Neotel’s launch of their 10GB, 15GB and uncapped NeoConnect Prime offerings signaled a change in the local Internet market where user may no longer be content with very low monthly usage limits.<\/p>\n
Currently most large ISPs still punt 1GB, 2GB and 3GB monthly accounts, but there is an increase in more affordable higher-usage ADSL accounts.<\/p>\n
Local accounts with 10 GB or higher bandwidth allowances have been available for some time already, with SAOL’s “ADSL 384k 1Gig All-in-1 with 20Gig Local” offering for R138 per month leading the value-for-money drive.<\/p>\n
More recently accounts allowing for higher international traffic are also starting emerging. <\/p>\n
OpenWeb has launched what it calls “the lowest cost 10GB international account in South Africa”: a 512k VPN-based product allowing for 10GB of international traffic at R349 a month.
“The account allows for both local and international ADSL bandwidth, running over a VPN connection to the OpenWeb backbone. The bandwidth is unshaped and allows access to P2P and torrents,” the company says.<\/p>\n
SAOL’s one-price static IP service which includes DSL384 access and 15GB of unshaped monthly traffic for R499 is also popular among users willing to compromise on speed in preference of a higher monthly cap.<\/p>\n