{"id":651699,"date":"2026-06-05T07:01:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=651699"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:48:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T05:48:39","slug":"dstv-stops-cheaper-internet-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadcasting\/651699-dstv-stops-cheaper-internet-plans.html","title":{"rendered":"DStv stops cheaper Internet plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Canal+ has cut DStv Internet’s product offering down to just three fixed-LTE packages, each offering 400GB of anytime data per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on a search of cached web pages on the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, the change occurred sometime in mid-April 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 11 April, the DStv Internet page listed Internet-only and bouquet bundled packages with 50GB, 110GB, 220GB, and 400GB monthly data allocations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Combined with the bundle offers with DStv’s Access, Compact, and Premium bouquets, there were 13 products in total. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

By 21 April, only three products remained. The most affordable was the standalone 400GB fixed-LTE Internet plan priced at R469 on a 24-month contract with a router. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bundled options with DStv Compact and DStv Premium were priced at R829 and R1,329 per month, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MyBroadband asked Canal+ why it had discontinued the three more affordable plans, but it did not provide feedback by the time of publication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Launched in September 2021<\/a>, DStv Internet initially debuted with three fixed-LTE data products providing 50GB, 220GB, and 470GB data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The data allocations were split equally for daytime and night-time use on the first two packages, while the top-end plan was split between 220GB anytime and 250GB night-time data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most affordable 50GB plan with 25GB daytime and 25GB night-time was priced at R229 per month on a 24-month contract. The price was cut to R199 at one point. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

DStv Internet added fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) products in October 2022, with prices starting at R549 for an uncapped 25\/10Mbps package.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like with its fixed-LTE plans, it also offered FTTH and DStv bouquet bundles, which MyBroadband found offered good value for money compared to buying the products separately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the fibre service was quietly discontinued<\/a> for new users in late 2024, before being terminated completely in January 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

MultiChoice told MyBroadband it paused fibre sales to focus on its fixed-LTE offerings, as it found these were best suited to its customers’ needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Big data traffic driver<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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A selection of DStv Internet packages available in 2025. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

According to MultiChoice’s last annual results before its takeover by Canal+, DStv Internet was showing strong growth. In the year ending March 2025, subscribers increased by 45% while revenue grew 85%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MultiChoice said the broad range of fixed-LTE products was ideal for customers wanting reliable, straightforward connectivity to stream their favourite DStv shows and live sport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Third-party analysis also suggested DStv Internet was immensely popular. The fixed-LTE products run on MTN’s network through a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a presentation by Mobile Virtual Network Enabler founder and CEO Yaron Assabi, the service accounted for 9% of monthly data traffic<\/a> on MTN’s MVNO platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That meant DStv Internet was not only MTN’s biggest MVNO but also one of the mobile network’s largest customers by data consumption.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assabi said that DStv Internet was offering customers amazing value. “It’s completely distinct, and it resonates with them as they require big data packages to stream content,” Assabi said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reduction in DStv Internet plans is a strange move, given that the service appeared to be performing well. One possibility is that the most popular or profitable plans were the top-end offers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MyBroadband’s previous comparisons showed the entry-level offerings did not compete well with packages from the likes of Axxess and Afrihost. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 400GB anytime data plan is sufficient for many hours of streaming and offers much better value for money on a per-GB basis than the discontinued plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canal+ has also expressed a clear intention to simplify DStv’s product offering and focus more on its core entertainment businesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Total data allocation<\/th>DStv package<\/th>Monthly price on 24-month contract<\/th>Status<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
25GB anytime + 25GB night-time<\/td>Internet Only<\/td>R239<\/td>Discontinued<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
55GB anytime + 50GB night-time<\/td>Internet Only<\/td>R289<\/td>Discontinued<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
110GB anytime + 110GB night-time<\/td>Internet Only<\/td>R419<\/td>Discontinued<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
400GB anytime<\/td>Internet Only<\/td>R469<\/td>Available<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
25GB anytime + 25GB night-time<\/td>Access<\/td>R359<\/td>Discontinued<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
55GB anytime + 50GB night-time<\/td>Access<\/td>R399<\/td>Discontinued<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
110GB anytime + 110GB night-time<\/td>Access<\/td>R499<\/td>Discontinued<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
400GB anytime<\/td>Access<\/td>R599<\/td>Discontinued<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
55GB anytime + 50GB night-time<\/td>Compact<\/td>R669<\/td>Discontinued<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
110GB anytime + 110GB night-time<\/td>Compact<\/td>R759<\/td>Discontinued<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
400GB anytime<\/td>Compact<\/td>R829<\/td>Available<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
110GB anytime + 110GB night-time<\/td>Premium<\/td>R1,249<\/td>Discontinued<\/strong><\/mark><\/td><\/tr>
400GB anytime<\/td>Premium<\/td>R1,329<\/td>Available<\/mark><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After dropping its fibre products in 2025, DStv has shrunk its fixed-LTE portfolio from 13 to three products. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":562795,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[21383,85,19137,12745,72522,12747,20153,48812,20557,475],"class_list":["post-651699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-broadcasting","tag-canal","tag-dstv","tag-dstv-access","tag-dstv-compact","tag-dstv-internet","tag-dstv-premium","tag-fibre-to-the-home-ftth","tag-fixed-lte","tag-mobile-virtual-network-operator-mvno","tag-multichoice"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651699"}],"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=651699"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":651908,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/651699\/revisions\/651908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=651699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=651699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=651699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}