March 27, 2013 · by Richard Cutcher

Web Africa offering free ADSL trial in SA

South African internet service provider Web Africa is offering a free 14 day or 5GB usage trial on its ADSL services.

As well as providing 5GB of free data, users will be able to use unlimited free online gaming on their servers.

Web Africa posted the details of the offer on their website.

The deal expires once the user has consumed 5GB of data or the 14 days are up and one free trial is allowed per Telkom line.

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