MWEB announced that they will be launching on 22 March South Africa’s first affordable uncapped ADSL.
There is 1 competitor, screamer but their service does not work so don not even do the effort to go to their site.
MWEB will ask for a 384 ADSL account including line rental R349 and excluding the line rental R219 per month.
and for a 512 ADSL including the line rental R599 and excluding the line rental R219 per month.
For a 4096 ADSL including the line rental R899 and excluding the line rental R539 per month.
The Accounts is shaped which is not ideal for the heavy down-loaders but is still the bet option available in South Africa I know of.
More info on shaped vs unshaped according to MWEB
An unshaped service has no prioritization of any traffic and operates on a “first come, first served” basis regardless of which protocol is used .
A shaped service is a moderated way that data is delivered to your computer through your ADSL line. Certain things are given priority over others, such as websites, are given priority over email being downloaded. e.g. If you are downloading your email, and surfing the web, you will get to the web page first before your emails have completed downloading.
According to the article on News24 MWEB will lose money at first but later if there number climb they will start making money.
This tell me that there is no catch and hopefully I am right
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