On 1 May Telkom reduced the price of its wholesale ADSL service. Internet service providers which buy wholesale ADSL bandwidth using Telkom’s IP Connect service enjoyed a price reduction of between 1.4% and 63%.
To qualify for a big discount, an ISP had to double its previous IP Connect capacity. Unless an ISP was prepared to go this route, the discounts were not substantial.
It is therefore not surprising that retail ADSL price cuts did not come through immediately. Even if an ISP doubled its bandwidth, its costs increased without an immediate increase in revenue.
There was at least some good news for consumers. Telkom launched a new all-inclusive 50GB ADSL bundle for R699, while Openweb slashed its capped ADSL prices.
To make it easy to find the best ADSL deals in SA, MyBroadband has listed the latest capped and uncapped prices in the tables below.
Capped ADSL data deals
| Capped ADSL accounts | ||
| ISP | Service | Monthly price |
| Connection | 10GB | R50 |
| Telkom | 10GB | R99 |
| Plugg | 10GB | R130 |
| – | ||
| Axxess | 20GB | R46 |
| Afrihost | 20GB | R49 |
| Cybersmart | 20GB | R134 |
| MWEB | 20GB | R149 |
| Telkom | 20GB | R149 |
| Plugg | 20GB | R259 |
| – | ||
| Vox Telecom | 50GB | R170 |
| Openweb | 50GB | R185 |
| MWEB | 50GB | R239 |
| Telkom | 50GB | R269 |
| Plugg | 50GB | R648 |
| – | ||
| Axxess | 100GB | R189 |
| Afrihost | 100GB | R199 |
| Vox Telecom | 100GB | R328 |
| Openweb | 100GB | R329 |
| Cybersmart | 100GB | R399 |
| MWEB | 100GB | R449 |
| Telkom | 100GB | R525 |
| Plugg | 100GB | R1,296 |
Uncapped ADSL data deals
| Uncapped ADSL accounts | ||
| ISP | Service | Monthly price |
| Openweb | 2Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R149 |
| Connection | 2Mbps home uncapped | R194 |
| Cybersmart | 2Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R195 |
| Crystal Web | 2Mbps uncapped DSL | R195 |
| MWEB | 2Mbps home uncapped | R199 |
| FNB Connect | 2Mbps Simple Uncapped ADSL | R199 |
| Web Africa | 2Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R199 |
| Telkom | 2Mbps uncapped | R229 |
| Vox Telecom | 2Mbps home uncapped | R239 |
| Axxess | 2Mbps uncapped | R265 |
| Afrihost | 2Mbps uncapped DSL | R297 |
| Plugg | 2Mbps uncapped DSL | R312 |
| – | ||
| Connection | 4Mbps home uncapped | R199 |
| MWEB | 4Mbps home uncapped | R239 |
| Openweb | 4Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R249 |
| Telkom | 4Mbps uncapped | R286 |
| Cybersmart | 4Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R295 |
| Crystal Web | 4Mbps uncapped DSL | R295 |
| FNB Connect | 4Mbps Simple Uncapped ADSL | R299 |
| Web Africa | 4Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R299 |
| Axxess | 4Mbps uncapped | R325 |
| Vox Telecom | 4Mbps home uncapped | R359 |
| Plugg | 4Mbps uncapped DSL | R395 |
| Afrihost | 4Mbps uncapped DSL | R397 |
| – | ||
| Cybersmart | 10Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R375 |
| Vox Telecom | 10Mbps home uncapped | R399 |
| Openweb | 10Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R399 |
| Axxess | 10Mbps uncapped | R495 |
| Crystal Web | 10Mbps uncapped DSL | R495 |
| Web Africa | 10Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R499 |
| Connection | 10Mbps home uncapped | R499 |
| MWEB | 10Mbps home uncapped | R539 |
| Telkom | 10Mbps uncapped | R574 |
| FNB Connect | 10Mbps Simple Uncapped ADSL | R699 |
| Afrihost | 10Mbps uncapped DSL | R797 |
| Plugg | 10Mbps uncapped DSL | R1,195 |
| – | ||
| Cybersmart | 20Mbps home uncapped VDSL | R675 |
| Axxess | 20Mbps uncapped | R955 |
| Crystal Web | 20Mbps uncapped VDSL | R995 |
| Afrihost | 20Mbps uncapped DSL | R997 |
| Vox Telecom | 20Mbps home uncapped | R999 |
| Openweb | 20Mbps home uncapped ADSL | R999 |
| Telkom | 20Mbps uncapped | R1,099 |
| MWEB | 20Mbps home uncapped | R1,099 |
| Plugg | 20Mbps VDSL Uncapped | R2,084 |
| – | ||
| Cybersmart | 40Mbps home uncapped VDSL | R995 |
| Axxess | 40Mbps uncapped | R1,295 |
| Crystal Web | 40Mbps uncapped VDSL | R1,395 |
| Afrihost | 40Mbps uncapped DSL | R1,397 |
| Vox Telecom | 40Mbps home uncapped | R1,399 |
| Telkom | 40Mbps uncapped | R1,799 |
| MWEB | 40Mbps home uncapped | R1,899 |
| Plugg | 40Mbps VDSL Uncapped | R3,659 |
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