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    The beginner's guide to buying a fibre package

    There's also the issue of if you live in a demographically favoured area that has differently priced offerings.
  2. pastryk

    Did Fibre Drain My Battery?

    Although I do feel that the now much faster almost never down internet has something to do with the quicker draining of battery just like when you are in an area (basement etc) that goes in and out cel range and your device drains faster due to always trying to connect, I suspect this to be the...
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    Did Fibre Drain My Battery?

    I guess that might be area specific Perhaps in my area a SSid like "Covid_Spreader_19" or "Hamas_Trapper_6" or even "Anti_Corruption_Unit_2021"
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    Did Fibre Drain My Battery?

    I have some oldish Samsung devices- S7 edge handset and a Galaxy Tab S2 10.1 I've had Vuma Reach Fibre ONT for about a month and coincidently noticed these devices' battery drain 3 times faster compared to when I had ADSL. The strange part is that the tablet isn't in use much and all apps are...
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    Why Vuma Reach is only available through two ISPs

    These "free routers" are just little last mile supplier boxes that use 1 login and password through which all users and devices must connect. Unlike a conventional router/Wi-Fi modem there is little control. Also the range is kak. Apparently called a CPE as detailed in the attachment. I wonder...
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    Discovery Giveaway – R2,000 cash up for grabs

    Well, I found the contact us telephone number quite interesting - +27860675777 Would have been cool of it ended 57 67 77!
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    The 76TB man – South Africa’s biggest bandwidth hog in the lockdown

    So, would it be fair to say, stay away from Afrihost and other ISP's that have such high usage? Would it mean that other users suffer from this bandwidth gluttony?
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    Free Internet speed upgrades for lockdown in South Africa – All the details

    Us ADSL peasants excluded I spose.
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    Free Internet speed upgrades for South Africans

    And what about us ADSL plebs ‍♂️
  10. pastryk

    SABC Day Zero can happen tomorrow if big companies want their money

    Shut down SABC but not SAA.....
  11. pastryk

    How to save data when watching Netflix and Showmax

    It would be amazing if I could be able to download to an external via my TV using the night data.
  12. pastryk

    South African Fibre-to-the-Home Survey – Win prizes worth R10,000

    Done
  13. pastryk

    Test your broadband speed and win prizes worth R5,000

    1st test, MWEB, GRASSY PARK, CAPE TOWN Ping: 108ms Download: 2.04Mbps Upload: 0.3Mbps 2nd test 2nd test Grassy Park Cape Town
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    Two-Day Giveaway - Enter now and win great prizes

    I like the inclusivity
  15. pastryk

    MyBroadband Readership Survey - Win prizes worth R5,000

    Done it
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