South African consumers have never been more spoiled for choice when looking for an uncapped broadband service.

Numerous Internet service providers are offering uncapped Internet packages, with most products providing speeds of between 2Mbps and 100Mbps.

While ADSL remains the dominant fixed broadband technology in South Africa, many neighbourhoods are starting to roll out fibre-to-the-home to their residents.

These fibre-to-the-home networks are usually open-access, which means ISPs can use these networks to offer their own FTTH products.

MWEB, Web Africa, and Cybersmart are some of the service providers offering uncapped FTTH products on these networks.

When comparing the pricing of uncapped ADSL, VDSL, and FTTH services, it is evident that fibre offers superior value for money.

FTTH also offers speeds of up to 1Gbps – significantly faster than peak DSL speeds of 40Mbps in South Africa.

Uncapped broadband prices

The following table provides an overview of the popular uncapped products available in the country.

It should be noted that only prominent ISPs which offer bundled uncapped products (which include access and ISP costs) are listed below.

Uncapped broadband prices ISP Service ISP cost (R) Line rental (R) Total monthly cost MWEB 2Mbps uncapped ADSL 339 189 R528 Crystalweb 2Mbps uncapped ADSL 344 189 R533 Web Africa 2Mbps uncapped ADSL 349 189 R538 Cybersmart 2Mbps uncapped ADSL 349 189 R538 Telkom 2Mbps uncapped ADSL 394 189 R583 Axxess 2Mbps uncapped ADSL 396 189 R585 Afrihost 2Mbps uncapped ADSL 397 189 R586 Cool Ideas 4Mbps uncapped FTTH 399 0 R399 MWEB 4Mbps uncapped FTTH 399 0 R399 MWEB 4Mbps uncapped ADSL 449 189 R638 Axxess 4Mbps uncapped ADSL 499 189 R688 Crystalweb 4Mbps uncapped ADSL 544 189 R733 Web Africa 4Mbps uncapped ADSL 549 189 R738 Cybersmart 4Mbps uncapped ADSL 579 189 R768 Telkom 4Mbps uncapped ADSL 585 189 R774 Afrihost 4Mbps uncapped ADSL 597 189 R786 1GB 10Mbps uncapped FTTH 599 0 R599 Greencom 10Mbps uncapped FTTH 683 0 R683 Cape Connect 10Mbps uncapped FTTH 699 0 R699 Cybersmart 10Mbps uncapped ADSL 779 189 R968 Axxess 10Mbps uncapped ADSL 799 189 R988 Crystalweb 10Mbps uncapped ADSL 870 189 R1,059 Afrihost 10Mbps uncapped ADSL 897 189 R1,086 Web Africa 10Mbps uncapped ADSL 899 189 R1,088 MWEB 10Mbps uncapped ADSL 899 189 R1,088 Telkom 10Mbps uncapped ADSL 999 189 R1,188 Cool Ideas 20Mbps uncapped FTTH 799 0 R799 1GB 20Mbps uncapped FTTH 849 0 R849 Cybersmart 20Mbps uncapped FTTH 899 0 R899 Cape Connect 20Mbps uncapped FTTH 899 0 R899 Cybersmart 20Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,158 189 R1,347 Afrihost 20Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,297 189 R1,486 Axxess 20Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,299 189 R1,488 Crystalweb 20Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,374 189 R1,563 MWEB 20Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,498 189 R1,687 Telkom 20Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,598 189 R1,787 Cybersmart 40Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,563 189 R1,752 Axxess 40Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,729 189 R1,918 Afrihost 40Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,747 189 R1,936 Crystalweb 40Mbps uncapped VDSL 1,894 189 R2,083 MWEB 40Mbps uncapped VDSL 2,398 189 R2,587 Telkom 40Mbps uncapped VDSL 2,398 189 R2,587 Cool Ideas 50Mbps uncapped FTTH 999 0 R999 Cybersmart 50Mbps uncapped FTTH 1,299 0 R1,299 1GB 50Mbps uncapped FTTH 1,399 0 R1,399 Cape Connect 50Mbps uncapped FTTH 1,499 0 R1,499 Greencom 50Mbps uncapped FTTH 1,709 0 R1,709 Cool Ideas 100Mbps uncapped FTTH 1,999 0 R1,999 1GB 100Mbps uncapped FTTH 2,299 0 R2,299 Greencom 100Mbps uncapped FTTH 2,849 0 R2,849 Cybersmart 100Mbps uncapped FTTH 2,899 0 R2,899 Cape Connect 100Mbps uncapped FTTH 2,899 0 R2,899

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