A wasted decade in SA broadband
A full-blown price war has erupted in fixed-line broadband in South Africa. Internet service providers are racing to outdo each other to provide unmetered bandwidth cheaper. This is great for consumers and the economy, but it should have happened 10 years ago.
26 Mar 2010
You could almost hear the cries of elation from Internet users last week when Naspers-owned MWeb did what no-one was expecting: it announced it was slashing the cost of fixed-line bandwidth and introducing the country's first (relatively) affordable uncapped Internet packages.
The arrival of (relatively) affordable uncapped broadband will change the way South Africans use the web. It will also foster innovation, act as a catalyst to new start-up online businesses, accelerate the adoption of e-commerce, and generally give the economy a much-needed boost.
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Award-wining Duncan McLeod is the founder and editor of TechCentral (wwwTechCentral.co.za, @TechCentral]]), South Africa's latest technology news site offering breaking news, in-depth analysis and opinion that launched in September 2009. Before that, he was associate editor at the Financial Mail/FM. Contact Duncan on email duncan at techcentral dot co dot za and follow him on Twitter at @mcleodd.
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