Uncapped broadband price shootout: DSL versus Fibre

South African consumers have never been more spoiled for choice when looking for an uncapped broadband service.

Numerous Internet service providers are offering uncapped Internet packages, with most products providing speeds of between 2Mbps and 100Mbps.

While ADSL remains the dominant fixed broadband technology in South Africa, many neighbourhoods are starting to roll out fibre-to-the-home to their residents.

These fibre-to-the-home networks are usually open-access, which means ISPs can use these networks to offer their own FTTH products.

MWEB, Web Africa, and Cybersmart are some of the service providers offering uncapped FTTH products on these networks.

When comparing the pricing of uncapped ADSL, VDSL, and FTTH services, it is evident that fibre offers superior value for money.

FTTH also offers speeds of up to 1Gbps – significantly faster than peak DSL speeds of 40Mbps in South Africa.

Uncapped broadband prices

The following table provides an overview of the popular uncapped products available in the country.

It should be noted that only prominent ISPs which offer bundled uncapped products (which include access and ISP costs) are listed below.

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