Capped ADSL prices have dropped to less than R2 per GB in SA

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Afrihost recently slashed the price of its capped ADSL products, with the cost of data dipping below R2 per GB. This is 40 times lower than what people paid for ADSL data a decade ago.
When Telkom launched its first ADSL products in August 2002, the price for a residential 512 kbps ADSL service was R680 per month. Businesses had to fork out R800 per month for the same service.
Back in the day users had only one choice for ADSL data – a 3GB account which cost R219 per month.
This remained the status quo until April 2005 when Telkom increased the price to R249 for a 3GB account.
Apart from a slight adjustment in August 2007, when the price was reduced to R239 for 3GB, not much changed until 2009.
In 2009 capped ADSL prices started to plummet – first with Telkom upping their 3GB cap to 5GB, and then with Afrihost surprising the market with its R29 per GB ADSL products.
Since 2009 there were regular price cuts, which accelerated over the last two years. Prices of less than R5 per GB are now commonplace, with the lowest rates dipping below R2 per GB.

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