Johannesburg, 17 Nov 2009
The introduction of Seacom has slowly started to make its mark on broadband costs locally, and many alternative broadband providers have started to slash prices or introduce innovative products.
With ADSL still the most popular Internet offering, ITWeb compares the alternate capacity providers' bandwidth products. The uncapped broadband offering is becoming more competitive and consumers can expect to see more to come.
In September, local provider Afrihost kicked off the capacity promotions, dropping its per GB rate to R29 in a limited offer. Despite being a temporary offering, the company's bandwidth cost represents one of the more competitive rates on offer in SA today.
Screamer is offering the best per GB rate in the list of companies investigated by ITWeb. The company's product comes in at a rate of R23. Screamer's per GB extends across its basic ADSL products and its out of bundle cost is one of the lowest in the country, at 3c per MB.
Screamer is also one of two local companies making the most of cheaper international capacity, and is offering an exceptional rate to for its uncapped products. The company is now selling its uncapped 384Kbps offering at R399, 512Kbps at R799, 1Mbps uncapped at R1 499 and 4Mbps at R2 499.
New entrant DigiChilli has come to market offering only an uncapped service. The company says it is “shaking up the market and proud of it”. The offering is not as competitive as that offered by Screamer; however, as a new provider, the company promises to have some other competitive products in the future.
DigiChilli is offering R500 for a 384Kbps product, R1 000 for 512Kbps and R3 000 for 1Mbps.
Afrihost and G-Connect both have the second most competitive out of bundle rate, coming in at 4.9c per MB. G-Connect only offers the out of bundle rate, which users can buy in a pay-per-use model.
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