fibre-to-the-home (ftth)

  1. 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...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • fibre network operators (fnos) fibre price hikes fibre price increases fibre prices fibre-to-the-home (ftth) zoom fibre
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. 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...
  4. 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...
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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
  10. 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%...
  11. 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...
  12. Hanno Labuschagne

    Prepaid fibre options in South Africa

    Prepaid fibre options in South Africa South Africans looking for highly flexible but fast and reliable broadband could look into a prepaid fibre subscription with several of the country's biggest fibre network operators (FNOs). While conventional monthly fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) packages have...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    South Africa's biggest FTTH networks share achievements and challenges in 2023

    South Africa's biggest FTTH networks share achievements and challenges in 2023 South Africa's biggest fibre network operators (FNOs) continued to expand their fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks substantially in 2023. The number of people using FTTH has surged past those that had a Telkom DSL...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • evotel fibre network operator (fno) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot herotel home fibre metrofibre octotel openserve vodacom vumatel zoom fibre
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. Hanno Labuschagne

    Frogfoot line speed and price changes

    We've received emails from Webafrica customers being notified about line speed and price changes on their Frogfoot FTTH packages. Just checking to confirm whether more people from other ISPs had received notice of the changes. @Afrigirl @AfriGuy
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    MetroFibre opens "Experience Store" in Thembisa

    MetroFibre opens "Experience Store" in Thembisa South African fibre network operator (FNO) MetroFibre launched its first store in Thembisa on Friday, 1 December 2023. The new "Experience Store" is located at the Busy Corner Imbizo Shisanyama in Thembisa, with employees recruited from the local...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Vumatel reaches 2 million homes passed with FTTH

    Vumatel reaches 2 million homes passed with FTTH South Africa’s biggest home fibre network operator (FNO) — Vumatel — recently passed 2 million households with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity. Vumatel parent company Maziv said that one million of the homes were passed within the last...
  17. Jan

    DSL and FTTH prices in South Africa compared - June 2023

    ADSL vs fibre prices in South Africa — the winner is clear South Africans can save a fair amount each month if they can opt for a home fibre package instead of DSL, a MyBroadband analysis has revealed. Although comparing fibre to DSL on a like-for-like basis can be challenging, it is possible...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • afrihost digital subscriber line (dsl) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) openserve telkom
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Jan

    Telkom has around 74,500 DSL customers left

    Telkom fixed-line wipeout Despite rapidly growing its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network in South Africa in the past year, Telkom's Openserve division lost over 200,000 fixed-line customers. According to the telecoms company's Abridged Annual Results for 2023, fixed-access lines declined from...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • digital subscriber line (dsl) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) openserve serame taukobong telkom
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  19. Jan

    Uncapped 5G and fibre prices compared - May 2023

    Uncapped 5G vs fibre in South Africa — Speeds and prices compared There are now numerous uncapped fixed-5G packages available in South Africa for roughly the same prices as uncapped home fibre products with similar speeds. Without a doubt, the fastest and most reliable form of broadband...
  20. Jan

    Load-shedding makes fixing fibre breaks harder, explains FNO

    Why fibre breaks can take longer to fix during load-shedding Fibre operators' support teams can be heavily impacted by load-shedding, resulting in fibre break fixes taking longer than expected. This is according to Evotel general manager Bradley Bekker, who added that while fibre network...
  21. Jan

    Herotel reports it now passes 500,000 stands, targeting a million in 3-5 years

    Herotel hits major fibre milestone Fibre operator Herotel says its network now passes 500,000 stands. The company said it would continue to execute its rollout plans at a consistent rate. Although Herotel said it had been proactive in addressing the challenges of load-shedding, it acknowledged...
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