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Internet Speed Report South Africa March 2025

A comprehensive analysis of broadband performance in South Africa based on real user speed tests conducted on Bandwidth Place.

Total Tests

96

Avg. Download

318.13Mbps

Avg. Upload

232.45Mbps

Avg. Ping

26.2ms

Top Internet Providers

Provider Avg Speed
Seacom Western Cape (Pty) Ltd 230.4 Mbps
Liquid Telecommunications South Africa (Pty) Ltd 489.0 Mbps
Vodacom Pretoria Silverton North Gauteng Public NAT 236.4 Mbps
Dimension Data 337.7 Mbps
The Internet Solution 290.2 Mbps
MTN SA 419.2 Mbps
Dimension Data 280.4 Mbps
Vodacom UMTS Pretoria Silverton North Gauteng INTERNET APN 189.3 Mbps
Dimension Data 180.5 Mbps
Dimension Data 370.4 Mbps

Top Devices

Device Share
Generic Smartphone 11.5%
iPhone 4.2%
Generic Smartphone 1.0%
Generic Android 2.0 1.0%
Apple iPhone 1.0%

Top Browsers

Browser Share
Chrome 29.2%
Chrome 17.7%
Chrome 16.7%
Chrome Mobile 11.5%
Chrome 5.2%
Mobile Safari 4.2%
Firefox 2.1%
Safari 2.1%
Chrome 2.1%
Samsung Internet 1.0%

Analysis Methodology

The data presented in this report is aggregated directly from real user speed tests performed on the Bandwidth Place platform testing network nodes globally during 2025. We calculate the localized metrics using strict data sanity checks to prevent skewed results from anomalies or extreme outliers.

SEO & Location Routing Structure: Because location data is structurally rigid, caching data dynamically to static hierarchy (Country -> State -> City) provides significant improvements to PageSpeed metrics and Time to First Byte (TTFB). This strategy ensures optimum indexing for search engines processing localized queries.