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    Expensive state-backed “1Mbps” satellite Internet company goes dark after launching in South Africa

    Screams AI generated
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    Herotel ordered to open up its closed-access fibre network to Internet service providers

    Even at non black Friday pricing, they are still cheaper than much other providers :unsure:
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    Does Cool Ideas have a coverage map of their service? Their website isn't exactly clear on where their 5G service is at
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    500Mbps Internet for camps in the middle of a desert in South Africa

    I guess total backhaul will be 500Mbps. Which I think would be easy to do with today's new age wifi tech
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    Why? If I may ask?
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    Afrihost Vodacom Fixed 5G thread

    1) When will existing client forced to move off? 2) Why the sudden change? 3) Price drop or Price escalation?
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    I do know the service cost escalated a lot. But my package is being kept as the original until Dec 2027. After which, I will need to evaluate. But I see now, it's completely removed from Afrihost website :unsure:
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    Afrihost - Pure Fibre Feedback Thread Part 2

    Legit having a very weird but similar case. Albeit over Openserve (PPPoE) root@DockerV2:~# speedtest Speedtest by Ookla Server: TechTribe IT - Paarl (id: 38249) ISP: AFRIHOST OTHER Idle Latency: 15.98 ms (jitter: 0.16ms, low: 15.77ms, high: 16.13ms) Download...
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    Afrihost - Pure Fibre Feedback Thread Part 2

    Anyone in the Garden Route area having much slower speeds and some packet loss? root@DockerV2:~# speedtest Speedtest by Ookla Server: Openserve - Port Elizabeth (id: 11915) ISP: AFRIHOST OTHER Idle Latency: 15.99 ms (jitter: 0.14ms, low: 15.93ms, high: 16.21ms)...
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    South Africa misses out on Starlink Mobile

    Is the below a "shoddy product"? Mind you, this was at 36000ft in the sky somewhere over Africa on my way back to CPT from Dubai.
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    Afrihost Mobile Feedback

    Update: Although device registers with VoWiFi, calls fail immediately when trying to call out. Perhaps "roaming" needs to be enabled, but Telkom works flawlessly
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    Afrihost Mobile Feedback

    Pi VoWiFi and VoWhatever below works
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    Afrihost Mobile Feedback

    Heading out of the country tomorrow, so real test for VoWiFi - should work fine, but will report back when I'm back
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    Unlocked 5G SIM cards

    Have you tried prepaid sim?
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    Afrihost Mobile Feedback

    Good luck then. As critical stuff like VoLTE and VoWiFi is not enabled for AirMobile from the start, and Afrihost cannot provide any insight into when it will be enabled. Yet, Pi by MTN (also virtual mobile network) runs on the same MTN network and has got those 2 features enabled by default...
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