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by David Yates | Jan 20, 2014 | ADSL, Broadband, Consumer, Cost
The latest Ookla Net Index statistics reveal an inconvenient truth about South Africa’s broadband prices The “household value index” shows that South Africa has the highest average price per Mbps for broadband access among all the countries surveyed. The Net Index...by David Yates | Jan 14, 2014 | ADSL, Broadband, Consumer, Copper, Cost
Telkom has upgraded many 4Mbps ADSL subscribers to 10Mbps, but what if you cannot get 10Mbps? Recently Telkom embarked on a programme and successfully upgraded 2Mbps ADSL users to 4Mbps ADSL as of 23 December 2013. On January 15th it will start to upgrade 1Mbps...by David Yates | Jan 13, 2014 | ADSL, Broadband, Consumer, Cost, Government
The latest statistics from Ookla’s broadband value index shows that South Africa is still far away from its broadband price targets. The recent Ookla report shows that the cost of a broadband connection is 12% of South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita....by David Yates | Jan 8, 2014 | ADSL, Broadband, Business, Cost, Satellite
A recent report from Research ICT Africa (RIA) reveals that mobile broadband is cheaper and faster than fixed-line broadband – mainly ADSL – in South Africa. This, unfortunately, can be damaging to the country. The high price and low speed of fixed broadband means...by David Yates | Jan 8, 2014 | ADSL, Broadband, Business, Consumer
Many South African ADSL users have been reporting poor speeds and degraded service levels. Some of these users are blaming their Internet Service Provider (ISP) for the slow speeds, but the problems may lay elsewhere. One ISP which has come under particular pressure...