{"id":51947,"date":"2012-06-07T01:42:03","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T23:42:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=51947"},"modified":"2012-06-08T10:54:41","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T08:54:41","slug":"uncapped-adsl-bundle-pricing-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/51947-uncapped-adsl-bundle-pricing-comparison.html","title":{"rendered":"Uncapped ADSL bundle pricing comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Afrihost\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/307435-Afrihost\">Afrihost<\/a> recently announced their new uncapped <a title=\"ADSL - Asymmetric digital subscriber line\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/224881-ADSL\">ADSL<\/a> bundles at very aggressive prices, lowering the barrier of entry for uncapped broadband services in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Afrihost recognizes that the barrier of entry for many consumers is not so much the cost of bandwidth, but rather the total cost of a broadband solution,&#8221; said Afrihost CEO <a title=\"Gian Visser\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/301335-Gian-Visser\">Gian Visser<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By introducing the most affordable ADSL bundles South Africa has ever seen, Afrihost is launching an aggressive attack against the high cost of fixed bandwidth installations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Afrihost&#8217;s pricing undercuts most other Internet service providers (ISPs) in the country, raising the question of how its pricing stacks up against competitors.<\/p>\n<p>The following tables show that Afrihost&#8217;s uncapped ADSL bundle pricing is exactly as aggressive as its CEO claims.<\/p>\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" width=\"100%\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>Bundled 384kbps uncapped ADSL account and DSL384 access<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>ISP<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\"><strong>Price<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cybersmart<\/td>\n<td>R199<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Imaginet<\/td>\n<td>R289<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Afrihost<\/td>\n<td>R297<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MWEB<\/td>\n<td>R329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>R329<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Do Broadband<\/td>\n<td>R371<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>Bundled 1Mbps uncapped ADSL account and DSL 1Mbps access<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Afrihost<\/td>\n<td>R397<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cybersmart<\/td>\n<td>R427<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Imaginet<\/td>\n<td>R429<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>R439<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MWEB<\/td>\n<td>R488<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Do Broadband<\/td>\n<td>R658<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>Bundled 4Mbps uncapped ADSL account and DSL 4Mbps access<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Afrihost<\/td>\n<td>R697<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Imaginet<\/td>\n<td>R795<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cybersmart<\/td>\n<td>R889<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MWEB<\/td>\n<td>R899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>R999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Telkom Do Broadband<\/td>\n<td>R2510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"2\" bgcolor=\"#999999\"><strong>Bundled 10Mbps uncapped ADSL account and DSL 10Mbps access<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Afrihost<\/td>\n<td>R897<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web Africa<\/td>\n<td>R1,699<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Imaginet<\/td>\n<td>R1,899<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>MWEB<\/td>\n<td>R2,359<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Cheapest uncapped ADSL bundles in SA launched\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/51935-cheapest-uncapped-adsl-bundles-in-sa-launched.html\"><strong>Cheapest uncapped ADSL bundles in SA launched<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"10Mbps uncapped ADSL pricing comparison\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/49997-10mbps-uncapped-adsl-pricing-comparison.html\"><strong>10Mbps uncapped ADSL pricing comparison<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Uncapped ADSL bundle price cut\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/51571-uncapped-adsl-bundle-price-cut.html\"><strong>Uncapped ADSL bundle price cut<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"ADSL speed increases and ISP pricing\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/adsl\/51857-adsl-speed-increases-and-isp-pricing.html\"><strong>ADSL speed increases and ISP pricing<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Afrihost has recently unveiled aggressively priced uncapped ADSL bundles. 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