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    Urban x fibre

    You're not going to be able to build a credit with an ISP, they aren't generally registered credit providers (except for some MNOs) Get a small 3-6 month interest free account at a Woolworths or the like, pay it off well, not early, just on time every month. Credit doesn't reward an eager...
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    Not an IT Tech

    I think the bigger issue here is you need an IT technician to assist with your mother's day to day requirements. It's clear that there is confusion and conflation between IT and ISP Tech support roles here.. An ISP is not there to be IT tech support. You don't call the water utility when you...
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    Massive Internet outage in SA

    Sitting here on wifi with about 250 Mbps from London at 169ms, and all these cables down. Seems pretty fine to me.
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    Urban x fibre

    Any chance you can navigate to bgp.he.net and show us the output (minus your IP)? Interested to see how they’re going to better latencies more than the established guys who’ve been doing this for a long while.
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    Static IP's / Metrofiber, Axxess and CISP

    Just check the Ts and Cs carefully. These generally aren’t designed to apply to some and not all.
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    Mweb/frogfoot 1Gbps Uncapped Fibre?

    Let’s start backwards. A ‘good’ router can set you back anything from R600-R <insert your lottery numbers here>. It depends on what you need. Obviously this is for your home, so you can cap your needs, so we’ll get to this once you’ve got your budget on the access portion sorted. Let’s look at...
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    Why Fibre ? 2022 the nightmare continues

    By that logic, power, water, rent and petrol should all get cheaper once the infrastructure matures and is paid off. It doesn’t. Fibre infrastructure is being deployed with ROIs north of 10 years by private companies from what I’ve seen. I’m a tech who appreciates being paid at the end of the...
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    Static IP's / Metrofiber, Axxess and CISP

    Seeing as fibre is a new service- and Axxess are likely covering some sort of startup costs, you will be bound by their standard Ts and Cs. Rather just cancel your DSL and order the fibre from your new ISP. Simple.
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    Space Web SA Cheap Hosting Provider

    How is a server hosted in Atlanta giving you a better ping than any server hosted out of SA? I get <3ms to my JHB hosted servers and <20ms from Cape Town. London is closer than east coast US and you’re telling me that you then get a better ping to a server in the middle of the US than all these...
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    Do you use WhatsApp voice notes?

    I ignore them
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    Mweb/frogfoot 1Gbps Uncapped Fibre?

    If you’re going to spend good money monthly on a Gbps service, spend good money on some network hardware. Get a decent router, switch and some access points, or a good mesh if your budget is smaller. Anything less and you’re throwing good money at a bad network.
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    Static IP's / Metrofiber, Axxess and CISP

    Doesn’t Axxess have a 6 or 12 month cancellation claw back? don’t think you’ll be able to switch just like that. Not sure how it simplifies things by going from adsl to fibre on one ISP, then moving? They’re two completely different services?
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    Why Fibre ? 2022 the nightmare continues

    I’m guessing OP doesn’t have Herotel coverage based on this thread? I still remember paying R700 odd a month for a 4 Mbps uncapped ADSL line in 2014. That’s well over R900 in today rands. Just look at every other bill you pay and how much it’s gone up. You can get 50 Mbps or more on most...
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    Web Squad ISP

    Looking good again this side. Getting my usual speeds on WiFi and latency looks good. Streams also working well tonight. Thanks for the quick fix and feedback.
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    Which ISP is better?

    Could be why no one is recommending any of them...
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