{"id":532777,"date":"2024-04-16T19:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=532777"},"modified":"2024-04-16T19:26:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T17:26:21","slug":"fastest-fibre-to-the-home-packages-in-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/fibre\/532777-fastest-fibre-to-the-home-packages-in-south-africa.html","title":{"rendered":"Fastest fibre-to-the-home packages in South Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fastest fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) packages South African residents can get offer download speeds of 1Gbps, with prices starting at R1,197 for an asymmetrical package with 500Mbps upload speeds.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband compared high-speed fibre prices from 16 fibre network operators (FNOs) using the latest pricing of Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost. We only included packages with download speeds of 500Mbps or higher.<\/p>\n

Afrihost was chosen as it offers a wide selection of FNOs and is not only one of the biggest ISPs in South Africa, but also enjoys high ratings from many of its users.<\/p>\n

Packages were split into two main segments based on their download speeds \u2014 500Mbps to 750Mbps and 751Mbps to 1Gbps.<\/p>\n

We found that Link Africa and Zoom Fibre had the cheapest 500Mbps packages available through Afrihost.<\/p>\n

The former’s symmetrical 500Mbps package and the latter’s Zoom asymmetrical product with a 250Mbps upload speed were both priced at R1,097 per month.<\/p>\n

Think Speed and Balwin Fibre had the most expensive 500Mbps lines in the category, at R1,417 and R1,427, respectively.<\/p>\n

Evotel and TT Connect are the only FNOs in the category 500-750Mbps category with speeds higher than 500Mbps.<\/p>\n

For R1,347 per month, South African residents with Evotel coverage can get a symmetrical 600Mbps line through Afrihost.<\/p>\n

TT Connect offered a symmetrical 750Mbps package through the ISP for R1,847, the most expensive FTTH product in this segment.<\/p>\n

Cheapest top-end packages<\/h2>\n

For higher-speed fibre connections, Zoom Fibre’s 1Gbps package was the most affordable on Afrihost in the 751Mbps to 1Gbps category.<\/p>\n

Its asymmetrical 1Gbps package with 500Mbps upload was R100 cheaper than the next most affordable option \u2014 Metrofibre’s 1Gbps packages, which cost R1,197 per month.<\/p>\n

Depending on their location, customers will connect to the Metrofibre Nova or Nexus network. In either case, they will get an upload speed of 500Mbps.<\/p>\n

For R1,497, Frogfoot’s 1Gbps package is the most affordable symmetrical plan available through Afrihost<\/p>\n

Evotel is the only FNO to offer a line speed lower than 1Gbps in the segment. Afrihost’s sells its symmetrical 850Mbps line for R1,547 per month.<\/p>\n

TT Connect and Vumatel’s 1Gbps packages are the most expensive in the 750Mbps to 1Gbps category.<\/p>\n

TT Connect’s symmetrical 1Gbps line is priced at R2,247 per month on Afrihost, while the ISP charges R2,347 for Vumatel’s 1Gbps package with 500Mbps upload.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that Vumatel offers another 1Gbps package with 250Mbps upload speeds, priced at R1,497 from Afrihost.<\/p>\n

The table below compares high-speed FTTH packages from various FNOs available through Afrihost. Products in each category are listed from least to most expensive.<\/p>\n

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High speed fibre prices on Afrihost<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
FNO<\/strong><\/td>\nDownload speed<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload speed<\/strong><\/td>\nPrice<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500Mbps \u2014 750Mbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Link Africa<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,097<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zoom Fibre<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n250Mbps<\/td>\nR1,097<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Metrofibre Nexus\/Nova<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,197<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Clear Access<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,197<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comtel Communications<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,227<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vumatel<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n200Mbps<\/td>\nR1,247<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evotel<\/td>\n600Mbps<\/td>\n600Mbps<\/td>\nR1,347<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mitsol<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,347<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Link Layer<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,347<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DNA Tel<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,347<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Openserve<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n250Mbps<\/td>\nR1,397<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Think Speed<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,417<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balwin Fibre<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,427<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TT Connect<\/td>\n750Mbps<\/td>\n750Mbps<\/td>\nR1,847<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
750Mbps \u2014 1Gbps<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Zoom Fibre<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,197<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Metrofibre Nexus\/Nova<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,297<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frogfoot<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,397<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vumatel<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n250Mbps<\/td>\nR1,497<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Frogfoot<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\nR1,497<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open Fibre<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR1,497<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Octotel<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n200Mbps<\/td>\nR1,547<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Evotel<\/td>\n850Mbps<\/td>\n850Mbps<\/td>\nR1,547<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mitsol<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\nR1,547<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Balwin Fibre<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR2,027<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TT Connect<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\nR2,247<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vumatel<\/td>\n1Gbps<\/td>\n500Mbps<\/td>\nR2,347<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We compared pricing for the highest-speed home fibre packages you can buy in South Africa using Afrihost’s pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":452484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28470],"tags":[45156,54799,78872,84711,1669,59861,88160,92539,88162,62856,64179,20153,29952,35,93759,13907,84705,59717,30850,84707,33386,88164,37188,25299,78968],"class_list":["post-532777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fibre","tag-1gbps","tag-1gbps-fibre","tag-1gbps-internet","tag-500mbps-fibre","tag-afrihost","tag-balwin-fibre","tag-clear-access","tag-comtel-communications","tag-dna-tel","tag-evotel","tag-fibre-network-operators-fnos","tag-fibre-to-the-home-ftth","tag-frogfoot","tag-headline","tag-high-speed-fibre","tag-link-africa","tag-link-layer","tag-metrofibre","tag-octotel","tag-open-fibre","tag-openserve","tag-think-speed","tag-tt-connect","tag-vumatel","tag-zoom-fibre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532777"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532777"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":532797,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532777\/revisions\/532797"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/452484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}