fibre

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    Help me choose fibre ISP (Durban)

    Fibre going live in a month or so in my area. Three FNO's installing, looking at Mitsol (Other two are HyperHood and Metrofibre Networks). Any ISP's to stay away from/ bad experiences?
  3. D

    ISP Existing Fibre Installation Fees

    Hi All. I am just trying to garnish a little clarity. I recently moved into a new house in which the previous owner had Openserve installed Openserve Fibre Line with ONT and D-link DWR 965m Router/Modem, which was left in place as part of the house sale agreement. I am not sure which ISP he...
  4. Timmac3D

    Not Getting 1Gbps Fiber - Afrihost & Octotel Not Helping

    Good Day, I thought today I would try and seek feedback or advice from some experienced / professional users of high speed fibre, any fibre engineers that may be on here, or even others that may have experienced the same issue after upgrading to Gigabit fibre. Any help is greatly appreciated...
    • Timmac3D
    • Thread
    • afrihost afrihost fibre afrihost support fibre gigabit octotel octotel fibre slow fibre speed technical support
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Fibre Networks
  5. JordanAKAxblazii

    Frogfoot and Openserve fibre

    Do other network lay fibre down where there is already a fibre like Vumatel because Openserve and other isp have better prices than Vumatel Vodacom?
  6. D

    Using a Newer Router for a VDSL Connection

    Hi all Where I am currently living there is no fibre available at the moment. Cables were dug back in February yet still no feedback on when it will be ready. I currently have MTN fixed LTE through Afrihost. However, the speeds have been quite awful, especially on weekends, hovering at under...
  7. T

    Fibre Wi-Fi Network Usage Tracker

    Hi all, I have a 50Mbps fibre package with Supersonic and it would be interesting to see my household's monthly data usage. I tried viewing the usage on Supersonic's customer portal, but it just shows a usage of 0 for the current and every previous month. (I assume this is some sort of error)...
  8. N

    TP-Link Home Wifi Mesh - Noob questions

    Hi All, I'm a bit of a Noob when it comes to IT hardware and is hoping to get a basic understanding of the differences between the TP-Link Home Mesh systems. Our house is about 400m^2 with solid brick walls. We're looking to cover the entire home with a wifi mesh system. We are 4 people in the...
  9. J

    Cant connect to CPE

    I have an existing internet connection at my new home (Dont know who the provider is). I want to put a LAN cable through the roof to the room where my desktop is. Unfortunately, the 4 ports on the router are already taken so I decided to plug my PC directly into the CPE. It doesn't work, I get a...
  10. J

    Terrible service on Frogfoot/Afrihost

    We were experiencing constant packet loss and interruptions in the connection with on a fiber line on Frogfoot, then eventually the connection cut out completely. The fiber line technicians came after a few days and said our line is good but the ONT is broken. It has since been a week of trying...
  11. J

    which isp to choose

    Hi there, in November we're finally upgrading to fibre (currently on a terrible telkom contract, can't wait for it to be over). I've been doing a bit of research as to which isp to go with and I can't make up my mind. which do you think is the best and why? currently hoping to upgrade to 100mbps...
  12. Z

    Openserve fibre with Home-Connect ISP: How to use with my own router if my own router does not support VPN

    My setup: I have 25mbps download / upload with Home Connect on Openserve fibre. I have a Hauwei B525 as the first modem/router and use Google Wifi routers for my mesh wifi. The problem with Google Wifi is that it does not have ability to configure a VPN which is required when using Home Connect...
    • ZainAjam
    • Thread
    • fibre home-connect l2tp openserve port forwarding pppoe
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Fibre Networks
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    The 69TB man — The biggest fibre hogs in SA

    The 69TB man — The biggest fibre hogs in SA South Africa's fibre-to-the-home network traffic has continued to climb over the first half of 2021. This is according to four prominent fibre ISPs who recently provided feedback to MyBroadband on data usage by their home fibre customers. Cool...
  14. L

    OpenServe/Home Connect - L2TP connection drops after reboot

    The L2TP connection won’t reconnect after I reboot my router. Does anyone know why this happens/why I can't reconnect/what I can do to avoid this from happening in future?
  15. M

    Mweb speeds

    Howzit guys, Sometime last year due to COVID, the company I work for decided to pay for our fibre lines so that we could work from home. We were given the base speed of 20/20 Mbps on the Mweb ISP. Now, because I wasn't paying for the fibre, I wasn't too fussed when the speeds were inadequate or...
    • mojok90
    • Thread
    • 20/20 connectivity fiber fibre isp mweb mweb fibre slow slow speed speed
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Fibre ISP Discussions
  16. P

    Why MTS (Mind The Speed) stands out above the rest... :)

    I have been a long time connoisseur of the internet and have always made sure I have an active online connection. As a technical person in the ICT industry it is paramount that when working from home I have an online active solution. I have thoroughly struggled to have that though, a good decent...
  17. Sirius

    Cancelling Supersonic and moving to Fibre

    Finally got fibre in my complex thanks to Frogfoot as I am based in Stellenbosch and am currently using Supersonic LTE uncaped as I am WFH. Vox has been the first to jump with a quote to offer a 30Mb for R599 (way cheaper than the R999 I am paying for Supersonic). I will get more quotes from...
  18. I

    Vuma Reach Aerial Fibre

    Hey, So vumatel is currently installing fibre in my area via the aerial route, putting up wooden poles instead of the underground option and vumatel is offering the Vuma Reach fibre option for the area.I should mention that the area didn't have fibre before this and this the first time we will...
    • infrared
    • Thread
    • aerial fibe fibre vuma reach vumatel vumatel fibre
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Fibre Networks
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    US will help fund DFA fibre rollout study in South Africa

    US will help fund DFA fibre rollout study in South Africa The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) will help fund a fibre rollout feasibility study aimed at expanding reliable and affordable Internet access and digital services to underserved populations living outside of South Africa’s...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    Uncapped broadband price war — ADSL vs fibre

    Uncapped broadband price war — ADSL vs fibre Uncapped ADSL products are now much cheaper than comparable fibre connections following the introduction of naked DSL in South Africa. For many years fibre offered the most affordable uncapped connectivity because ADSL and VDSL users were forced to...
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    Fibre VS 4g

    I'm in Centurion; have MTN Supersonic, and constantly get between 30 to 40 mb up and down speeds. I have the 200 GB data package for R599, and this amount of data is enough for me. Ping 24ms Download 33.57Mbps Upload 29.41Mbps 41.117.31.97 MTN SA Openserve Fibre is now available in our area...
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