cybersmart

  1. Anthro

    Cybersmart / Lightspeed unable to access .jsp page to check usage

    Interesting one this, on the https://my.cybersmart.co.za/ portal one is supposed to be able to view usage, change link speeds (or allocate more data - which is what I want to do) Getting a error 500 on the .jsp page. Anyone else with them ? Their https://help.cybersmart.co.za/ is also a hot...
  2. Jan

    Low-cost website hosting roundup - including Github Pages - April 2023

    Best affordable website hosting in South Africa Websites are an essential branding and marketing tool for South African businesses, and companies in the country can get affordable hosting packages from various providers. This includes local companies like Afrihost, Axxess, Absolute Hosting...
  3. Jan

    Best-rated ISPs in South Africa - March 2023

    South Africa's top ISPs at the start of 2023 Analytico's latest South African ISP rankings revealed that Afrihost is South Africa's top-rated Internet service provider (ISP), followed by Axxess and Mweb. It is the first report that used Analytico's new rating methodology, which considers more...
  4. 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...
  5. Jan

    ISP's plans for fixed LTE in South Africa

    Fixed-4G isn't going anywhere — here's what South African ISPs have planned Mobile network operators in South Africa have focussed on launching 5G Internet solutions for some time now, but 4G isn’t going anywhere. MyBroadband asked South African Internet service providers about their plans for...
  6. Jan

    ISPs either silent or not interested in Cell C wholesale fixed LTE (right now)

    ISP plans for Cell C LTE — Cybersmart and RSAWeb aren't interested South African Internet service providers (ISPs) Cybersmart and RSAWeb aren't interested in reselling Cell C's fixed-LTE products, the companies told MyBroadband. However, their reasoning is different, with one focusing on its...
  7. Jan

    South African ISPs plan to resell 5G services

    These ISPs plan to launch 5G services in South Africa Several major South African Internet Service Providers (ISPs) — including Afrihost, Cybersmart, Vox Telecom, and Webafrica — have plans to resell 5G services in South Africa. The ISPs confirmed their plans in response to questions from...
  8. Jan

    ISPs with highest proportion of users with connections faster than 100Mbps

    Speed breakdown — ISPs with the highest ratio of tests over 100Mbps revealed New research by Analytico revealed that Cybersmart, Metrofibre, and Rain have the highest ratio of speed tests above 100Mbps. Analytico is a research company that provides reports, network intelligence, and marketing...
  9. Jan

    Top bandwidth consumers in South Africa - August 2022

    The 693TB man — South Africa's biggest bandwidth hog Several of South Africa's major Internet service providers have measured their fibre-to-the-home customers using tens of terabytes of data per month during 2022. Major residential fibre network operators in the country have rapidly expanded...
  10. Jan

    Cybersmart sells significant minority stake to Infra Impact

    Infra Impact acquires large stake in Cybersmart Cybersmart has announced that Infra Impact Mid-Market Infrastructure Fund 1 has acquired a significant minority stake in the ISP. Infra Impact Mid-Market Infrastructure Fund 1 has a target size of R1.5 billion and focuses on telecommunications...
  11. K

    How is Cybersmart 500Mbps uncapped?

    Hey. I’m moving into an apartment building and need to get good reliable internet for my job. I noticed there is already a Cybersmart Lightspeed fibre box installed in the apartment. Haven’t really looked at them before now, I see they offer 500Mbps for R899. How are they able to provide that...
  12. Jan

    RIP Axxess free 1GB ADSL account

    Axxess ends free ADSL account Once upon a time ISPs would give South Africans free ADSL data to let us try out their services.
  13. J

    Can anyone vouch for Cybersmart

    Does anyone have expirience with Cybersmart's fibre offerings, specifically on Openserve? How is their general customer support and uptime? Ignoring the usual names (Afrihost, CISP, Websquad) as alternatives.
  14. 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...
  15. Jan

    MyBroadband Q4 2021 ISP speed test results

    There is one ISP in South Africa with an average speed of over 100Mbps MyBroadband Insights has released its latest speed test results, revealing that Cybersmart is the Internet service provider (ISP) with the highest average speed. The speed test results are based on data collected through...
  16. 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...
  17. Anthro

    Routing issues.. Cybersmart Lightspeed to Azure

    I am again having routing issues, this time on my home ISP to servers and services in Azure. Worked last week, now no longer... What is going on with the network layers between Service Providers these days ? Do Cybersmart or Lightspeed even have a representative on here ? I can SSH to this...
  18. Jan

    Active Ethernet vs GPON - the price of fibre in South Africa

    Why you pay more for faster fibre in South Africa For fibre network operators who have built their infrastructure using Active Ethernet technology, it costs them no more to offer a 10Mbps line than it does 1Gbps. Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON), an alternative technology, works on...
  19. M

    Fibre activation issue

    I have an issue regarding activation of Fibre in my place, apparently there's an arder placed already for my adress under Vumatel, and now everytime when I try to apply for Fibre I get rejected due to an order that already exist with my adress. Currently I would like to get Fibre activated...
  20. Anthro

    Ubiquiti AirCube AC WiFi Router | ACB-AC VLAN on WAN Support ?

    Hello Everyone. My Fibre connection from Cybersmart Lightspeed uses VLAN on the WAN connection, anyone that can comment on the ACB-AC ability to do this, or have one of these that can comment on the performance as a router ? https://scoop.co.za/ubiquiti-aircube-ac-wifi-router-acb-ac.html
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