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  1. Jan

    Top South African ISPs - April to May 2022

    South Africa's top ISPs ranked Cool Ideas continued its run as South Africa’s top-rated Internet service provider (ISP), followed by Home Connect, Supersonic, Afrihost, and Axxess. The report is based on 246,185 speed tests and customer satisfaction ratings collected through the MyBroadband...
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  3. Jan

    Mweb's terms and conditions would take you 2 hours to read

    One South African ISP has T&Cs that take 2 hours to read It will take over 2 hours to read through all the terms and conditions related to buying a broadband service from Mweb. It was one of the findings from a comparison of the length of the terms and conditions from prominent South African...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Jan

    1Gbps fibre prices compared

    The Ferrari of Internet connections in South Africa pricing compared Among prominent South African ISPs, RSAWeb and Webafrica offer consumers the most affordable 1 Gbps fibre packages across four of the country's biggest fibre networks, a MyBroadband analysis shows. We compared the 1 Gbps...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Jan

    Vumatel 10Gbps still in development phase - testing going well

    Vumatel testing 10 Gbps fibre Vumatel says its 10 Gbps fibre offering is still under development, but testing is going well. The fibre network operator initially announced plans to launch 10 Gbps services in March 2021, saying the commercial launch would follow a month-long testing phase with...
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    A pity about the setup fee when migrating from another ISP

    Have been with Afrihost for very many years and have heard good things about Cool Ideas. Wanted to sign up but see that there is a R999 setup fee or alternatively a claw back fee if cancelling within a year. While I understand the fee for new fibre installs, my infrastructure is already setup...
  7. Jan

    Top ISP in South Africa at the start of 2022

    South Africa's top ISP at the start of 2022 revealed Cool Ideas, RSAWEB, and Webafrica received the highest average customer satisfaction ratings in the latest MyBroadband Insights broadband report. The report is based on 241,572 speed tests and customer satisfaction ratings collected through...
    • Jan
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  8. Jan

    2021 MyBroadband Awards announced

    2021 MyBroadband Awards — South Africa's best broadband providers announced MTN, Cool Ideas, and Vumatel have been crowned as South Africa’s top broadband providers in the 2021 MyBroadband Awards. These awards recognise excellence in South Africa’s broadband and telecommunications industry...
  9. Jan

    Fibre ISP email support tested

    ISP email support tested — and only one could answer a simple question An email support test of South African Internet service providers (ISPs) by MyBroadband revealed that only RSAWeb provided a complete and reasonable answer to the questions asked. Email is a core part of any ISP’s support...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Dark Fibre Africa operational challenges

    Problems at DFA Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) is facing severe operational challenges, including the inability to deliver on fibre and other commercial commitments. MyBroadband has received complaints from DFA clients that they have not been able to execute simple agreements because of problems at...
    • Jan
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  11. Jan

    South Africa's biggest data users of 2021

    The Petabyte squad — South Africa’s biggest data hogs in 2021 At least three fibre-to-the-home users in South Africa consumed more than 1 petabyte (1,000TB) of data during 2021, according to major fibre Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the country. Point Topic's Broadband Tariff Benchmark...
    • Jan
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  12. Jan

    MyBroadband ISP rankings Q4 2021 - Cell C overtakes Rain as worst ISP

    South Africa's top ISP revealed — along with a big surprise about Telkom MyBroadband Insights released its Q4 2021 South African ISP report, which revealed that Cool Ideas, RSAWEB, Afrihost, and Axxess are the best Internet service providers (ISPs). The South African ISP report is based on...
    • Jan
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. 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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    • Replies: 60
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  14. Jan

    ISPs with the highest average speeds in South Africa - end Aug-Nov 2021

    ISPs with the highest speeds in South Africa Research by MyBroadband Insights revealed that Cybersmart, Webafrica, and Cool Ideas have the highest average performance on their networks. The research is based on 1.9 million speed tests performed on MyBroadband’s speed test website and its speed...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 16
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  15. 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.
  16. Jan

    Load-shedding backup systems for R50,000 used by Cool Ideas co-founder Paul Butschi and Rain CTO Gustav Schoeman

    The R50,000 load-shedding backup systems used by Rain and Cool Ideas execs Rain chief technology officer Gustav Schoeman and Cool Ideas co-owner Paul Butschi are among the many South Africans who have installed backup power solutions at their homes to fight load-shedding. Numerous households...
  17. 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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    Own ONT support

    I will hopefully be able to order fiber in September, depending on when FF goes live in Darling. I have a Ubiquiti network, and like to extent this to the ONT. Is this supported by FF/CI? If it is, which specific model should I get (UF-Nano/Loco)? I assume is does not really matter?
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    Port Forwarding not working

    Hi All. I'm having an issue with port forwarding. Keeps showing blocked for any port I open. I'm with Vumatel aerial and CI as my ISP. Have the stock CI router - Archer C20. No other routers on the network, only a range extender also TP-Link. Any port I try is blocked, the only port I can get...
  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...
  21. Jan

    Fibre ISPs in South Africa with the highest customer satisfaction scores in Q2 2021

    Best fibre ISP in South Africa The Q2 2021 South African ISP report revealed that Cool Ideas, Afrihost, and Axxess are the best Internet service providers (ISPs) in South Africa. The report is based on data collected through MyBroadband’s mobile apps and web-based speed test portals between 1...
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