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  1. Jan

    Biggest FTTH data consumer in South Africa - the 164TB man

    The 164TB man — South Africa's biggest data hog Based on feedback from some of South Africa's prominent fibre-to-the-home Internet service providers (ISPs), data traffic among their top users has continued to increase. The Covid-19 pandemic has spurred demand for fast and reliable Internet...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost cool ideas fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot octotel supersonic vumatel
    • Replies: 60
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    Uncapped FTTH price comparison

    Cheapest home fibre deals in South Africa South Africans can get an uncapped fibre package for as little as R297 per month, thanks to price cuts from fibre network operators and Internet service providers throughout 2021. Several fibre packages have download speeds ranging from 10Mbps to...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost axxess fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot home connect octotel openserve openserve web connect rsaweb telkom vox vuma reach vumatel webafrica
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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    Trouble with Frogfoot Installation

    I have ordered for a Frogfoot fibre connection on 20th October via Afrihost. I was informed from Afrihost that Frogfoot would contact me within 3 weeks of time. It is already a month passed, they have not contacted me yet for a single time. I am repeatedly contacting Afrihost customer executive...
  5. H

    Afrihost & Vumatel non existent support,

    I am at wits end here and do not know what to do. We ordered a new fibre installation through Afrihost over a month and a half ago, eventually after rectifying a issue with a wrong address we finally had the fibre installed on the 2nd of November by two uninterested Vumatel engineers. They came...
  6. Jan

    Afrihost Pure LTE uncapped broadband tested

    From no Internet to 100Mbps in 4 hours We ordered Afrihost's new Pure LTE uncapped broadband service to put it through its paces, and the service levels were impressive.
  7. Jan

    Best video streaming mobile data bundles for under R500 per month

    Best mobile data bundles for Netflix under R500 Several mobile data packages are available in South Africa for under R500 a month that let you stream many hours of Netflix content. As the world's biggest streaming service, Netflix offers thousands of popular movies and TV shows.
  8. R

    Having to re-activate every few days

    Hi all, Having a funny with my 100 Mbps Octotel/Afrihost fibre line. Every couple of days things get flaky - my TP-Link Archer A6 router shows "poor network" under Internet status, DNS gets erratic and even if it is working, many pages just time out when loading. My work IPSec VPN remains...
  9. Jan

    Top ISPs in South Africa (Q3 2021)

    Big surprise in South African ISP rankings RSAWeb has dethroned Cool Ideas as the top Internet service provider (ISP) in South Africa in the latest ISP rankings. The Q3 2021 South African ISP report revealed that RSAWeb is the top-rated ISP, followed by Cool Ideas and Afrihost.
  10. Jan

    Axxess and Afrihost launch uncapped Telkom LTE accounts

    Afrihost and Axxess launch uncapped Telkom LTE — from R595 per month Afrihost and Axxess have announced the launch of uncapped Telkom LTE packages, with Axxess offering an Uncapped Business service for R595 per month. “Our Uncapped LTE package gives you unlimited LTE Internet access all hours...
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    Afrihost and Elementor

    Hi all Long time lurker first-time poster I'm very new to the web design industry and I'm having trouble posting my first website. I just want to find out if using a plugin like Elementor(Free) has given anybody any trouble with this especially the Afrihost packages, should I be using an...
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    Two Routers to one ONT box?

    Hi Guys/Gals This is my first post on mybroadband so please forgive any errors. I currently have a fibre connection with Afrihost running of Openserve. During my install I received one ONT box and the Huawei WS5200 router which included a UPS for loadshedding backups. This works fine. My...
  13. Timmac3D

    Not Getting 1Gbps Fiber - Afrihost & Octotel Not Helping

    Good Day, I thought today I would try and seek feedback or advice from some experienced / professional users of high speed fibre, any fibre engineers that may be on here, or even others that may have experienced the same issue after upgrading to Gigabit fibre. Any help is greatly appreciated...
    • Timmac3D
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    • afrihost afrihost fibre afrihost support fibre gigabit octotel octotel fibre slow fibre speed technical support
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Fibre Networks
  14. Jan

    Fibre price comparison on 500Mbps+ uncapped packages

    High-end fibre price war in South Africa Openserve has launched a new 500Mbps Openserve Fibre Connect service at an affordable rate which is set to shake up the fibre market in South Africa. Many fibre network operators have been offering 500Mbps and 1Gbps fibre-to-the-home services, but...
  15. D

    Using a Newer Router for a VDSL Connection

    Hi all Where I am currently living there is no fibre available at the moment. Cables were dug back in February yet still no feedback on when it will be ready. I currently have MTN fixed LTE through Afrihost. However, the speeds have been quite awful, especially on weekends, hovering at under...
  16. Jan

    Competition Commission approves Afrihost acquisition of Cool Ideas

    Afrihost deal to buy Cool Ideas approved The Competition Commission has unconditionally approved the proposed merger of Afrihost and Cool Ideas. "The Commission found that the proposed transaction is unlikely to result in a substantial prevention or lessening of competition in any relevant...
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    Valheim Self-hosted Dedicated Server on Afrihost via TT Connect Fibre

    (Apologies for the wall of text, but just trying to list everything I've discovered / tried so far ...) I'm trying to to get my friend to connect to my Valheim dedicated server (previously hosted successfully with a friend in Sweden, but on they're holiday for a while). So far he has been...
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    Trying to get fibre installed with Afrihost - now in third week, no luck

    Hi everyone... it's been a while since I have been on MyBB forums! I'm trying to help my parents back in Joburg get signed up to get fibre internet through Afrihost. I emigrated a few years ago and thought it would be a good idea to help them upgrade from ADSL, since I am not sure when we will...
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    Afrihost Fiber Can't Fix Slow Internet

    Yet another day my Afrihost Fiber (Vumatel) down speed appears to be capped at 2Mbps. Tickets were made yesterday and escalated, then escalated again, but looks like I'm going to be stuck at 2Mbps for the whole weekend.
  20. Jan

    When Afrihost buys Cool Ideas, it will own 3 of South Africa's top ISPs

    If you can't beat them, buy them Afrihost is set to acquire a majority stake in Cool ldeas, making it by far the largest independent Internet service provider (ISP) in South Africa. Afrihost was founded in 1999 by three friends — Gian Visser, Brendan Armstrong, and Peter Meintjes — as a...
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