{"id":56882,"date":"2013-07-31T14:18:33","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T12:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=56882"},"modified":"2013-07-31T15:08:35","modified_gmt":"2013-07-31T13:08:35","slug":"sa-pirates-top-isp-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/56882-sa-pirates-top-isp-revealed","title":{"rendered":"SA pirates&#8217; top ISP revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MyGaming&#8217;s sister publication, MyBroadband recently conducted an online piracy survey. It was completed by 5,230 broadband users in South Africa, who represent tech savvy consumers with a good knowledge of the Internet and broadband services.<\/p>\n<p>Results showed showed that ADSL and WISP connections are the most popular among South African online pirates. The results further showed that Afrihost&#8217;s uncapped users had the highest piracy percentage.<\/p>\n<p>The survey also revealed that 58% of respondents have pirated content over the last 12 months, and 28% of respondents have pirated video games.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most popular broadband connection among online pirates<\/h3>\n<p>The survey results showed that fixed broadband connections \u2013 WISP access, ADSL, and fibre \u2013 had the highest number of online pirates.<\/p>\n<p>Mobile broadband connections had the lowest ratio of Internet pirates. This is to be expected considering the high data costs associated with these connections.<\/p>\n<p>The following list shows the percentage of users of different broadband connections in South Africa who pirated content online over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>WISP \u2013 82%<\/li>\n<li>ADSL 4Mbps \u2013 73%<\/li>\n<li>ADSL 2Mbps \u2013 72%<\/li>\n<li>VDSL 20Mbps and 40Mbps \u2013 69%<\/li>\n<li>Neotel fibre \u2013 67%<\/li>\n<li>ADSL 1Mbps \u2013 65%<\/li>\n<li>ADSL 10Mbps \u2013 62%<\/li>\n<li>Telkom Mobile 3G and LTE \u2013 58%<\/li>\n<li>iBurst Wireless \u2013 51%<\/li>\n<li>Cell C 3G and LTE \u2013 41%<\/li>\n<li>Neotel CDMA \u2013 39%<\/li>\n<li>MTN 3G and LTE \u2013 32%<\/li>\n<li>Vodacom 3G or LTE \u2013 27%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_83099\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Broadband-and-piracy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83099\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83099\" alt=\"Broadband accounts and piracy\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Broadband-and-piracy.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83099\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Broadband accounts and piracy<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Most popular ADSL accounts among online pirates<\/h3>\n<p>The survey results unsurprisingly showed that uncapped ADSL users had significantly higher piracy rates than their capped counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>The following list shows the percentage of users of different ADSL accounts who pirated content online over the last 12 months.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Afrihost Uncapped \u2013 83%<\/li>\n<li>Openweb Uncapped \u2013 81%<\/li>\n<li>Cybersmart Uncapped \u2013 78%<\/li>\n<li>Web Africa Uncapped \u2013 78%<\/li>\n<li>MWEB Uncapped \u2013 76%<\/li>\n<li>Internet Solutions Uncapped \u2013 75%<\/li>\n<li>Telkom Internet Uncapped \u2013 68%<\/li>\n<li>Axxess Uncapped \u2013 66%<\/li>\n<li>Web Africa Capped \u2013 59%<\/li>\n<li>Axxess Capped \u2013 54%<\/li>\n<li>Afrihost Capped \u2013 53%<\/li>\n<li>Cybersmart Capped \u2013 49%<\/li>\n<li>Telkom Internet Capped \u2013 44%<\/li>\n<li>MWEB Capped \u2013 29%<\/li>\n<li>Internet Solutions Capped \u2013 17%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_83097\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Piracy-and-ADSL-accounts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-83097\" class=\"size-full wp-image-83097\" alt=\"Piracy and ADSL accounts\" src=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Piracy-and-ADSL-accounts.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-83097\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Piracy and ADSL accounts<\/p><\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on Internet news<\/h3>\n<p><a title=\"SA game piracy by the numbers\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/news\/56720-sa-game-piracy-by-the-numbers.html\"><strong>SA game piracy by the numbers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/broadband\/56131-10ms-200mbps-mobile-broadband-bodes-well-for-sa-gamers.html\">10ms, 200Mbps mobile broadband bodes well for SA gamers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Internet piracy survey reveals which South African broadband connections and ADSL accounts are the most popular among local 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