How much is Vuma fibre per month?
Vuma fibre starts at R417 at Afrihost a month for uncapped 20/10 Mbps on Vuma Reach, or R275 at RSAweb for a 10/10 Mbps pre-paid pass (no contract, no credit check). Vuma Core contracted lines run from R409 at Vox a month for symmetrical 30/30 Mbps up to R2 150 at Vox for 1000/500 Mbps. Vumatel's standard installation is R1 725 once-off, payable to your ISP, although most ISPs throw it in free with a 12-month sign-up.
The current Vuma fibre price list (May 2026)
There are two Vuma products and the difference matters for your monthly bill. Vuma Reach is prepaid, month-to-month, and built around affordability. Vuma Core is the standard contracted product with faster speeds and more ISP choice. Same physical fibre line, different commercial terms.
Vuma Reach (prepaid, no contract)
| Speed | Cheapest per month | Cheapest pre-paid pass | Sold by |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20/10 Mbps | R417 at Afrihost | R415 at RSAweb | Afrihost, Webafrica and MWeb |
| 40/10 Mbps | R537 at Afrihost | R535 at RSAweb | Afrihost, Webafrica and MWeb |
| 100/50 Mbps | R799 at Webafrica | R847 at RSAweb | Webafrica, Afrihost and MWeb |
Vuma Reach is paid in advance via credit card, debit card, or EasyPay (in-store or app). Miss a payment and the line suspends until you top up. No credit check, no cancellation fee, no minimum term. The ONT has the Wi-Fi router built in, so there's nothing extra to buy.
Vuma Core (contracted, symmetrical at the entry and mid tiers)
| Speed | Cheapest per month (and ISP) | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| 30/30 Mbps | R409 at Vox | One or two people, HD streaming, light work-from-home |
| 50/25 Mbps | R505 at Vox | Download-led households happy with a slower upload |
| 50/50 Mbps | R590 at Vox | Two to four people, mixed streaming and remote work |
| 100/50 Mbps | R695 at Vox | Bigger households that mostly consume rather than upload |
| 100/100 Mbps | R795 at Vox | Bigger households, 4K, gaming, multiple work-from-home |
| 200/200 Mbps | R1 009 at Webafrica | Heavy users, content creators, home offices |
| 500/200 Mbps | R1 095 at Vox | Power users and small businesses |
| 1000/250 Mbps | R1 195 at Vox | Pro households, gigabit work |
| 1000/500 Mbps | R2 150 at Vox | Gigabit upload - studios and always-on home servers |
Vuma Core prices vary by ISP, because Vumatel publishes no consumer prices at all — it is open-access, and each service provider builds and prices its own packages over the line. The figures above are the cheapest we track at each tier, with the ISP that sets them named; Webafrica, Cool Ideas and RSAWEB typically sit a little above the floor. If you're a brand-new install rather than an upgrade, check the Vumatel 30/30 Mbps NIC promo first — it's currently the cheapest symmetrical uncapped line in the country.
What's actually included in your monthly price?
For both products, every legitimate ISP includes:
- Uncapped data with no fair-usage policy
- Unshaped, unthrottled traffic at every tier
- A Wi-Fi router (built into the ONT on Vuma Reach, separate dual-band unit on Vuma Core)
- Standard installation (free on most 12-month sign-ups; otherwise R1 725 once-off, billed by your ISP)
A few things to watch for that aren't always obvious from the headline price:
- Pro-rata first month. Sign up mid-month and you'll pay for the days remaining, plus a full month in advance.
- Router charge on early cancellation. If you cancel Vuma Core inside 12 months, expect a R999 cancellation fee or the residual value of the router.
- Price changes every April. Vumatel adjusts wholesale pricing on 1 April each year. Most ISPs pass at least part of the increase on.
How much is Vuma installation?
Standard Vuma installation is R1 725 once-off if you pay for it outright — that is Vumatel's own published national installation charge, and it is payable to your ISP rather than to Vumatel, which does not invoice households directly. In practice almost nobody pays it: every major ISP runs a "free installation" promotion in exchange for a 12-month commitment.
The standard install covers the ONT, 75 m of fibre, 25 m of conduit and 30 m of soft-soil plus 5 m of paving trenching. Beyond that allowance Vumatel charges R100 per extra metre of trenching, and tar, specialised tiles or concrete and any paintwork are excluded, so a difficult run is quoted separately.
If you want to skip the contract altogether, Vuma Reach is the answer. Standard install is free, you get the router free, and you can walk away at any month with no exit fee.
Year one, not just month one
Vuma Core's floor is R409 at Vox a month for symmetrical 30/30 Mbps, which makes Vumatel's R1 725 standard installation worth more than four months of the line itself: R6 633 for your first twelve months if you pay it, against R4 908 if a 12-month sign-up waives it. The waiver is set by the ISP you order through, never by Vumatel, so confirm it before you compare monthly rates at all.
Or see what R409 a month buys you on every other network we track
Which ISP is cheapest for Vuma?
The line into your wall is identical regardless of which ISP you pick. What changes is billing, support, peering quality, router hardware, and whether anyone answers the phone at 9pm on a Sunday.
Three names come up consistently in independent rankings:
- Webafrica — top of TrustPilot in 2026 with a 4.4/5 rating from over 14,000 reviews. Free TP-Link AX1500 Wi-Fi 6 router, 14-day activation guarantee with a R999 payout if Vumatel misses the deadline.
- Cool Ideas — small-team specialist with a cult following among technical users. Transparent peering, no traffic shaping, no contracts. Holds a 4.9/5 on Hellopeter from 1,900+ reviews.
- RSAWEB — premium option with enterprise-grade support at residential prices. Slightly more expensive but the support response times justify it for some households.
Cheap-cheap resellers can undercut these names by R30-R50 a month, but the savings usually come out of international transit. You'll notice it during peak streaming hours.
Which speed do you actually need?
Don't pay for what you won't use. Quick guide based on how the most-ordered tiers map to real households:
- 20/10 Mbps (from R417 at Afrihost): Singles, retirees, small flats. Comfortable for HD streaming and one or two video calls. 4K stutters once a second device is busy.
- 50/50 Mbps (from R590 at Vox): South Africa's sweet spot. Two to four people, mixed streaming and remote work, one 4K TV, one console. Enough headroom that nothing fights.
- 100/100 Mbps (from R795 at Vox): Bigger households or people who back up to the cloud. Genuinely fast uploads matter here.
- 200/200 Mbps and up: You probably already know if you need this.
The single biggest driver of fibre regret in South Africa is buying speed you don't need or undersizing for your actual household. Match the tier to your busiest hour, not your average Tuesday afternoon.
Vuma Reach vs Vuma Core: which is cheaper monthly?
At entry level they're close — R417 at Afrihost for 20/10 on Reach versus R409 at Vox for symmetrical 30/30 on Core, which is the floor on Core now that Vumatel has retired its old 25 Mbps tier. The real difference is contract terms and upload speed.
- Pick Vuma Reach if you want flexibility, no contract, prepaid billing, and your usage is mostly streaming, browsing, and video calls.
- Pick Vuma Core if you need symmetrical upload speeds for work-from-home, gaming, or content uploads, and you're happy with a 12-month commitment.
For a deeper side-by-side, see our Vuma Core vs Vuma Reach breakdown.
Bottom line
R417 at Afrihost a month for uncapped fibre with no contract is the cheapest legitimate way onto Vuma in 2026. If you need faster uploads or higher speeds, Vuma Core scales up to gigabit — and the gap between ISPs on the same line is wider than it looks: across the nine Core tiers we track, the three cheapest sellers sit within R16 of each other at the tightest tier (30/30 Mbps) but R347 apart at the widest (1000/500 Mbps). So the choice that actually matters isn't the speed or the headline price — it's which ISP you put on top of the line, and at the top tiers that choice is worth more per month than a whole speed upgrade.
Ready to check what's available at your address? Vuma rollout is street-by-street, so a coverage map two roads over isn't reliable. Run the live checker on your specific address before you order.
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