Much has been expected of the new international undersea data line that came into operation recently in South Africa.  People talked about lower prices and higher bandwidth.  I have yet to see any improvement. 

My one ISP, Telkom, has actually scrapped their unique policy on capping (which gave you an effective further 50% of bandwith before capping it on a 1 Gig ADSL line) putting me in a worse situation as before the new line was put into use (ok, maybe not related, but the timing is interesting)! Although, I must say, they are still the cheapest in terms of the total package, compared to MWeb, which is my other ISP.

The problem is apparently that Telkom's NATIONAL monopoly hampers the benefit from the international increase in bandwidth (http://tiny.cc/T7nTC).

For those who, like me, hit the cap on a regular basis, there are however a few other options to buy cheaper bandwidth, even staying with your normal Telkom ADSL account.  You can go to: