The fastest type of uncapped Internet product for South African homes without fibre is fixed-5G, which can boast speeds up to 500Mbps on several packages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The first mobile network to introduce 5G services in South Africa was Rain, which launched its Premium 5G product for R999 per month in late 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the time, it was the only broadband offering with latency performance similar to fibre-to-the-home (FTTH). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The product could also support speeds well over 100Mbps, contending with mid-tier FTTH plans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three more mobile networks \u2014 Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom \u2014 have since launched 5G networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These operators have also rolled uncapped fixed-5G packages aimed at homes looking for a high-capacity mobile broadband connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vodacom’s 5G coverage has reached 50% of the South African population, MTN’s stands at roughly 44%, and Rain’s is at 8 million households, which works out to about 43% of the population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As of March 2025, the fastest fixed-5G packages are available from Internet service provider (ISP) Axxess, which runs on MTN and Vodacom’s networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All these products boast speeds of up to 500Mbps and are priced between R449 and R999 per month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The price determines the package’s fair usage policy (FUP), which will dictate how much data you can consume at its highest speed every month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For example, the most affordable Axxess 500Mbps option on MTN’s network throttles speeds down to 2Mbps after the first 300GB of consumption in the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
FUPs allow for more usage before speed throttling as prices increase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those Internet users who would prefer not to be concerned with speed throttling can opt for one of Rain’s fixed-5G packages, which don’t have any FUPs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While 5G coverage has expanded rapidly in recent years, LTE coverage is far more extensive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For those without a 5G network or FTHH in their area, fixed-LTE can be another good alternative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fastest uncapped fixed-LTE packages in South Africa are offered through RSAWeb and also run on MTN’s network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These included one product with up to 250Mbps speeds for the first 1TB consumption in a month, after which speeds are throttled to 2Mbps for the rest of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several ISPs also sell fixed-LTE with “unlimited” speeds, which means they can support the best possible LTE speed in a customer’s particular area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lastly, Wi-Fi-based fixed-wireless access could also be an option worth considering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This technology uses unlicensed radiofrequency spectrum used for Wi-Fi signals, which may be prone to interference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately, it tends to be expensive at higher speeds and requires specialised equipment that is often only available on a long-term contract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is only one package with speeds of 50Mbps available on the Rush Network for under R2,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This option costs R1,925 per month with a R250 monthly rental on the customer premise equipment and installation cost of R2,500.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The only such product with prices and speeds competitive with fixed-LTE and fixed-5G was Supersonic’s AirFibre, with speeds going up to 200Mbps for R1,099 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below provides a summary of the fastest non-fibre uncapped broadband products with speeds of 50Mbps or higher in South Africa in March 2025. Packages are ranked first by highest speed and then by best price. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" South African households with heavy bandwidth demands don’t need fibre coverage to enjoy high download speeds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":531325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1669,1765,22727,96846,48812,97402,42,43716,3398,53051,41,47],"class_list":["post-588984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-afrihost","tag-axxess","tag-fixed-wireless-access-fwa","tag-fixed-5g-2","tag-fixed-lte","tag-fixed-wireless-2","tag-mtn","tag-rain","tag-rsaweb","tag-supersonic","tag-vodacom","tag-vox"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588984"}],"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\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588984"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":589162,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588984\/revisions\/589162"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}ISP\/network<\/th> Speeds<\/th> Fair usage policy<\/th> Router<\/th> Monthly price<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> Fixed-5G<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/MTN<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >300GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R449<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/Vodacom<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >250GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R495<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/MTN<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >450GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R599<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/Vodacom<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >350GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R695<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/MTN<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >600GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R699<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/Vodacom<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >550GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R895<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/MTN<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R899<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/Vodacom<\/td> Up to 500Mbps<\/td> >750GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R995<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Vox\/MTN<\/td> Up to 300Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
1Mbps<\/td>Router for R4,290<\/td> R895<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Vox\/MTN<\/td> Up to 300Mbps<\/td> >2TB:
1Mbps<\/td>Router for R4,290<\/td> R1,599<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Rain<\/td> Best-effort<\/td> None<\/td> Free-to-use <\/td> R999<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Afrihost\/MTN<\/td> Up to 246Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
1Mbps<\/td>Free-to-use <\/td> R949<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supersonic\/MTN<\/td> Up to 200Mbps<\/td> >400GB:
<\/td>Free-to-use<\/td> R699<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supersonic\/MTN<\/td> Up to 200Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
<\/td>Free-to-use<\/td> R999<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> MyMTN Home\/MTN<\/td> Up to 200Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
2Mbps
<\/td>Free-to-use<\/td> R1,085<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Afrihost\/MTN<\/td> Up to 100Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
1Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R2,999 with ISP<\/td>R849<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Telkom<\/td> Up to 100Mbps<\/td> >2TB:
4Mbps
>2.05TB:
2Mbps<\/td>Included on contract<\/td> R999 <\/strong>(x24)<\/td><\/tr> Telkom<\/td> Up to 70Mbps<\/td> >1.5TB: 4Mbps
>1.55TB: 2Mbps <\/td>Included on contract<\/td> R699 <\/strong>(x24)<\/td><\/tr> MyMTN Home\/MTN<\/td> Up to 60Mbps<\/td> >800GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Free-to-use<\/td> R765<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Rain<\/td> Up to 60Mbps<\/td> None<\/td> Free-to-use<\/td> R825<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Afrihost\/MTN<\/td> Up to 50Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
1Mbps<\/td>Bring own router
R2,999 with ISP<\/td>R749<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Fixed-LTE<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> RSAWeb\/MTN<\/td> Up to 250Mbps<\/td> >1TB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,599 with ISP<\/td>R895<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> RSAWeb\/MTN<\/td> Up to 200Mbps<\/td> >650GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,599 with ISP<\/td>R795<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/MTN<\/td> Best-effort<\/td> >600GB:
1Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R499<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Afrihost\/MTN<\/td> Best-effort<\/td> >1TB:
4Mbps <\/td>Included <\/td> R949<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Vox\/MTN<\/td> Best-effort<\/td> >1TB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,895 with ISP<\/td>R949<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> RSAWeb\/MTN<\/td> Up to 100Mbps<\/td> >400GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,599 with ISP<\/td>R595<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Afrihost\/MTN<\/td> Up to 100Mbps<\/td> >500GB:
10Mbps <\/td>Bring your own
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R599<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> RSAWeb<\/td> Up to 50Mbps<\/td> >100GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,599 with ISP<\/td>R345<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Afrihost\/MTN<\/td> Up to 50Mbps<\/td> >150GB:
4Mbps <\/td>Bring your own
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R399<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Axxess\/MTN<\/td> Up to 50Mbps<\/td> >300GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,499 with ISP<\/td>R499<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Vox\/MTN<\/td> Up to 50Mbps<\/td> >500GB:
2Mbps<\/td>Bring your own
R1,895 with ISP<\/td>R599<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Fixed-wireless<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supersonic Air Fibre\/MTN<\/td> 200\/40Mbps<\/td> None<\/td> Free-to-use router<\/td> R1,099<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supersonic Air Fibre\/MTN<\/td> 100\/20Mbps<\/td> None<\/td> Free-to-use router<\/td> R949<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supersonic Air Fibre\/MTN<\/td> 50\/10Mbps<\/td> None<\/td> Free-to-use router<\/td> R799<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n