The cheapest uncapped 4G package available in South Africa is Rain’s 19-hours Unlimited off-peak plan for R265 a month, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed.<\/p>\n
However, while Rain’s package is capped during peak hours, there are several other options with speeds of up to 50Mbps and no time-based limits for under R350 a month.<\/p>\n
MyBroadband compared the pricing of several uncapped LTE products available in South Africa for service providers, including Rain, Axxess, Afrihost, MTN, Telkom, and Supersonic.<\/p>\n
As mentioned, Rain’s 19-hour off-peak package is the cheapest at R265 per month. However, customers will pay R50 per GB to use the connection between 18:00 and 23:00.<\/p>\n
Axxess’s MTN Uncapped LTE packages offer speeds of 10Mbps to 200Mbps, with prices ranging from R299 to R779 a month. Its Telkom-based 4G packages offer speeds of 10Mbps to 20Mbps, with prices ranging from R299 to R695 per month.<\/p>\n
However, it should be noted that Axxess is running a promotion on its 10Mbps uncapped Telkom package that will see customers pay R299 a month for the first two months and R599 a month after that.<\/p>\n
We have excluded Vodacom from the uncapped 4G price comparison as it hard caps its packages<\/a><\/strong> once a certain threshold is met.<\/p>\n The company previously told MyBroadband that it implements a hard lock on its “uncapped” 5G home packages to protect its network and ensure that all its customers receive “the best quality connectivity”.<\/p>\n While the hard caps initially only applied to its 5G home products, Vodacom informed its subscribers that effective from 15 February 2023, “all new and existing uncapped Home Internet customers will be subject to a hard lock”. This includes its LTE Home Internet products<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n After media backlash, Vodacom backtracked on using the term “uncapped” to describe these products.<\/p>\n