ADSL Internet Access

Axxess announced on 28 October 2013 that it will upgrade all its uncapped ADSL accounts free of charge (see Free uncapped ADSL speed upgrades). This basically translates into a significant price cut on all its uncapped ADSL products.
Not to be outdone, Telkom Internet said on 31 October 2013 that it will be increasing the speed of its ADSL clients free of charge this month.
Vox Telecom followed suit with price cuts of its own on its capped and uncapped ADSL products.
The announcements from Axxess, Telkom Internet and Vox Telecom come shortly before Telkom’s planned ADSL line speed upgrades.
This month Telkom will start upgrading its wholesale ADSL products free of charge:

• ‘Up to 1,024 kbps’ will be migrated to ‘Up to 2,048 kbps’
• ‘Up to 2,048 kbps’ will be migrated to ‘Up to 4,096 kbps’
• ‘Up to 4,096/10,240 kbps’ will be migrated to ‘Up to 10,240 kbps’.

In future, the ‘Up to 4,096/10,240 kbps’ product offering will be split into two separate offerings i.e. ‘Up to 4,096 kbps’ and ‘Up to 10,240 kbps’.
These changes will force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to rethink the pricing of their uncapped ADSL products.
Axxess and Telkom Internet followed the subscriber friendly route by upgrading their uncapped ADSL subscribers to the higher speeds free of charge.
However, this decision can result in lower margins, which will make other ISPs think twice before following these examples.

Current uncapped ADSL account prices compared

The following table provides an overview of current uncapped ADSL prices.

Uncapped ADSL prices
ISP	Speed	Price
Axxess	1Mbps	R165
Cybersmart	1Mbps	R175
Openweb	1Mbps	R179
Afrihost	1Mbps	R197
Web Africa	1Mbps	R197
Vox Telecom	1Mbps	R199
MWEB	1Mbps	R199
Axxess	2Mbps	R195
Telkom Internet	2Mbps	R199
Cybersmart	2Mbps	R235
MWEB	2Mbps	R239
Openweb	2Mbps	R239
Vox Telecom	2Mbps	R239
Web Africa	2Mbps	R239
Afrihost	2Mbps	R297
Telkom Internet	4Mbps	R249
Axxess	4Mbps	R295
Cybersmart	4Mbps	R335
Openweb	4Mbps	R339
Web Africa	4Mbps	R339
Vox Telecom	4Mbps	R359
MWEB	4Mbps	R359
Afrihost	4Mbps	R397
Axxess	10Mbps	R375
Vox Telecom	10Mbps	R399
Telkom Internet	10Mbps	R574
Cybersmart	10Mbps	R595
Openweb	10Mbps	R689
Web Africa	10Mbps	R699
Telkom Internet	10Mbps	R699
MWEB	10Mbps	R749
Afrihost	10Mbps	R797