ADSL Business Uncapped pricing compared
Vodacom Business recently introduced a Premier Business ADSL service aimed at the business market in South Africa. This begs the question as to how this new offering from Vodacom Business stacks up in the business ADSL market.
We compare the prices of some of the more prominent uncapped business-oriented ADSL offerings available in South Africa today.
Information not shown in the tables is that the MWEB and Vodacom Business packages include 5 static IP addresses whereas OpenWeb Gold and Platinum uncapped offer a dynamic IP. MWEB’s packages are also unshaped whereas Vodacom’s are shaped.
| 384 kbps packages | Price (incl. ADSL access) | Price (excl. ADSL access) | Setup |
| IS: OpenWeb Gold Shaped | R 470.00 | R 318.00 | – |
| IS: OpenWeb Gold Unshaped | R 550.00 | R 398.00 | – |
| MWEB (12 month) | R 629.00 | – | R 1 500.00 |
| IS: OpenWeb Platinum Shaped | R 1 051.00 | R 899.00 | – |
| IS: OpenWeb Platinum Unshaped | R 1 151.00 | R 999.00 | – |
| Vodacom Business (24 month) | R 1 284.00 | R 1 132.00 | R 2 199.00 |
| Vodacom Business (12 month) | R 1 391.62 | R 1 239.00 | R 2 199.0 |
| 512 kbps packages | Price (incl. ADSL access) | Price (excl. ADSL access) | Setup |
| IS: OpenWeb Gold Shaped | R 724.00 | R 398.00 | – |
| MWEB (12 month) | R 999.00 | – | R 1 500.00 |
| IS: OpenWeb Gold Unshaped | R 1 125.00 | R 799.00 | – |
| IS: @lantic Satellite (12 month) | R 1 650.00 | – | R 1 710.00 |
| IS: OpenWeb Platinum Shaped | R 1 815.00 | R 1 489.00 | – |
| Vodacom Business (24 month) | R 1 914.00 | R 1 588.00 | R 2 199.00 |
| IS: OpenWeb Platinum Unshaped | R 2 015.00 | R 1 689.00 | – |
| Vodacom Business (12 month) | R 2 020.90 | R 1 834.00 | R 2 199.00 |
| IS: @lantic Fibre (12 month) | R 2 130.00 | – | R 1 710.00 |
| 4 Mbps packages | Price (incl. ADSL access) | Price (excl. ADSL access) | Setup |
| IS: OpenWeb Gold Shaped | R 1 151.00 | R 738.00 | – |
| MWEB (12 month) | R 2 359.00 | – | R 1 500.00 |
| IS: OpenWeb Gold Unshaped | R 2 712.00 | R 2 299.00 | – |
| IS: OpenWeb Platinum Shaped | R 3 112.00 | R 2 699.00 | – |
| Vodacom Business (24 month) | R 3 255.00 | R 2 842.00 | R 2 199.00 |
| IS: OpenWeb Platinum Unshaped | R 3 312.00 | R 2 899.00 | – |
| Vodacom Business (12 month) | R 3 362.68 | R 2 954.00 | R 2 199.00 |
All prices include VAT. The setup fee of Vodacom Business packages decreases to R 285.00 if only a data bundle is purchased.
The accounts compared here are all subject to terms and conditions which include acceptable use policies. Buyers are advised to thoroughly familiarise themselves with the terms and conditions of an ADSL product before committing to it.
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