by Mark Thomas | Feb 17, 2015 | Broadband, Business, Consumer, Cost, Satellite
Now it’s official! i-SURF High Speed Broadband has arrived in the Madikwe Game Reserve! The initiative, led by local businessman, Rudi van Rensburg, in partnership with i-SURF, means that reliable and affordable high speed internet is now available to the over thirty...by Mark Thomas | Feb 5, 2015 | ADSL, Broadband, Business, Consumer, Copper, Cost, Satellite
The modern world is the Internet and if you’re not connected then you’re not in the game. Yet many millions of Internet connections in South Africa are constantly up and down like Yo-Yos and often unusable! Particularly at peak times – right when you...by David Yates | Feb 5, 2015 | ADSL, Broadband, Business, Consumer
South Africa’s broadband speeds showed massive increases over the last year. However, the country is still stone last in the EMEA region. The latest Akamai State of the Internet report shows that despite massive speed increases, South Africa was the only country in...by Mark Thomas | Dec 12, 2014 | ADSL, Broadband, Business, Consumer, Cost
Ever felt cheated to discover your Broadband Download Allowance has timed out before you have had the chance to use it? At i-SURF we believe that PAYG Broadband can offer a ‘New Deal’ between Broadband Providers and customers. One based on the simple and...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...by David Yates | Jan 7, 2014 | ADSL, Broadband, Consumer, Cost
The latest Ookla Net Index household value index shows that South Africans pay more for their broadband services and are offered less value for money than most of their international counterparts. The Ookla Net Index “household value index” uses recent surveys from...