{"id":93959,"date":"2016-06-06T17:59:40","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T15:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=93959"},"modified":"2016-06-06T18:01:32","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T16:01:32","slug":"cheapest-uncapped-adsl-for-gaming-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/features\/93959-cheapest-uncapped-adsl-for-gaming-in-south-africa","title":{"rendered":"Cheapest uncapped ADSL for gaming in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyGaming recently published the latest speed test results from MyBroadband<\/strong><\/a> which showed that Cybersmart and MWEB offer the lowest average latency on ADSL and VDSL.<\/p>\n

Other Internet service providers (ISPs) that performed well in terms of average latency included Internet Solutions, Telkom, Afrihost, and Axxess.<\/p>\n

To see which of these ISPs offer the best value, we compared their various capped offerings<\/a><\/strong>, using Crystal Web and Web Africa as examples of service providers that use\u00a0Internet Solutions.<\/p>\n

While capped accounts will arguably offer the best performance for gamers, there are uncapped DSL accounts which promise good gaming performance too.<\/p>\n

Typically these are the \u201cpremium\u201d or \u201cbusiness\u201d uncapped products of an ISP. MWEB, Telkom, and Web Africa were the exception.<\/p>\n

MWEB and Web Africa state that their normal home uncapped bundles are suitable for gaming, while Telkom only offers one type of bundle for home usage.<\/p>\n

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Cheapest uncapped VDSL bundles for gaming<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The table below ranks the VDSL bundles of the ISPs by the price of the bundle per megabit per second of bandwidth received.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n
Uncapped VDSL service<\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\n
Price (ZAR)<\/div>\n<\/th>\n
\n
Price\/Mbps<\/div>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Cybersmart Business Uncapped 40Mbps<\/td>\nR1,253<\/td>\nR31<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Premium 40Mbps<\/td>\nR1,747<\/td>\nR44<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Premium 40Mbps<\/td>\nR1,799<\/td>\nR45<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart Business Uncapped 20Mbps<\/td>\nR958<\/td>\nR48<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa 40Mbps<\/td>\nR1,925<\/td>\nR48<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MWEB 40Mbps<\/td>\nR1,934<\/td>\nR48<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom do Uncapped Elite Plus (40Mbps)<\/td>\nR2,038<\/td>\nR51<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Premium 20Mbps<\/td>\nR1,297<\/td>\nR65<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Premium 20Mbps<\/td>\nR1,299<\/td>\nR65<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MWEB 20Mbps<\/td>\nR1,324<\/td>\nR66<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa 20Mbps<\/td>\nR1,425<\/td>\nR71<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal Web Premium 40Mbps<\/td>\nR2,898<\/td>\nR72<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom do Uncapped Elite (20Mbps)<\/td>\nR1,498<\/td>\nR75<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Cheapest uncapped ADSL bundles for gaming<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The table below ranks the ADSL bundles of the ISPs by the price of the bundle per megabit per second of bandwidth received.<\/p>\n

1Mbps and 2Mbps services are excluded, as these are typically not listed as services suitable for gaming.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Uncapped ADSL service<\/th>\nPrice (ZAR)<\/th>\nPrice\/Mbps<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Axxess Premium 10Mbps<\/td>\nR799<\/td>\nR80<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Premium 8Mbps<\/td>\nR697<\/td>\nR87<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Premium 8Mbps<\/td>\nR699<\/td>\nR87<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Premium 10Mbps<\/td>\nR897<\/td>\nR90<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart Business Uncapped 10Mbps<\/td>\nR899<\/td>\nR90<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal Web Premium 20Mbps<\/td>\nR1,798<\/td>\nR90<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa 10Mbps<\/td>\nR900<\/td>\nR90<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MWEB 10Mbps<\/td>\nR919<\/td>\nR92<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MWEB 8Mbps<\/td>\nR789<\/td>\nR99<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa 8Mbps<\/td>\nR800<\/td>\nR100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MWEB 4Mbps<\/td>\nR469<\/td>\nR117<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal Web Premium 10Mbps<\/td>\nR1,174<\/td>\nR117<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Premium 4Mbps<\/td>\nR499<\/td>\nR125<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa 4Mbps<\/td>\nR549<\/td>\nR137<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Premium 4Mbps<\/td>\nR597<\/td>\nR149<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal Web Premium 4Mbps<\/td>\nR678<\/td>\nR170<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart Business Uncapped 4Mbps<\/td>\nR699<\/td>\nR175<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom do Uncapped Advanced (4Mbps)<\/td>\nR585<\/td>\nR146<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom do Uncapped Advanced Plus (8Mbps)<\/td>\nR898<\/td>\nR112<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom do Uncapped Premium Plus (10Mbps)<\/td>\nR999<\/td>\nR100<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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2Mbps uncapped ADSL bundles<\/strong><\/h3>\n

For those who may not be able to synchronise at speeds higher than 2Mbps, a comparison of slower uncapped ADSL bundles is included below.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
2Mbps Uncapped ADSL service<\/th>\nPrice (ZAR)<\/th>\nPrice\/Mbps<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
MWEB 2Mbps<\/td>\nR349<\/td>\nR175<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Web Africa 2Mbps<\/td>\nR350<\/td>\nR175<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom do Uncapped Basic (2Mbps)<\/td>\nR394<\/td>\nR197<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Axxess Premium 2Mbps<\/td>\nR396<\/td>\nR198<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Afrihost Premium 2Mbps<\/td>\nR397<\/td>\nR199<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cybersmart Business Uncapped 2Mbps<\/td>\nR459<\/td>\nR230<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Crystal Web Premium 2Mbps<\/td>\nR498<\/td>\nR249<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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More on DSL in South Africa<\/h3>\n

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