{"id":4464,"date":"2008-07-13T23:26:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-13T21:26:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2008-07-13T23:26:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-13T21:26:00","slug":"broadband-prices-compared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/4464-broadband-prices-compared.html","title":{"rendered":"Broadband prices compared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recent changes in analogue line rental from Telkom means that ADSL subscribers will soon have to pay a little more for their ADSL service.<\/p>\n<p>The following table provide a summary of the basic offerings from the major broadband providers. It should be noted that Neotel&rsquo;s recently launched consumer offerings were not included in this comparison as they do not have basic data-only offerings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" width=\"100%\" bordercolor=\"#000066\">\n<tbody>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#000066\">\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<div align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>500 MB<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Provider<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Speed (Mbps)<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/td>\n<td><em><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Cost\/Mbps\/GB<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Vodacom HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">3.6<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">238.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\"><strong>132.22<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>MTN HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1.8<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">189.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">210.00<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>iBurst<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\"><strong>149.00<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">298.00<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>MyWireless<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#cc0000\">199.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#cc0000\">398.00<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#000066\">\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<div align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>1 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Vodacom HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">3.6<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">338.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\"><strong>93.89<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>MTN HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1.8<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">289.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">160.56<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>iBurst<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\"><strong>199.00<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">199.00<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>MyWireless<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">299.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">299.00<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Telkom WiMax<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">0.5<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">319.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">638.00<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Telkom DSL 384<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">0.375<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">323.20<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">861.87<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#000066\">\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<div align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>2 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Vodacom HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">3.6<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">438.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#339900\"><strong>60.83<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>MTN HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1.8<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">389.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">108.06<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>MyWireless<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">449.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">224.50<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Telkom WiMax<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">0.5<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">389.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">389.00<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Telkom DSL 384<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">0.375<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\"><strong>382.20<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">509.60<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"4\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr bgcolor=\"#000066\">\n<td colspan=\"4\">\n<div align=\"center\"><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#ffffff\"><strong>3 GB<\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Telkom DSL 4 Mbps<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">4<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">678.20<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\"><strong>56.52<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Vodacom HSDPA<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">3.6<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">638.00<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">59.07<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>iBurst<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">1<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\"><strong>449.00<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">149.67<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\"><strong>Telkom WiMax<\/strong><\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">0.5<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">479.00<\/font><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\" color=\"#009900\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/td>\n<td><font face=\"Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"2\">319.33<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=126949\"><strong>Broadband pricing discussion<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which broadband offerings give the best value for 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