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Death by a million cuts — End of an Internet era in South Africa | SA News


South Africa is close to shutting the door on just over two decades of copper-based broadband Internet connectivity.

In a recent quarterly trading update, Telkom revealed that by the end of June 2025, it had 25,306 digital subscriber line (DSL) customers left — less than half the 54,269 it had at the same time a year ago.

Since early 2016, when the technology was at its peak usage in South Africa, Telkom has lost 985,814 DSL customers.

The primary reason for the decline has been the rapid expansion and adoption…

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