* Unshaped and uncapped copper is also available. I'm paying about USD100/mo for this at 10Mbps. Hellkom is "balancing" my line to 6Mbps, but that somehow still caters for two concurrent Netflix streams.

* Soft-capped (or uncapped shaped) copper is now available for much lower prices, even at 10Mbps.

* Copper bandwidth limits are much higher. For example, 200GB for something like USD15/mo.

* Fiber is being rolled out. Slightly more expensive than ADSL and very difficult to get hold of as you need to acquire a specific amount of business in your area.

* Mobile data remains a pathetic joke. I wouldn't risk using it for streaming: out-of-bundle it would cost over USD1000 to stream a single HD movie on MTN.

It's still not acceptable (even Zimbabwe is far cheaper) but has drastically improved. Most people I know have an account with one of the streaming services.