SA Broadband Services: A little more value for money

ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa), 9 January 2012

The good news is that the Average Joes in South Africa are getting a little more value for money when it comes to broadband services. The bad news is that there is still much room for improvement, especially when compared to the value for money Average Joes receive in countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Lithuania, the Ukraine and others. 

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A recent Ookla Net Index has shown that South Africa is 58th on a list of 64 countries when it comes to “…the average broadband subscription cost divided by the Gross Domestic Product per Capita” (Broadband value in SA improving, but only a little, MyBroadband, Rudolph Muller, 21 December 2011). This truly sucks, especially if one considers that South Africa scored 15.969% ($73.73/month), while the top 10 countries scored between 0.612% ($56.05/month) and 1.062% ($45.44/month). Even when we look at “…the median cost per Megabit per second (download) divided by the Gross Domestic Product per Capita, South Africa remains in 58th place” (Broadband value in SA improving, but only a little, MyBroadband, Rudolph Muller, 21 December 2011). To make things worse: South Africa’s price per Mbps of $39.17 is 296% higher than the global average of $9.90 per Mbps. We can continue here, but we’re sure you’re getting the message: Yes, there was some improvement, but South Africa still sucks BIG TIME when it comes to value for money and the broadband services on offer in South Africa.

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ADSL South Africa (Broadband South Africa) hopes that broadband service providers will take note of the above and choose to come to the table with more value for money. Does any broadband service provider in South Africa have the balls to truly shake up the market?