ADSL

Here is how the prices of fibre and ADSL broadband stack up.

Telkom’s latest results show that DSL is dying faster than its fibre business is growing.

Openserve has informed ISPs that ADSL and copper connect services can be decommissioned from 1 October 2021 in areas where it has fibre.

Telkom has reached an inflection point where the number of homes connected with fibre surpassed the number of homes connected with copper.

Naked ADSL has changed the game in South Africa with uncapped ADSL now much cheaper than a comparable fibre service.

Telkom is not adding fibre subscribers fast enough to make up for the DSL customers it is losing.

Afrihost has slashed the price of its Pure DSL packages with uncapped, unshaped broadband prices now starting at R297 per month.

Many prominent ISPs in South Africa are offering DSL packages at cheaper prices than entry-level fibre packages with similar download speeds. 

Certain ISPs are now charging less for 40Mbps Uncapped DSL than 10Mbps Uncapped fibre on Vumatel's network.

Axxess said that most DSL line clients will see their speeds doubled with no increase to price.

IP Connect is dead. Long live Broad Connect.

The Internet Service Providers' Association of South Africa (ISPA) has published a statement which details how South Africans' should approach the move from ADSL to alternative services.

Openserve is shutting down its ADSL network in South Africa wherever it offers fibre connectivity.

Openserve has postponed its planned termination of DSL and copper-based services in areas covered by its fibre network.

Axxess has launched a new promotion for its standalone ADSL and VDSL products, offering big savings.