Broadband prices plummeted over the last decade, but the same cannot be said for many other products.\u00a0Rudolph Muller from\u00a0www.mybroadband.co.za<\/a>\u00a0investigated and stumbled upon a few interesting numbers.<\/p>\n ADSL<\/a> and mobile data prices have plunged over the last decade. The total cost of an ADSL service dropped by over 50% since it was launched in 2002 while mobile data costs decreased by 96% over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n In 2002 a basic 512 Kbps ADSL service cost residential customers R966.72 per month (R67.72 for analogue line rental, R680 for ADSL access and R219 for a 3GB data bundle). In comparison, the price for a 384kbps connection with 5GB of data is now priced at R358.97 (R219.00 + R139.97).<\/p>\n Even more significant price cuts are visible in the mobile data market. In 2002 a 10MB data bundle from Vodacom<\/a> cost R200 (hence R20 per MB). Today users can buy a 1GB data bundle from the same company for R99 (10c per MB).<\/p>\n Broadband prices have seen price cuts of between 50% and 95% over the last decade. These price reductions were partly fuelled by lower international bandwidth prices made possible by SEACOM<\/a>.<\/p>\n When compared with products such as petrol and food, broadband stands out as having bucked the trend of price increases.<\/p>\n The following table provides an overview of the price changes of a few products over the last 10 years.<\/p>\n