Broadband Value Index

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Broadband Value Index: R30 per Mbps

Ookla’s Net Index reveals how much broadband users across the globe pay per Mbps for their broadband services

 

[ThatOtherGuy]

well, we know how much we pay! It's its far more than this :-(

 

[system32]

As far as I understand for ZA:
You can't get ADSL without the phone which costs R151.62, so this must be included.
Additionally anything below 2Mb/s is not defined as Broadband, so:
4Mbps ADSL costs R151.62+R413 = R564.62 / 4 => R141.16 per Mbps
This excludes ISP charges.
Once again we are the leaders.

 

[iCubed.Saajid]

As far as I understand for ZA:
You can't get ADSL without the phone which costs R151.62, so this must be included.
Additionally anything below 2Mb/s is not defined as Broadband, so:
4Mbps ADSL costs R151.62+R413 = R564.62 / 4 => R141.16 per Mbps
This excludes ISP charges.
Once again we are the leaders.

Exactly what I was about to say, except you need to add the cost of a 4mbps uncapped account:

Base cost: R141.16 per 1mbps
MWEB 4mbps home uncapped data only: R539 per 4mbps => R134.75 per 1mbps
TOTAL: R275.91 per 1 mbps

Base cost: R141.16 per mbps
MWEB 4mbps business uncapped: R1999 per 4mbps => R499.75 per 1 mbps
TOTAL: R640.91 per 1 mbps

 

[VioAdmin]

As far as I understand for ZA:
You can't get ADSL without the phone which costs R151.62, so this must be included.
Additionally anything below 2Mb/s is not defined as Broadband, so:
4Mbps ADSL costs R151.62+R413 = R564.62 / 4 => R141.16 per Mbps
This excludes ISP charges.
Once again we are the leaders.

Exactly what I was about to say, except you need to add the cost of a 4mbps uncapped account:

Base cost: R141.16 per 1mbps
MWEB 4mbps home uncapped data only: R539 per 4mbps => R134.75 per 1mbps
TOTAL: R275.91 per 1 mbps

Base cost: R141.16 per mbps
MWEB 4mbps business uncapped: R1999 per 4mbps => R499.75 per 1 mbps
TOTAL: R640.91 per 1 mbps

...DAMN I mean what excuse do these Government and ISP's have? Greedy f'n bastards.

This is f'n insane, trying to open up an online business here might not be worth it just because of the prices, it's a shame when one has to look at going to already developed nations because of pricing of basic needs such as broadband.

 

[Moklet Kcuf]

Interesting Australia is the highest they've listed. Cost of internet per Mbps would easily be a 1/3 of what we pay here.
Once again, Africa is forgotten.

 

[MickeyD]

Africa is insignificant in terms of global broadband!

 

[fvdbergh]

Exactly what I was about to say, except you need to add the cost of a 4mbps uncapped account:

Base cost: R141.16 per 1mbps
MWEB 4mbps home uncapped data only: R539 per 4mbps => R134.75 per 1mbps
TOTAL: R275.91 per 1 mbps

Base cost: R141.16 per mbps
MWEB 4mbps business uncapped: R1999 per 4mbps => R499.75 per 1 mbps
TOTAL: R640.91 per 1 mbps

Or even more if you are on 384k:
~R151 + ~R130 + R220 = R501
Normalizing to 1 Mbps, that is *2.6 = R1305 per megabit per second per month.

Only about 43 times more expensive than the global average.

Which is why Telkom is long overdue in raising the 384k lines up to at least 1 Mbit. They make a whole lot more money on the entry level than what they do on the 4 Mbit lines.

 

[MiY4Gi]

They should put SA in that list. There would be an international outcry.

 

[packetloss]

...DAMN I mean what excuse do these Government and ISP's have? Greedy f'n bastards.

This is f'n insane, trying to open up an online business here might not be worth it just because of the prices, it's a shame when one has to look at going to already developed nations because of pricing of basic needs such as broadband.

Um, i think you should leave ISP's out of this. ISP's have plenty of excuses. Most of the costs consists of carrier costs, IPC and operations(support). Wish consumers will stop bitching at ISP's and rather do some real investigation as to where the real costs of providing an ADSL service lies. Unfortunately it is not possible to provide a 10 Meg uncapped service for R10 per month with special personalized service to clients included. If you want to fix the problem, vote for somebody else or make as much noise as you can via whatever channel you see fit to improve the situation. BTW this does not include redundency when Seacom goes down...

10 Meg uncapped / unshaped 1:1 contention service at ISP currently costs approx R60K per month at huge volume.
Telkom IPC probably 50-70% of cost......

ISP's are in competition with each other. Competition will always squeeze the margins on consumer costs.

 

[Moklet Kcuf]

And once again the spotlight depicting filth and greed falls on - Telkom