Frogfoot rarely gets the headlines that Vumatel or Openserve do, but it has been laying fibre for the better part of two decades and now reaches all nine provinces. If you’re in the Western Cape especially, there’s a good chance it’s one of your options — and because it’s open-access, the trick is picking the right ISP on it.
What Frogfoot actually is
Frogfoot is an open-access fibre network — it owns the line and lets many ISPs sell over it — and it’s owned by Vox, which it has been part of since 2017. It’s one of the more experienced operators in the country, running home fibre (FTTH), business fibre (FTTB) and a Wi-Fi-only entry product we’ll come to in a second.
Because it’s open-access, buying Frogfoot works like buying Openserve or Vumatel: several ISPs — Afrihost, Webafrica, Cool Ideas, MWEB, RSAWEB and Vox itself — rent the same line, so the same speed can cost meaningfully different amounts depending on who you buy from.
Where Frogfoot reaches
Frogfoot’s footprint spans all nine provinces, but its heartland is the Western Cape — Cape Town, Stellenbosch, Paarl, Somerset West, the Strand, Franschhoek and out into the Garden Route are all strong Frogfoot territory. It has been steadily filling in the rest of the country since, adding towns most months.
As with any network, the only figure that matters is your own address, not the town. Run your address and we’ll tell you if Frogfoot is live at your gate, plus every other network that reaches you. There’s more on the network on our Frogfoot page.
The Frogfoot Air option
One thing Frogfoot does that most FNOs don’t: Frogfoot Air, a Wi-Fi-first entry product for homes that want fibre-grade reliability without the full trench-and-ONT installation. It’s a sensible middle ground for renters or smaller households — cheaper to get going, with a path to upgrade to full fibre later. If you’ve been stuck on flaky LTE, it’s worth a look.
Cheapest ISPs on Frogfoot
Same line, different bill — so shop the ISP. These were the lowest prices we were tracking across the ISPs that sell Frogfoot at the time of writing:
| Line speed | Cheapest we track /mo |
|---|---|
| 20/10 Mbps | from R415 |
| 50/10 Mbps | from R559 |
| 120/60 Mbps | from R819 |
| 240/120 Mbps | from R939 |
| 400/200 Mbps | from R1 149 |
| 1000/500 Mbps | from R1 239 |
Prices and promos change, so confirm before you sign — but notice the gigabit line comes in around R1 239, which is competitive for symmetrical-ish speed. The fibre deals page ranks every ISP by real monthly price, and if you’re weighing the ISP itself, our Vox guide covers the network’s owner.
The verdict
Frogfoot is a solid, wide-reaching network with a genuinely useful entry option in Frogfoot Air — a strong pick in the Cape and increasingly elsewhere. If it’s live at your address, the money question isn’t really the network; it’s which ISP gives you the best price and support on that line.
Check your address to see if Frogfoot reaches you, then compare every ISP on the line by real monthly price. One search, no sales calls.