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  1. Prof.Merlin

    How NetFlorist was founded through a project intended to build an e-commerce platform for Makro

    I fixed it. I opt out of their marketing campaigns every other month and they just continue. I stopped caring about NetFlorist when I tried to order something for a family member from outside South Africa and realised they charge different rates for South Africa and overseas.
  3. Prof.Merlin

    South Africa's R744,000 DigiTech.gov.za website has been inaccessible since June

    Did a dutch person write this article? "However, the website itself was still sluggish and laden with errors."
  4. Prof.Merlin

    What Eskom se Push has been doing since load-shedding was brought to a halt

    This app's schedule always confused me. To me the UX is not great.
  5. Prof.Merlin

    From selling electronic car radios to revolutionising South Africa's prepaid airtime system

    Why do I remember reading this same article a year or two ago.
  6. Prof.Merlin

    ISPA says HOAs and body corporates should allow fibre and ISP competition

    Buh-rein estate in kraaifontein signed a 20 year+ agreement with the devil being Amobia. They were the only installer allowed in the estate. They charge a monthly levy fee and stupid monthly subscription packages. After lots of Issues, complaints and nothing being done, we asked Octotel to...
  7. Prof.Merlin

    DStv vs Openview vs StarSat affordability comparison

    Next article: DStv smashes Openview, StarSat in sports comparision
  8. Prof.Merlin

    Afrihost AirMobile eSIM sign-up tested

    So here is a use case i am not sure you will cover. I emigrated to Netherlands 3 years ago. I have a physical vodacom sim that if I turn my phone onto airplane mode with WiFi on, it goes onto vow if I and I can make calls to South Africa at normal South African rates. But I need to change SIM...
  9. Prof.Merlin

    DStv must keep carrying E-tv channels for at least 6 months - Competition Tribunal

    The real question should be "why are you still paying for dstv?"
  10. Prof.Merlin

    MTN launches MTN Fibre, powered by Supersonic

    Wait, didn't they essentially do this a few years ago with Afrihost and it was a complete failure? Back then Afrihost only moved their network over to MTN. Imagine everything being run and controlled by MTN now.
  11. Prof.Merlin

    Afrihost - Pure Fibre Feedback Thread Part 2

    I see my parents are currently on a 50mbit package for R699. If i look at the packages available, it shows there is a vuma tactical package 25mbit for R450 a month. If I downgrade them from 50mbit to 25mbit vuma tactical, would there be a downgrade fee or penalty involved?
  12. Prof.Merlin

    Webafrica acquisition of Mweb gets green light from CompCom - with conditions

    Mweb went the day Rudi stepped down.
  13. Prof.Merlin

    Samsung Galaxy S23 FE announced

    Damn, now I need to go buy new cables again to support another port standard
  14. Prof.Merlin

    INX-ZA's rapid expansion and 100% uptime legacy

    I would be interested to see a traffic graph of jinx and compare it to napafrica. Which is more popular now days? And do ISPs peer at both inx and napafrica or only 1?
  15. Prof.Merlin

    Why using your phone in the bathroom is a bad idea

  16. Prof.Merlin

    MultiChoice expands DStv fibre bundles to Vumatel

    It’s when you ping an Ip address and it responds back with duplicates(or repeats)
  17. Prof.Merlin

    MultiChoice expands DStv fibre bundles to Vumatel

  18. Prof.Merlin

    Companies that power South Africa's fibre networks (Frogfoot and MetroFibre respond)

    Now that frogfoot has disclosed what suppliers they use, I will be sure to stay away from them if I want anything above 90% uptime.
  19. Prof.Merlin

    DStv Streama review - October 2022

    What does a codec have to do with an ethernet port?
  20. Prof.Merlin

    How cheap is South Africa's electricity prices?

    Paying rand or dollar, €0,82 per kwH is expensive as **** and hardly anybody in the country can afford it.
  21. Prof.Merlin

    MTN mobile data network down for hours

    MTN will respond later with "a small portion of users experienced the problem"
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