Internet in South Africa - Wikipedia Internet in South Africa This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( June 2013 ) The Internet in South Africa, one of the most technologically resourced countries on the African continent, is expanding. The Internet country code top - level domain ( CcLD ). za is managed and regulated by the. ZA Domain Name Authority and was granted to South Africa by ICANN in 1990. Over 60 % of Internet traffic generated on the African continent originates from South Africa. As of July 2016 29,322,380 people ( 54.0 % of the total population ) were Internet users. Contents 1 History of the Internet in South Africa 2 Statistics 3 Broadband in South Africa 3.1 Fixed broadband 3.2 Fibre To The Home ( FTTH ) 3.3 Wireless broadband 3.4 Voice over Internet protocol ( VOIP ) 3.5 Pricing 4 Dial up Internet 5 Legislation and licensing 6 Active and proposed cable systems 6.1 Active cable systems 6.2 Proposed cable systems 7 SANReN ( South African National Research and Education Network ) 8 Internet censorship 9 See also 10 References 11 External links History of the Internet in South Africa The first South African IP address was granted to Rhodes University in 1988. On 12 November 1991, the first IP connection was made between Rhodes ' computing centre and the home of Randy Bush in Portland, Oregon. By November 1991, South African universities were connected through UNINET to the Internet. Commercial Internet access for businesses and private use began in June 1992 with the registration of the first. co.za subdomain. The African National Congress, launched its website, anc.org.za, in 1997, making it one of the first African political organizations to establish an Internet presence around the time that the Freedom Front Plus ( Vryheidsfront Plus ) registered vryheidsfront.co.za. Statistics Internet users in South Africa showing penetration as a percentage of Internet users in the population. Internet users by region 2005 2016 Africa 2 % 10 % 25 % Americas 36 % 49 % 65 % Arab States 8 % 26 % 42 % Asia and Pacific 9 % 23 % 42 % Commonwealth of Independent States 10 % 34 % 67 % Europe 46 % 67 % 79 % Estimate. Source : International Telecommunication Union. The Internet user base in South Africa increased from 2.4 million in 2000, to 5 million in 2008, and to 12.3 million in 2012. This represents 34 % of the South African population in 2012. This is the highest penetration for all African countries except for Morocco ( 55 % ) and Egypt ( 44 % ), is well above the figure of 16 % for Africa as a whole, and is comparable with the figure of 31 % for developing countries worldwide. The total number of wireless broadband subscribers overtook that of fixed line broadband subscribers in South Africa during 2007. In 2012 there were 1.1 million fixed line broadband subscribers and 12.7 million wireless broadband subscribers. South Africa 's total international bandwidth reached the 10 Gbit / s mark during 2008, and its continued increase is being driven primarily by the uptake of broadband and lowering of tariffs. Three new submarine cable projects have brought more capacity to South Africa from 2009 -- the SEACOM cable entered service in June 2009, the EASSy cable in July 2010, and the WACS cable in May 2012. Additional international cable systems have been proposed or are under construction. For details see the `` Active and proposed cable systems '' section below. Broadband in South Africa Fixed broadband The first ADSL package, a 512 / 256 kbit / s offering, was introduced in August 2002 by national telecoms monopoly Telkom. Later, in response to growing demand for cheaper ADSL options, two more products were introduced : a mid-range 384 / 128 kbit / s offering, and an entry - level 192 / 64 kbit / s one. On 1 September 2005 Telkom released its 1 Mbit / s offering. In late 2006, Telkom commenced with trials for 4 Mbit / s ADSL. They also began phasing out their 192 kbit / s offering, upgrading subscribers to 384 kbit / s at no extra charge. In May 2008, Neotel launched consumer services, their broadband using CDMA technology. In late 2009, Telkom began trialling 8 and 12 Mbit / s ADSL offerings. In August 2010, Telkom officially introduced ADSL at 10 Mbit / s. More than 20,000 4Mbit / s subscribers were upgraded free of charge. As of November 2013, Fixed line DSL speeds on offer range between 2 Mbit / s to 40 Mbit / s. Fibre to the home ( FTTH ) Currently Openserve ( Telkom ), Vumatel, Frogfoot Networks and Octel are rolling out FTTH networks across the major cities and towns. Map : https://www.axxess.co.za/fibre/home-uncapped There are also about a dozen other small provider rolling out mostly to gated estates and neighborhoods. These networks are open access wholesale last mile networks meaning that you have to purchase a package from an isp such as Vox, Webafrica, Axxess, Telkom. Openserve ( The wholesale division of Telkom SA ) which is 51.4 % government owned currently having the largest footprint footprint covering areas in many smaller Cities and Town Including Bloemfontein, Port Elizabeth Knysna. The rollout has been quite rapid as at the beginning of 2016 very few areas had access to FTTH and now at the beginning of 2018 most middle and upper class areas in Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria have FTTH. Speeds Range from 4 / 1 Mbps to 1000 / 1000Mbps. A 100 / 50Mbps plan will cost from 1000R to 1399R ( $80 to $115 ) depending on providers available in area and size of data package. An unlimited 1Gbps / 1Gbps plan will cost around 1700 R ( 140 $ ) so prices are still somewhat expensive when compared to other countries with FTTH but prices have been continually falling through out the roleout. With google fibre costing $70 for unlimited 1000 / 400Mbps in USA. Vumatel are currently rolling out FTTH to Townships ( lower income areas / shanty towns ). They are starting with a trial in Alexandra Johannesburg and then if the trial there is successful they plan to roleout to other areas including Diepsloot and Soweto. Vumatel have stated that they will be providing a 100 / 100Mbps plan for 89R ( $7.40 ) in these areas. They hope to undercut mobile operators as may people rely on mobile data only in these areas. The technology that is being deployed with the FTTH roleouts has mostly been Gpon ( Openserve, Frogfoot networks, Octel ) With Vumatel choosing to go with active fibre instead. There is no central authority that is coordinating the roleouts by each provider so there is a significant amount of over building in higher income areas with some areas having 3 physical network providers and others having only 1. Although a good step that was take was when Openserve and Vumatel signed an agreement agreeing not to over build any more areas and so far this had helped deal with excessive overbuilding. Wireless broadband There is a differentiation between wireless broadband and mobile broadband, the local GSM operators ( and their surrogates ) provide GSM ( up to LTE ) broadband. A number of companies offer broadband alternatives. Iburst offer their namesake, while cellular network company Cell C offer GPRS and EDGE and more recently a 21.1 Mbit / s service. MTN and Vodacom also offer 3G with up to 21.1 Mbit / s HSDPA+. Telkom offers a 7.2 / 2.4 Mbit / s HSDPA / HSUPA service in Gauteng. Most of these offerings are more expensive than ADSL for mid-to - high usage, but can be cost effective if low usage is required. MTN triggered a mini-price war in late February 2007, offering 2GB for each 1GB bought, with Iburst giving a small `` data bonus '' to their contract customers and Sentech also reducing their prices. Vodacom responded with dramatic price cuts of their own on 1 April 2007 after which Cell C reduced prices on their larger offerings to undercut both MTN and Vodacom. Internet hotspots are ubiquitous in hotels, coffee shops, and the like. This enables users -- often tourists or people on the move -- to easily go online without having to enter into a fixed contract with an ISP. Many hotspots offer usage free of charge, though frequently only after registration and / or for a limited amount of time or data. Voice over Internet protocol ( VOIP ) Until 1 February 2005, the usage of VOIP outside of company networks was illegal under South African communications law, ostensibly to protect jobs. The deregulation of VOIP was announced by Minister of Communications Ivy Matsepe - Casaburri in September 2004. Pricing In South Africa ADSL is very expensive with prices well above world average. Charges consist of three parts : the ADSL line rental ( Costs are R165 for a 2Mbit / s `` Fast '' line, R299 for a 4Mbit / s `` Faster '', and R425 for the 10Mbit / s `` Fastest '' line ), the regular analogue phone line rental ( R157, as of August 2013, which includes a land line number ) and an ISP account. The price of an ISP account can vary greatly, ranging from R23 ( US $3 ) for 1 GB to R159 ( $21 ) for uncapped 384kbit / s and R496 ( US $61 ) for uncapped 4 Mbit / s. Products with caps of 3 GB, 5 GB, 10 GB, 20 GB and 30 GB are also available through various ISPs. ADSL prices in South Africa have been decreasing steadily since the service was introduced, mainly as result of competition from mobile network operators, but also due to the landing of the SEACOM cable. Previously the sole undersea cable to land in South Africa was the Telkom - operated SAT - 3. Telkom 's own ADSL subscriber base climbed from 50,000 in February 2005 to around 927 000 in July 2009. ADSL Broadband prices began to drop significantly when Afrihost entered the market at R29 per GB in August 2009, forcing other ISPs to lower their prices. Since then, thanks to more ISPs entering the market, the price for data has decreased - in February 2014 Web Africa started offering ADSL from R1. 50 per GB. However, relative to developed markets, ADSL prices in South Africa still remain among the highest in the world which has prompted consumer groups such as Hellkom and MyADSL to charge that Telkom 's ADSL prices are excessive. In terms of speed, a report by, Akamai : The State of the Internet for 2010, showed that South Africa was one of 86 countries which had an average connection speed below 1 Mbit / s, which is below the global average broadband threshold of 2 Mbit / s. Dial up Internet Dial - up subscribers are migrating to broadband, and then escalating to higher - bandwidth packages as they become available. However, Broadband technologies are not universally available and many customers still connect to the Internet using a dial - up modem or an ISDN T / A connection. Legislation and licensing The South African government passed the Electronic Communications Act in 2006 and is dramatically restructuring the sector towards a converged framework, converting vertically integrated licenses previously granted to PSTN, mobile, USAL, PTN and VANS operators into new Electronic Communications Network Services ( ECNS ), Electronic Communications Services ( ECS ), or broadcasting licenses. In January 2009, the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa ( ICASA ) granted ECS and ECNS licenses to over 500 VANS operators. The South African market is in the process of being dramatically restructured, moving away from old - style, vertically integrated segments under the 1996 Telecommunications Act and 2001 Telecommunications Amendment Act towards horizontal service layers, and the new - style licensing regime is being converted to accommodate this. This process involves the conversion of pre-existing licenses into new Individual or Class Electronic Communications Network Services ( ECNS ), Electronic Communications Services ( ECS ), or broadcasting licenses. Licenses are also required for radio frequency spectrum, except for very low power devices. ICASA granted ECNS licenses during December 2007 to seven new under - serviced area licenses ( USAL ) operators. The new licensees include PlatiTel, Ilembe Communications, Metsweding Telex, Dinaka Telecoms, Mitjodi Telecoms, and Nyakatho Telecoms. The South African market is split into two main tiers : top - tier Internet access providers ; and downstream retail ISPs. ISPs are licensed as value - added network service ( VANS ) providers, although under the Electronic Communications Act of 2006, these licenses were converted in January 2009 to individual or class electronic communication service ( ECS ) licenses. All domestic ISPs gain international connectivity through one of the Internet access providers : SAIX ( Telkom ), Neotel, Verizon Business, Internet Solutions ( IS ), MTN Network Solutions, DataPro, and Posix Systems. Following the deregulation of the VANS industry in South Africa, a number of leading operators have diversified from being a top - tier ISP to becoming a converged communications service provider offering a range of voice and data services, particularly VoIP, through the conversion of VANS licenses into ECS licenses. With delays to local loop unbundling ( LLU ), which would give ISPs access to exchanges, operators are deploying a range of broadband wireless networks. While the mobile operators are deploying HSDPA, W - CDMA and EDGE networks and entering the broadband space, operators are also deploying WiMAX, iBurst, and CDMA systems. Telkom, Sentech, Neotel, WBS and the under - serviced areas licensees ( USALs ) have currently been given commercial WiMAX licenses. Telkom launched full commercial WiMAX services in June 2007, first at 14 sites in Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban, and a further 57 sites rolled out over 2007 / 8. Another 10 operators, including M - Web and Vodacom, were granted temporary test licenses and are awaiting spectrum to be allocated by ICASA. In May 2008, WBS partnered with Vodacom and Intel Corporation to roll out an 802.16 e WiMAX network. Active and proposed cable systems Active submarine cables servicing the African continent The purple line represents the most recent system, WACS. The width of a line is proportional to the design capacity of each cable. Map created in July 2009 with projections for 2011. Source : `` African Undersea Cables ''. As of 2013, South Africa is served by five submarine communication cables, SAT - 2, SAT - 3 / WASC / SAFE, SEACOM, EASSy, and WACS. Another five cables, Main One, SAex, ACE, BRICS, and WASACE, have been proposed or are under construction, but are not yet operational in South Africa. Active cable systems South Atlantic 2 ( SAT - 2 ) : SAT - 2 was the first submarine cable to be constructed to enable commercial and private use of the Internet. It replaced the original SAT - 1 cable, operates at 560 Mbit / s, and has been operational since 1993. South Atlantic 3 / West Africa Submarine Cable / South Africa Far East ( SAT - 3 / WASC / SAFE ) : SAT - 3 / WASC, a 14,350 km - long 340 Gbit / s cable system, became operational in 2001, providing the first links to Europe for West African and South African Internet users, taking up service from SAT - 2 which was reaching maximum capacity. The SAFE cable system, a 13,500 km - long 440 Gbit / s system, was commissioned in 2002 and links South Africa to the Asian continent, with landing points at India and Malaysia. SEACOM : The SEACOM submarine cable landing at Mombasa, entered commercial service in June 2009. The cable runs from South Africa to Egypt via Mozambique, Madagascar, Tanzania, Kenya, Djibouti and Saudi Arabia, connecting eastwards through to India and westwards through the Mediterranean. It initially operated at 640 Gbit / s in 2009, was upgraded to 2.6 Tbit / s in 2012, with further upgrades during 2013. East African Submarine Cable System ( EASSy ) : The EASSy cable system entered service during July 2010. The 4.72 Tbit / s system runs from South Africa ( Mtunzini ) to Egypt via Mombasa ( Kenya ) and other African Great Lakes countries. The cable runs as far north as Djibouti and Port Sudan in Northeast Africa, with onward connectivity to Europe provided by the Europe India Gateway ( EIG ) cable. In March 2007, a 23 - member consortium behind EASSy signed a supply contract with Alcatel - Lucent which led to the construction of the cable. West African Cable System ( WACS ) : The WACS is a 14,000 km - long cable that provides 5.12 Tbit / s of bandwidth between South Africa, 11 other West African countries, Portugal, and the United Kingdom. In April 2009, the WACS consortium signed a construction and maintenance agreement in April 2009 and the cable became operational in May 2012. Proposed cable systems The following systems have been proposed or are under construction, but are not yet operational in South Africa : Main One : The Main One cable system, a 14,000 km - long system with a capacity of 1.92 Tbit / s, is being delivered in two phases. The first phase linked Ghana and Nigeria to Portugal and became operational in July 2010. Phase two of the project will provide additional Internet capacity to South Africa and other countries on the west African coast. ACE ( Africa Coast to Europe ) : The ACE cable system is a 17,000 km - long submarine cable capable of supporting an overall potential capacity of 5.12 Tbit / s using wavelength division multiplexing ( WDM ) technology. When complete it will connect 23 countries either directly for coastal countries or indirectly through terrestrial links for landlocked countries, such as Mali and Niger. The first phase of the system was put into service on 15 December 2012. ACE is expected to reach South Africa in 2013. SAex ( South Atlantic Express ) : The SAex cable is a proposed submarine communications cable which would link South Africa and Angola to Brazil with onward connectivity to the United States that will connect to the existing GlobeNet cable system. The project was announced in 2011 following a BRICS summit and a memorandum of understanding signed by its members. The project, if realized, will enable the shortest route possible to the Americas reducing latency and bandwidth costs. Currently, America bound South Africa Internet traffic routes through Europe, incurring the said latency and bandwidth costs. If constructed, the cable will have the largest design capacity ( 12.8 Tbit / s ) of any other cable servicing the African continent. BRICS Cable : A proposed 34,000 km - long, 12.8 Tbit / s capacity, fibre optic cable system that would link Russia, China, India, South Africa, Brazil ( the BRICS economies ), and the United States as well as interconnecting regional and other continental cable systems in Asia, Africa, and South America for improved global coverage. Target date for completion is mid to late 2015. WASACE : WASACE Cable is a proposed 29,000 km - long, 40 to 60 Tbit / s capacity, fibre optic cable system. When complete it would link four continents ( South Africa to Nigeria via Angola, Nigeria to Brazil, Brazil to the United States, and the United States to Spain ) and be interconnected to the SEACOM cable system. Network development with be staged with the Africa and Americas portions of the system targeted to be available in the first quarter of 2014 and with the Europe portion to follow. SANReN ( South African National research and education network ) The SANReN provides dedicated bandwidth capacity to more than a 100 university campuses, research institutes, museums and scientific organisations in South Africa. This is the foundation for collaborative research with academics and scientists on the African continent and across continents. The SANReN enables the participation of South African scientists and postgraduate students in global research, such as the high energy physics project, the ATLAS experiment, hosted at CERN in Geneva. Internet censorship Main article : Internet censorship in South Africa Internet filtering in South Africa is not individually classified by the OpenNet Initiative, but South Africa is included in ONI 's regional overview for sub-Saharan Africa. Digital media freedom is generally respected in South Africa. Political content is not censored, and neither bloggers nor content creators are targeted for their online activities. In 2013 Freedom House rated South Africa 's `` Internet Freedom Status '' as `` Free ''. In September 2012, the Constitutional Court upheld a ruling that prescreening publications ( including Internet content ) as required by the 2009 amendments to the Films and Publications Act of 1996 was an unconstitutional limitation on freedom of expression. In 2006, the government of South Africa began prohibiting sites hosted in the country from displaying X18 ( explicitly sexual ) and XXX content ( including child pornography and depictions of violent sexual acts ) ; site owners who refuse to comply are punishable under the Film and Publications Act 1996. Under the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act of 2002 ( ECTA ), ISPs are required to respond to and implement take - down notices regarding illegal content such as child pornography, defamatory material, and copyright violations. Members of the Internet Service Providers Association are not liable for third - party content they do not create or select, however, they can lose this protection from liability if they do not respond to take - down requests. ISPs often err on the side of caution by taking down content to avoid litigation since there is no incentive for providers to defend the rights of the original content creator, even if they believe the take - down notice was requested in bad faith. There is no existing appeal mechanism for content creators or providers. South Africa participates in regional efforts to combat cybercrime. The East African Community ( consisting of Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda ) and the South African Development Community ( consisting of Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe ) have both enacted plans to standardize cybercrime laws throughout their regions. See also Internet portal Internet in Africa Digital Divide in South Africa Internet censorship in South Africa Telecommunications in South Africa National broadband plans from around the world List of international submarine communications cables References Jump up ^ `` ( ccTLDs ) such as. za ( for South Africa ) ''... za Domain Name Authority ( ZADNA ). 13 June 2017. Jump up ^ `` The World Factbook -- Central Intelligence Agency ''. www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2018 - 01 - 03. Jump up ^ Lawrie, Mike. `` The History of the Internet in South Africa - How it began '' ( PDF ). Retrieved 7 August 2012. Jump up ^ `` 20 Years of TCP / IP in South Africa ''. Rhodes University. 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011. 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Question: when did internet access for private use begin in south africa
Answer: June 1992