How low can you go? Uncapped internet price-wars!
Posted on 29. Mar, 2010 by Jake in Gadgets
Today the latest company to step into the fray in offering South Africans the cheapest possible uncapped internet were MyISP, who undercut all competitors in launching their 384 Kbps uncapped service for R159 per month, and their 4 Mbps service for R459.
For more details see here.
As far as we are aware this is the cheapest yet! With reference to a great post on Chris Mills’s blog iMod as well as Hellkom, let’s look at what the others are offering. I have stuck to those offering 384 Kbps for less than R300.
* 384k uncapped – R219
* 512k uncapped – R299
* 4096k uncapped – R539
The guys who kicked off the price war! They need no introduction, though it must be said they aren’t everyone’s favourite company.
* 384k uncapped – R219
* 512k uncapped – R299
* 4096k uncapped – R539
They are partnered with MWeb and with the same prices this is pretty much the same deal, although their support and services have a good reputation (and may well be better than MWeb’s).
Imagine (IS)
* 384k uncapped – R199
* 4096k uncapped – R499
Of course it was only a matter of time before IS joined the fray.
Snowball
* 384k uncapped – R199
* 4096k uncapped – R499
Must say I don’t know much about these guys but I saw their uncapped option listed on Hellkom.
* 384k uncapped – R197
* 512k uncapped – R297
* 4096k uncapped – R497
They were tied as the cheapest available until MyISP stepped it.
* 384k uncapped – R196
* 4096k uncapped – R496
Going with Axxess instead of AfriHost means a whopping saving of R1!!!
If we are leaving anyone out please comment below. Also, if you have any criticism and praise for the above ISPs please help any readers of this article by telling us about your experiences below. Game on!
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John
19. Apr, 2010
Afrihost – Definitely not UnCapped
The Afrihost Uncapped solutions are designed to give great results for the first 30GB of usage, but after that Afrihost will shape or throttle the service to protect other users on the network. Please note that the first 30GBs on Uncapped are also semi-shaped.
This means that as the network gets busier – non business sensitive applications, such as torrents, media streaming & news server downloads drop in priority. Business critical services such as mail & web traffic enjoy the faster speeds.
You will still be able to use your account and it will never be capped, but it will not be as fast as our capped accounts at that point.
The uncapped service is relatively new and we will be looking at how we can improve these thresholds as more clients join our network.
If you have further queries kindly have a look at our FAQ through http://www.afrihost.com/adsl-uncapped-faqs.php.
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22. Aug, 2010
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