Why is traffic more expensive in South Africa when compared to international hosting companies?
There are various factors contributing to the high cost of bandwidth in South Africa, on top of the legacy monopoly, something that will persist locally is the size of the market.
For example, South Africa has in the region of 5 million internet users; the USA has over 200 million. This means the capital cost of installing a fibre line to a metropolitan area, is covered by a massively bigger market, resulting in lower cost per customer.
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