Uncapped ADSL prices: What you will pay after speed upgrades

Telkom will upgrade ADSL speeds over the new few months, which means that consumers will have to pay more for uncapped ADSL

Rudolph Muller

August 5, 2012

Telkom will upgrade its 1Mbps ADSL users to 2Mbps from the 24th of August 2012, and will increase the speed of 384kbps ADSL subscribers to 1Mbps from 1 October 2012.

Current uncapped ADSL subscribers will have to upgrade their uncapped accounts if they want to experience the higher speeds, and these upgrades come at a cost.

Many Internet service providers (ISPs) have already unveiled their new 1Mbps and 2Mbps uncapped ADSL pricing, which means that users can tell what they will pay after the upgrades.

Telkom’s new prices also kicked in on 1 August 2012, which means that consumers now have to pay a bit more for their ADSL access and analogue line rental.

The following table provides an overview of the new 1Mbps and 2Mbps ADSL pricing.

1Mbps (upgrade from 384kbps)
ISP	Analogue line rental	ADSL access	ISP account	Total monthly cost
Openweb	148.37	165	109	422.37
Axxess	148.37	139	196	483.37
MWEB	148.37	0	339	487.37
Web Africa	148.37	150	189	487.37
Cybersmart	148.37	165	179	492.37
Afrihost	148.37	149	197	494.37
@lantic	148.37	165	199	512.37
Telkom	148.37	165	369	682.37

2Mbps (upgrade from 1Mbps)
Axxess	148.37	249	296	693.37
Openweb	148.37	299	249	696.37
MWEB	148.37	0	599	747.37