity.
We looked at the cheapest uncapped Fibre-to-the-Home offerings per download speed from prominent providers and compared them to the price of Telkom’s uncapped ADSL and VDSL services (including line rental).
Below is the price comparison for 4Mbps, 10Mbps, 20Mbps and 40Mbps download speeds:
| Provider |
Service
|
Speed |
Data Allowance |
Total Monthly Price
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Axxess | Axxess FTTH | 4Mbps | Uncapped | R325 |
| Vox Telecom | Vumatel FTTH | 4Mbps | Uncapped | R499 |
| Smart Village | FTTH | 4Mbps | Uncapped | R584 |
| Telkom | ADSL | 4Mbps | Uncapped | R286 |
| Axxess | Axxess FTTH | 10Mbps | Uncapped | R495 |
| Cool Ideas | Octotel FTTH | 10Mbps | Uncapped | R599 |
| iConnect Telecoms | Fibrehoods FTTH | 10Mbps | Uncapped | R629 |
| Greencom | FTTH | 10Mbps | Uncapped | R684 |
| Smart Village | FTTH | 10Mbps | Uncapped | R899 |
| Telkom | ADSL | 10Mbps | Uncapped | R574 |
| CipherWave | Vumatel FTTH | 20Mbps | Uncapped | R648 |
| iConnect Telecoms | Fibrehoods FTTH | 20Mbps | Uncapped | R729 |
| Cool Ideas | Octotel FTTH | 20Mbps | Uncapped | R799 |
| Axxess | Axxess FTTH | 20Mbps | Uncapped | R955 |
| Smart Village | FTTH | 20Mbps | Uncapped | R1,223 |
| Telkom | VDSL | 20Mbps | Uncapped | R999 |
| iConnect Telecoms | FTTH | 40Mbps | Uncapped | R929 |
| Axxess | Axxess FTTH | 40Mbps | Uncapped | R1,295 |
| Telkom | VDSL | 40Mbps | Uncapped | R1,439 |
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