{"id":612963,"date":"2025-10-07T14:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=612963"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:03:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:03:15","slug":"top-rated-internet-service-providers-in-south-africa-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/612963-top-rated-internet-service-providers-in-south-africa-revealed.html","title":{"rendered":"Top-rated Internet service providers in South Africa revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The latest research from MyBroadband Insights shows that Afrihost was the top-rated ISP in South Africa, followed by RSAWeb and Axxess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These results are based on data from the MyBroadband Speedtest apps and web platforms, which allow users to test their Internet speeds and rate their service providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Internet access in South Africa has evolved from being a convenience to an indispensable tool for productivity, learning, and entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As fibre and fixed wireless coverage improve nationwide, consumers are setting higher standards for speed, uptime, and overall service value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MyBroadband Speedtest platform allows users to test fixed and mobile Internet connections and compare results with the promises from their respective service providers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The MyBroadband Speedtest app is available for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=eu.vspeed.mybroadband&amp;hl=en_ZA&amp;pli=1\">Android<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/za\/app\/mybroadband-speed-test\/id1251929921?platform=iphone\">iOS<\/a>\u00a0devices. Speed tests can also be performed through a web browser on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/speedtest.mybroadband.co.za\/\">MyBroadband Speedtest website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The platform measures key performance metrics, including download speed, upload speed, and latency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to these technical indicators, the platform also gathers user ratings of their ISPs, allowing for a more nuanced understanding of customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These ratings are then aggregated and processed, with efforts made to remove outliers, fraudulent results, and ISPs with insufficient data to ensure a fair and accurate ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Afrihost had the best average rating in the second quarter of 2025, with a score of 74.83. Afrihost has been a consistent top performer, also winning the MyBroadband award for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/industrynews\/595336-afrihost-receives-2025-mybroadband-award-trophy-for-best-isp-in-south-africa.html\">best ISP in South Africa<\/a>\u00a0in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RSAWeb took the second spot with a score of 68.83 after recently being <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/business-telecoms\/584423-major-south-african-isps-plans-after-takeover.html\">taken over<\/a> by a consortium of investors. Axxess, another leading ISP in South Africa, rounded off the top three with a score of 66.98.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The full rankings are summarised in the table below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>ISP<\/th><th>Rating<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Afrihost<\/td><td>75<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>RSAWeb<\/td><td>69<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Axxess<\/td><td>67<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vox<\/td><td>66<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MTN<\/td><td>65<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Webafrica<\/td><td>64<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Telkom<\/td><td>63<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Vodacom<\/td><td>63<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>MWEB<\/td><td>63<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cell C<\/td><td>62<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rain<\/td><td>61<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Home Connect<\/td><td>58<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Supersonic<\/td><td>54<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research from MyBroadband Insights determined that Afrihost is the ISP in South Africa with the most satisfied customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341074,"featured_media":602906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[1669,1765,60107,3398,93923],"class_list":["post-612963","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadband","tag-afrihost","tag-axxess","tag-mybroadband-insights","tag-rsaweb","tag-top-isps"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612963"}],"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\/341074"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612963"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612963\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":613226,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612963\/revisions\/613226"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/602906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}