fibre-to-the-home (ftth)

  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Fibertime vouchers now available at Shoprite stores

    Fibertime vouchers now available at Shoprite stores South African township fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) provider Fibertime has added the ability for customers to buy vouchers for Internet access at Shoprite or Checkers stores. Fibertime chief executive officer Danvig de Bruyn announced the new...
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Openserve launches Internet service provider

    Openserve launches Internet service provider Telkom's fibre network operator (FNO), Openserve, has launched its own Internet service provider (ISP), which is selling the FNO's fibre Internet packages directly to consumers. Openserve announced the development in an email sent to third-party...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    MetroFibre announces prepaid fibre price increases

    MetroFibre announces prepaid fibre price increases MetroFibre Networx notified customers on its prepaid 30Mbps MetroConnect product on its Nexus network that their prices would increase from 1 May 2026 by between 18% and 25%. South Africa’s fourth-largest fibre operator by homes passed also...
  5. Hanno Labuschagne

    BMIT predicts explosive broadband growth in South Africa

    BMIT predicts explosive broadband growth in South Africa BMI TechKnowledge (BMIT) predicts that fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) and fixed-wireless access (FWA) connections in South Africa will increase significantly by 2029. This is according to the firm's 2025 South African Broadband Report, which...
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  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    South African who sold two firms to Vumatel is building a fibre company in the US

    South African who sold two firms to Vumatel is building a fibre company in the US South African tech entrepreneur Alon Hendel has set his sights on the United States' fibre-to-the-home market with a company focused on the country’s massive, underserved multi-family apartment sector. Hendel is...
  7. Hanno Labuschagne

    Major Afrihost fibre outage

    Major Afrihost fibre outage Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost is experiencing a "high-impact" national fibre outage in South Africa. Reports of problems at the ISP started spiking on the online service outage reporting website Downdetector at around 05:00 on Wednesday, 25 March 2026.
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Openserve and Vumatel fibre price increases 2026

    Openserve and Vumatel are changing their home fibre prices from April 2026. Please post any communication you may have received from your ISP regarding price changes on your product due to these adjustments.
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    South African fibre Internet users consuming hundreds of terabytes per year

    South African fibre Internet users consuming hundreds of terabytes per year One of South Africa's largest Internet service providers (ISPs) saw multiple customers consume hundreds of terabytes of data during the year. South Africa's Internet traffic has surged in recent years. In November...
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Major Internet outages in SA

    Major Internet outages in SA Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost and fibre network operator (FNO) MetroFibre reported high-impact fibre connectivity outages on Sunday, 14 September 2025. Downdetector showed a big increase in user reports of issues with Afrihost services from around 09:00...
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  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    Township fibre battle brewing in South Africa

    Township fibre battle brewing in South Africa Millions more homes are set to get uncapped fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) Internet in South Africa in the coming years, with informal settlements and townships being key targets in the expansion. Recent research from BMIT shows that roughly 4.5 million...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Zoom Fibre price hikes and speed downgrades shock ISPs

    Zoom Fibre price hikes and speed downgrades shock ISPs Several major Internet service providers (ISPs) are crying foul over extreme price hikes on major fibre network operator (FNO) Zoom Fibre. The FNO is also being accused of unethical business practices for exclusively selling more...
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Zoom Fibre implementing big fibre price hikes

    Zoom Fibre implementing big fibre price hikes One of South Africa's largest fibre network operators (FNOs) is dropping its three most affordable lines and force-upgrading customers to a faster package, resulting in substantial price hikes for many of its customers. Impeccable sources at two...
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Openserve price hikes from 1 April

    Openserve price hikes from 1 April South Africa's second-biggest fibre network operator (FNO) Openserve will increase the wholesale prices of its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) products from 1 April 2025. The FNO typically adjusts its FTTH pricing on this date every year, aligning with the start of...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    Best FNOs of Q3 2024

    Best FNOs of Q3 2024 An analysis by MyBroadband has found that Herotel is the best FNO in South Africa, followed by Vumatel and Octotel. These findings are based on feedback from over 5,500 unique users on the MyBroadband Speed Test website.
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Big RSAWeb FTTH outage

    Big RSAWeb FTTH outage Internet service provider (ISP) RSAWeb is suffering from a widespread fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) outage. Hundreds of RSAWeb users reported problems with accessing the Internet on the outage tracking website Downdetector on Saturday, 11 May 2024.
  17. Hanno Labuschagne

    Criminals stealing fibre cables and "smoking" them

    Criminals stealing fibre cables and "smoking" them At least one major fibre network operator (FNO) in South Africa has learnt that criminals are stealing parts of its fibre cabling and smoking them. MyBroadband recently asked the country's biggest FNOs how their rollouts and network uptime...
  18. Hanno Labuschagne

    Remgro earnings take a hit thanks to Vumatel and DFA

    Remgro earnings take a hit thanks to Vumatel and DFA Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) parent company Community Investments Ventures Holdings (CIVH) contributed far less to the headline earnings per share of its majority shareholder — Remgro — in the second half of 2023. According to...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Openserve fibre price hikes from April 2024

    Hi everyone We've received word of fibre price hikes on Openserve's network from 1 April 2024. Would be great if you could confirm receiving communication from your ISP about these adjustments. @AfriNatic @Afrigirl @AfriGuy
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Vodacom contract and fibre price hikes for 2024 announced

    Vodacom contract and fibre price hikes for 2024 announced Vodacom has announced tariff hikes for its postpaid and fibre products in South Africa, effective from 1 April 2024. Vodacom said the bill of the average customer using these products would be increased by 4.6%, lower than the 5.3%...
  21. Hanno Labuschagne

    Major MetroFibre FTTH outage

    Major MetroFibre FTTH outage Fibre network operator (FNO) MetroFibre was hit by a major network outage affecting numerous fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) customers in at least four provinces on Friday, 23 February 2024. According to reports on outage tracking website Downdetector, customers first...
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