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  1. Jan

    Business web hosting in South Africa roundup - February 2023

    Best website hosting providers for South African businesses If you want to be a competitive business in South Africa, there are no two ways about it — you need a high-quality website. A digital presence opens up a wealth of potentially-lucrative opportunities by allowing customers to gain easy...
  3. Jan

    Uncapped 4G price comparison - February 2023

    Uncapped 4G showdown — prices from R265 The cheapest uncapped 4G package available in South Africa is Rain's 19-hours Unlimited off-peak plan for R265 a month, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed. However, while Rain's package is capped during peak hours, there are several other options with...
  4. jostian

    Afrihost/Metrofibre dishonesty?

    So its not bad enough that I've only had my account with Afrihost (via Metrofibre) for 3 months and they tell me there will be a upcoming increase of around 15%, seriously!! In the same email they say that from the 1st of February I'll get 400mbps until 1st June (when the increase kicks in)...
  5. Jan

    Frogfoot explains R750 fee for downgrades

    Frogfoot charges R750 to downgrade after hiking prices Fibre network operator Frogfoot is charging Internet service providers (ISPs) a R750 fee if their fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) customers on its network want to downgrade their speeds. MyBroadband learnt of the charge after receiving an email...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 86
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Jan

    MetroFibre prices hikes on 50Mbps and 100Mbps services

    MetroFibre hiking 50Mbps and 100Mbps fibre prices MetroFibre is increasing the prices it charges Internet service providers (ISPs) for a 50Mbps fibre line in June 2023 and also plans to hike pricing on its 100Mbps package during the year. MyBroadband learnt of the 50Mbps price increase through...
  7. Jan

    MetroFibre reduces 500Mbps and 1Gbps prices, grandfathers and upgrades 200Mbps

    MetroFibre cuts prices and doubles speeds of 200Mbps package MetroFibre has dropped its 200Mbps symmetrical fibre package from its network, and customers subscribed to the service will be upgraded to 400Mbps for free. A MyBroadband reader reported the changes after spotting the removal of the...
  8. Jan

    Frontier launches 5Gbps fibre in the US - SA prices don't look too bad

    5Gbps home fibre launched in the US — how pricing compares to 1Gbps in South Africa US Internet service provider (ISP) Frontier has launched a symmetrical 5Gbps fibre package to all customers with access to its network in the US. The company claims to be the first to roll out such a fast home...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost frogfoot frontier metrofibre octotel vumatel
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. Jan

    Uncapped 5G price comparison

    South Africa's big uncapped 5G battle — with prices from R449 There are several fixed-5G packages available to South Africans looking for a fast and uncapped wireless Internet connection. 5G can be a capable alternative broadband technology for those homes or businesses that currently don't...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost axxess mtn rain supersonic telkom uncapped 5g
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Fibre vs copper prices in South Africa and the doom of DSL

    Goodbye ADSL — Fibre vs copper prices in South Africa South Africa's fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) packages are generally cheaper than DSL broadband products with similar download speeds, a comparison by MyBroadband has found. The sole provider of DSL infrastructure in South Africa — Telkom's...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost asynchronous digital subscriber line (adsl) axxess digital subscriber line (dsl) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) mweb openserve telkom very-high-bitrate digital subscriber line (vdsl)
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    South African fibre networks: Google's massive Equiano cable is good news

    Equiano's landing is good news for South Africa's fibre networks Google's Equiano cable landed in Melkbosstrand in Cape Town on 8 August 2022, and the additional undersea capacity promises several benefits to South African fibre network operators (FNOs) and their customers. MyBroadband asked...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost althon beukes bluenova mtn mtn globalconnect openserve suveer ramdhani telkom vodacom
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. K

    Afrihost Fibre Down - HELP PLEASE

    Good day, Fiber has been down for the past hour, i’ve restarted multiple times. Nothings working. I’ve also had a problem for the past month, every 30 minutes I only get 1mb/s for 5 minutes which is also very irritating.
  13. surfer18

    What happened to Afrihost? any alternatives?

    I have been an Afrihost client for close to 12 years now and sadly the service has just become absolutely shocking. I have web hosting products and more recently changed from Vodacom fibre to Afrihost Vodacom Fibre. The issues have been endless ever since I made the shift and I am now regretting...
  14. Jan

    Analytico ISP Rankings - Q4 2022

    Vodacom plummets in ISP rankings — now below Telkom and Rain Analytico’s quarterly customer satisfaction report revealed that Cool Ideas, Afrihost, and Airmobile are the top-rated Internet service providers (ISPs) in South Africa. On the other end of the scale, Mweb, Cell C, and Vodacom were...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost airmobile cell c cool ideas mtn mweb rain rsaweb telkom vodacom webafrica
    • Replies: 35
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Jan

    Openserve's plans for 2023

    Openserve's fibre plans for 2023 — and how its prices compare Openserve's fibre plans for 2023 include adding higher-speed packages and developing a scalable fibre network. MyBroadband asked the fibre network operator (FNO) about its plans for 2023 and whether it planned on launching a...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost fibre network operator (fno) frogfoot metrofibre openserve
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    South African VPS provider price comparison

    South African virtual private server price comparison South Africans looking for a virtual private server (VPS) they can use to develop and release an app, or for their online business, have various cost-effective options from which to choose. MyBroadband compared VPS pricing from Absolute...
  17. Jan

    South Africa's top MVNOs

    South Africa's top MVNOs While most South Africans use the country's major mobile networks — Cell C, MTN, Telkom, and Vodacom — for their cellular needs, they can also choose from a range of mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs). While MVNOs still leverage the network infrastructure of...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost axxess capitec connect cell c first national bank (fnb) mobile virtual network operator (mvno) mtn pick n pay shoprite k'nect standard bank
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    SA's biggest bandwidth hogs of 2022 revealed

    SA's biggest bandwidth hogs of 2022 revealed Prominent Internet service providers (ISPs) had several fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) customers who consumed well over 500 terabytes (TB) of data in the first 11 months of 2022. MyBroadband asked the country's biggest ISPs for the consumption figures of...
  19. Jan

    One Vox / Frogfoot gigabit subscriber used 101TB in November 2022

    The 101TB man — Biggest bandwidth hogs in South Africa Several demanding fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) users consumed over 50 terabytes (TB) of data in November 2022, feedback from three major Internet service providers (ISPs) has shown. However, traffic on major fibre networks appears to have...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost cool ideas fibre-to-the-home (ftth) metrofibre octotel openserve vox vumatel
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. D

    TP Link VR600 Archer and Afrihost

    Would really appreciate some help here guys. Recently signed up for FTTH through Afrihost using my own TP Link VR600 Archer Router. Arrive at the landing batch to authenticate and I'm connected. However, I'm unable to login to the router to change SSIDs, passwords, etc. The router has been...
  21. Jan

    100Mbps FTTH price comparison - December 2022

    Fibre showdown — 100Mbps prices compared Wirulink, C-Way, and RSAWeb offer the lowest 100Mbps fibre prices compared to more-prominent Internet service providers (ISPs) like Afrihost, Axxess, and Cool Ideas, a MyBroadband analysis has shown. Wirulink offers the lowest prices for Openserve and...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost axxess c-way cool ideas frogfoot herotel metrofibre octotel openserve rsaweb wirulink
    • Replies: 22
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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