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PANEL 01 / 07 — COVER
25
Years of RSAWEB
From a Cape Town frustration with slow, unreliable internet to the connectivity backbone behind South African business. This wall walks that line, one splice at a time.
2001 —— 2026
PANEL 02 / 07 — 2001–2005
Chapter One
The dial-up rebellion
2001 → 2005
RSAWEB is born out of its founders' frustration with the state of South African internet — and sets out to do it better.
2001
RSAWEB is founded
Two directors set out to build modern, simple, user-friendly internet services for South Africa. Local web hosting launches soon after.
2003
Business ADSL launches
Always-on access changes the landscape — South African homes and offices go online 24/7 for the first time.
2005
First data centre + cloud
RSAWEB opens its first data centre and launches its cloud platform — pay-per-use by credit card, a first for South Africa.
PANEL 03 / 07 — 2008–2011
Chapter Two
Building the backbone
2008 → 2011
Infrastructure gets serious: a second data centre, a fibre ring between three cities, and a ten-year milestone.
2008
Cloud storage arrives
RSAWEB becomes one of the first South African ISPs to offer cloud storage to customers.
2009
Second data centre
A second, larger facility strengthens infrastructure for growing hosting and connectivity demand.
2011
10 years, fibre ring, FTTB
Ten-year anniversary. RAMP Foundation and the Partner Program launch, multi-gigabit fibre links Cape Town–Durban–Joburg, and Fibre-to-the-Business goes live.
PANEL 04 / 07 — 2012–2015
Chapter Three
Going cloud-native & mobile
2012 → 2015
Billing gets smarter, hosting gets managed, and RSAWEB steps into mobile — on its own, network-agnostic terms.
Early 2010s
MyRSAWEB & per-hour cloud
MyRSAWEB V2.0 launches. RSAWEB becomes the first ISP to offer per-hour billing for on-demand cloud server resources, plus managed WordPress hosting.
2015
RSAWEB Mobile launches
Launched in partnership with MTN — the start of South Africa's first mobile-network-agnostic data management platform, later adding Vodacom.
Mid 2010s
Fibre footprint expands
High-speed fibre reaches most business locations across Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban, with Solidfire IOPS storage added to the cloud stack.
PANEL 05 / 07 — 2016–2021
Chapter Four
Fibre to everyone
2016 → 2021
Fibre moves from offices to homes, RSAWEB shows up for customers through a global crisis, and the industry takes notice.
2016–18
Fibre-to-the-Home
FTTH rolls out across most networks, bringing uncapped speeds of up to 1Gbps to South African homes.
2020
In It Together
As the pandemic hits, RSAWEB launches a campaign helping families stay connected to loved ones during lockdown.
2021
20 years & #1 rated
RSAWEB celebrates two decades and is voted South Africa's top-rated internet provider in MyBroadband's customer speed-test survey.
2021
KFM Best of the Cape
RSAWEB wins the KFM Best of the Cape Award, voted for by Capetonians as a favourite local business.
PANEL 06 / 07 — 2022–2026
Chapter Five
The platform era
2022 → 2026
RSAWEB Business evolves from a fibre provider into a connectivity platform — fibre, mobile, microwave and cloud in one relationship.
2022
KFM Best of the Cape, again
RSAWEB retains the KFM Best of the Cape Award for a second year running.
2022
Sanlam Reality partnership
A new partnership with Sanlam Reality gives members an exclusive fibre internet deal.
2022
20,000 on Octotel
RSAWEB becomes the first ISP to reach 20,000 customers on Octotel's fibre network.
2022–25
One partner, every layer
Fibre, microwave and mobile converge under a single management platform, giving businesses failover, visibility and control from one provider.
2025
Almost 100 schools connected
RSAWEB connects close to 100 schools, giving learners reliable internet access.
2026
25 years old
RSAWEB marks 25 years — no longer "who is my ISP", but "who is enabling how I live and work."
PANEL 07 / 07 — CLOSING
Twenty-Five Years On
Here's to the next 25.
From two directors frustrated with slow internet, to fibre in homes across the country and the networks that retail, fintech, healthcare and agriculture businesses build on. Every splice on this wall was laid by someone who worked here — thank you for keeping South Africa connected, at home and at work.
RSAWEB · Cape Town · Est. 2001
