Fibre Deals in Cape Town
258 live uncapped packages across seven Cape Town networks, from RSAweb, Afrihost, Webafrica, MWeb and Vox. Lines start at R299/month (Octotel 55/25 Mbps via RSAweb). Coverage is street-by-street - always check your specific address before ordering.
Live fibre deals in Cape Town
Every package we track on the seven FNOs lit in Cape Town, across all five ISPs we price - RSAweb, Afrihost, Webafrica, MWeb and Vox. Sort by price per Mbps to see which line is genuinely the best value.
Prices checked 19 October 2026 · price-per-Mbps shown on every deal
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What Cape Town fibre costs per network
There are 258 Cape Town plans in the table above, spread across 7 fibre networks. They are not interchangeable: the cheapest way onto Octotel is R299 a month, while the same question on Zoom Fibre starts at R697. Which networks reach your address is usually decided for you, so the useful comparison is within a network rather than across the whole list.
| Network | Cape Town plans | Cheapest | Speed | Best R/Mbps, any plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Octotel | 38 | R299/mo | 55/25 Mbps | R0.80 |
| Metro Nexus | 36 | R299/mo | 30/30 Mbps | R1.24 |
| Comtel Fibre | 22 | R337/mo | 5/5 Mbps | R1.34 |
| Vumatel | 43 | R409/mo | 30/30 Mbps | R0.70 |
| Openserve | 49 | R437/mo | 30/30 Mbps | R1.00 |
| Frogfoot | 50 | R599/mo | 60/30 Mbps | R1.00 |
| Zoom Fibre | 20 | R697/mo | 50/50 Mbps | R1.32 |
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 R299 for 55 Mbps on Octotel, which is R5.44 per Mbps; the best unit price in the whole segment is R0.70 per Mbps. Paying a little more for a much faster line is usually the better deal; paying the minimum almost never is.
| Monthly | 12 months | 24 months | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Promotional rate, if it never ended | R299/mo | R3 588 | R7 176 |
| Standing rate after promo | R599/mo | R7 188 | R14 376 |
| Once-off fee | R250 once | R250 | R250 |
| What you actually pay | R570/mo avg | R6 838 | R14 026 |
The first row is the number that gets advertised, and it is the one to ignore. Octotel is discounted from R599 to R299 for the first 2 months, then steps up by R300 a month — a 100% increase on the rate that sold you the line. Over two years that is R14 026 rather than the R7 176 the headline price implies, which works out at R584 a month rather than R299. Budget on the standing rate and treat the discount as a rebate on the first few months. The totals above include the R250 once-off charge this line carries, but not a router you buy outright. 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.
What a Cape Town line costs once the promo lapses
| Metric | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest line | R299 | 55/25 Mbps · RSAweb |
| Fastest line | 2500 Mbps | R1 995/month · Octotel |
| Best value | R0.70/Mbps | 1000 Mbps at R699 |
| Symmetrical | 148 of 258 | packages upload at download speed |
| # | Package | Advertised | Reverts to | Once-off | 12-month total | Effective /mo | Rank on cost |
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| 1 | RSAwebMetro Nexus · 30/30 Mbps | R299 | R495after 2 mo | R250 | R5 798 | R483+R2 210 vs advertised | 5 |
| 2 | RSAwebOctotel · 55/25 Mbps | R299 | R599after 2 mo | R250 | R6 838 | R570+R3 250 vs advertised | 25outside the top 10 |
| 3 | AfrihostComtel Fibre · 5/5 Mbps | R337 | — | R1 497 | R5 541 | R462+R1 497 vs advertised | 3 |
| 4 | WebafricaComtel Fibre · 5/5 Mbps | R379 | — | R748 | R5 296 | R441+R748 vs advertised | 2 |
| 5 | MwebMetro Nexus · 30/30 Mbps | R379 | R529after 3 mo | not stated | R5 898 | R492+R1 350 vs advertised | 7 |
| 6 | RSAwebOctotel · 100/100 Mbps | R379 | R845after 2 mo | R250 | R9 458 | R788+R4 910 vs advertised | 71outside the top 10 |
| 7 | RSAwebOctotel · 300/200 Mbps | R379 | R895after 2 mo | R250 | R9 958 | R830+R5 410 vs advertised | 87outside the top 10 |
| 8 | RSAwebOctotel · 25/25 Mbps | R395 | R535after 2 mo | R250 | R6 390 | R533+R1 650 vs advertised | 20outside the top 10 |
| 9 | RSAwebOctotel · 20/10 Mbps | R399 | — | not stated | R4 788 | R399 | 1 |
| 10 | MwebComtel Fibre · 10/10 Mbps | R399 | R499after 3 mo | not stated | R5 688 | R474+R900 vs advertised | 4 |
A once-off installation or activation charge is paid once, so it weighs on year one and not on year two. Where a line wins on the advertised rate but loses over twelve months, check how long you expect to keep it, and compare on effective monthly cost rather than on the headline. Next: Compare every 100 Mbps deal we track, on every network.
Check the cheapest Cape Town line at your address
55/25 Mbps Uncapped on Octotel is the cheapest monthly line we can price in Cape Town, at R299/month from RSAweb. Coverage is decided street by street, so the only way to know whether it is available to you is to check the address.
Every Cape Town speed tier and the cheapest price on it
| Speed | Line type | Network | Cheapest ISP | From | R/Mbps |
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| 5/5 Mbps | Symmetrical | Comtel Fibre | Afrihost | R337 | R67.40 |
| 30/30 Mbps | Symmetrical | Metro Nexus | RSAweb | R299 | R9.97 |
| 55/25 Mbps | Asymmetrical | Octotel | RSAweb | R299 | R5.44 |
| 100/100 Mbps | Symmetrical | Octotel | RSAweb | R379 | R3.79 |
| 200/200 Mbps | Symmetrical | Vumatel | RSAweb | R549 | R2.75 |
| 400/200 Mbps | Asymmetrical | Frogfoot | RSAweb | R799 | R2.00 |
| 2500/2500 Mbps | Symmetrical | Octotel | RSAweb | R1 995 | R0.80 |
Where a Cape Town line is the right buy, and where it is not
Both sides are computed from the 258 monthly lines we price on Cape Town's 7 networks, so they move when those prices do.
Fibre in Cape Town is the right buy if…
- Your street is on one of Cape Town's 7 networksWe track live pricing on Octotel, Metro Nexus, Comtel Fibre, Vumatel, Openserve, Frogfoot and Zoom Fibre in Cape Town, from RSAweb, Afrihost, Webafrica, MWeb and Vox. That is 258 monthly lines on this page, and which of them you can actually order is decided by the trench outside your door rather than by which ISP you would prefer. If one of those names comes back on a coverage check at your address, every price here is real for you.
- You are buying on price in Cape TownThe floor here is Octotel 55/25 Mbps uncapped from R299/month via RSAweb. It is a genuine monthly line rather than a pre-paid pass, and it is the cheapest thing anyone sells on a Cape Town network that we hold a verified price for. Read the speed alongside it - the cheapest line in any city is an entry line, not a small discount on a fast one.
- You want a mainstream 100 Mbps line, not an entry one7 of Cape Town's networks carry a 100 Mbps-or-faster line, and the price range between them is the thing worth knowing: Octotel starts at R379 via RSAweb, Zoom Fibre at R919 via Webafrica - 2.4x for the same headline speed. The tier most households should shop is this one, and in Cape Town the network that reached your street matters more to the bill than the ISP you pick on it.
- You upload as much as you download148 of the 258 monthly lines in Cape Town are symmetrical - 57% of them - so a matched upload is readily available here if you work from home, back up off-site or stream out. Filter the table on it rather than assuming the fast lines are the symmetrical ones; they are not the same question.
Who should look elsewhere
- Your address has no fibre yetEvery price on this page assumes one of these 7 networks has already reached your street, and in Cape Town that is street-by-street rather than suburb-by-suburb. Check coverage at the exact address before you shortlist anything. If nothing comes back, this page cannot help you and fixed-wireless or LTE is the comparison to run instead.
- You are shopping off a national "from" priceThe cheapest fibre line we track anywhere in South Africa is R279 on FibreSuburb Networks, via MWeb - and FibreSuburb Networks is not in Cape Town. The real Cape Town floor is R299, R20 a month more. A national "from R279" headline is not wrong, it is just not an offer at your address, and that gap is the single most common reason a quote comes back higher than expected.
- The network you have been reading about is not in Cape TownEvotel, Metro Nova, Balwin Fibre and Mitsol appear on our other city pages but do not carry a line we can price in Cape Town, and 4 further networks do not either. Coverage is per-operator and per-street, so a package you saw recommended nationally may simply have no footprint here. Shortlist on what a coverage check returns for your address, not on a brand.
- You want a gigabit on an entry-line budgetThe cheapest gigabit line we hold a verified Cape Town price for is Vumatel 1000/250 Mbps uncapped from R699/month via RSAweb - 2.3x the Cape Town floor of R299. No amount of comparing closes that: it is a different product rather than a better deal on the same one. If the budget is the constraint, the 100 Mbps tier is where to spend it.
Cape Town fibre networks
Cape Town has deep open-access competition - 258 monthly packages across seven networks, and Octotel gives the metro a large FNO that barely features in the Gauteng cities. Most addresses have at least two FNOs to choose from.
Openserve (Telkom)
South Africa's largest fibre network - wide CBD and suburban coverage in Cape Town.
Octotel
Cape Town's largest open-access network. Symmetrical lines, deep coverage from Atlantic Seaboard to Northern Suburbs.
Vumatel
Major Cape Town footprint with both Vuma Core (contract) and Vuma Reach (prepaid) options.
Frogfoot
Open-access FNO across most CT suburbs - strong residential and business coverage.
MetroFibre
Selected CT suburbs and estates - symmetrical fibre with predictable contention.
Zoom Fibre
Estate-focused FNO - fully symmetrical lines in lifestyle estates and gated communities.
Faster international capacity
The 2Africa subsea cable - a 45,000 km project from Meta, Vodafone, MTN GlobalConnect, Orange, China Mobile and others - landed in Cape Town at Yzerfontein and Duynefontein. With 180 Tbit/s capacity on key segments, it dramatically increases SA's international bandwidth and pushes down the chance of WACS/SAT3-style slowdowns.
Cape Town fibre questions
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Get fibre at your CT address
Which FNOs are lit varies street by street in Cape Town, so start with a coverage check, then compare all 258 live packages above - uncapped from R299/month.