Best Fibre for Streaming

There are 426 streaming-grade lines in the table above, spread across 36 fibre networks. They are not interchangeable: the cheapest way onto Metro Nova is R539 a month, while the same question on Purple Forest starts at R947. Which networks reach your address is usually decided for you, so the useful comparison is within a network rather than across the whole list.

The last column is the best rand-per-Mbps available anywhere on that network, at any speed — not the unit price of the cheapest line beside it. The two are rarely close, and the gap is the argument against buying on headline price. The entry tier in this segment is R539 for 50 Mbps on Metro Nova, which is R10.78 per Mbps; the best unit price in the whole segment is R0.80 per Mbps. Paying a little more for a much faster line is usually the better deal; paying the minimum almost never is.

The first row is the number that gets advertised, and it is the one to ignore. Metro Nova is discounted from R639 to R539 for the first 3 months, then steps up by R100 a month — a 19% increase on the rate that sold you the line. Over two years that is R15 036 rather than the R12 936 the headline price implies, which works out at R627 a month rather than R539. Budget on the standing rate and treat the discount as a rebate on the first few months. Neither total includes installation or a router, because no per-package once-off figure is published for this line — most lines in this segment bundle both, and the deal cards above list what each one includes. Cancellation terms are the other cost that does not appear in a monthly price: no fixed term is not the same as no cancellation fee, and several ISPs here claw back a waived install if you leave inside six or twelve months.

Looking wider than this segment? Compare every fibre deal we track puts the full catalogue in one sortable table, and the cheapest fibre deals ranks the whole market on price and rand-per-Mbps rather than within one network.