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  1. Luis

    Approval of the lower 6GHz band for standard power operation is imminent

    South Africa on the brink of major Wi-Fi upgrade The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa's (ICASA) approval of the lower 6GHz band for standard power operation is imminent, which will position the country as a global telecoms leader. That is according to Paul Colmer of the...
  3. Luis

    MetroFibre shifts its network expansion strategy

    MetroFibre hits brakes on aggressive fibre rollout in South Africa MetroFibre Networx has shifted its fibre strategy away from aggressive network expansion and towards improving uptake across its existing footprint. “Our build strategy this year has been deliberately selective,” MetroFibre CEO...
  4. Luis

    South Africa's most affordable FTTH plans ranked

    South Africa's most affordable FTTH plans ranked The most affordable FTTH plans in South Africa start at R99 per month, but more generally available packages are typically priced around R500, a MyBroadband analysis found. In recent years, several major fibre network operators (FNOs) have...
    • Luis
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Luis

    Personal information of cannabis users in South Africa exposed on the Internet

    Personal information of cannabis users in South Africa exposed on the Internet The personal records of over 88,000 South Africans who are members of a platform called Cannabis Club Systems have been exposed to the Internet. This included thousands of photographs of South African identity cards...
    • Luis
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    • cannabis cannabis club systems identity documents internet passports
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Luis

    DStv Internet gutted

    DStv Internet gutted Canal+ has cut DStv Internet's product offering down to just three fixed-LTE packages, each offering 400GB of anytime data per month. Based on a search of cached web pages on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, the change occurred sometime in mid-April 2026.
  7. Luis

    TP-Link unveils first Wi-Fi 8 router platform

    TP-Link unveils first Wi-Fi 8 router platform Global Wi-Fi hardware provider TP-Link has announced the launch of the Archer 8, its first Wi-Fi 8 router platform. The company is one of South Africa's largest providers of Wi-Fi hardware and networking solutions and plans to drive the next...
  8. Luis

    The man who created South Africa's first Internet link has died

    The man who created South Africa's first Internet link has died Alan Barrett, the man who created the co.za zone, died in Cape Town today following a diagnosis of late-stage cancer about a month ago. Barrett’s passing was confirmed on behalf of his wife Kerry and the family by two of his...
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    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. Luis

    Two-week-long DDoS campaign in South Africa suddenly ends

    Two-week-long DDoS campaign in South Africa suddenly ends Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against several South African hosting and Internet infrastructure companies appear to have stopped — for now. Over the past two weeks, sustained, high-volume DDoS attacks knocked several...
    • Luis
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    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Luis

    Paratus using South African infrastructure for its satellite Internet services

    Paratus using South African infrastructure for its satellite Internet services Namibian telecommunications firm Paratus Group built its largest satellite teleport facility in South Africa to deliver connectivity across the continent. The group recently struck a partnership with American low...
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    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Luis

    Town with only eight people living in it has uncapped 75Mpbs Internet

    Town with only eight people living in it has uncapped 75Mpbs Internet Despite having just eight permanent residents, the small hamlet of Val in Mpumalanga offers uncapped Internet with speeds of up to 75Mbps. Widely considered South Africa's smallest settlement, the charming, rustic Val has a...
  12. Luis

    Wi-Fi 7 adoption growing in South Africa — TP-Link

    Wi-Fi 7 adoption growing in South Africa — TP-Link TP-Link, one of South Africa's largest providers of Wi-Fi and networking solutions, said it planned to drive local adoption of next-generation connectivity with the recent launch of its Wi-Fi 7 products. Dalen Peng, TP-Link country manager...
  13. V

    Pricing on Static IP

    Hi, I’m considering getting a static IP for my fibre line, my current ISP (Cool Ideas) is charging R100/month. I haven’t found too much information online, but I’ve seen a couple of other ISPs advertising static IPs from around R39 - R59 per month. Would anyone be willing to share what they’re...
  14. Luis

    199 Mbps Internet at the Great White Shark capital of the world

    199 Mbps Internet at the Great White Shark capital of the world MyBroadband achieved 199 Mbps in a nature reserve near the small seaside town of Gansbaai, demonstrating the exceptional mobile coverage in South Africa. Equally impressive was that the free Wi-Fi at the lodge in the nature...
    • Luis
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    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  15. Luis

    The engineers behind South Africa's best mobile network

    The engineers behind South Africa's best mobile network Zoltan Miklos and his team of engineers and planners have created the best mobile network South Africa has ever seen. MTN recently won the coveted MyBroadband ‘Best Mobile Network in South Africa’ award for the eighth year in a row.
  16. Luis

    Capitec reveals it is exploring partnerships with satellite broadband services

    Capitec reveals it is exploring partnerships with satellite broadband services Capitec revealed in its annual results on Wednesday that it wants to offer home broadband connectivity through partnerships as one of its strategic initiatives. Capitec Group CEO Graham Lee told MyBroadband that...
    • Luis
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Luis

    Fibertime rapidly grows from 10,000 households to 400,000

    Fibertime rapidly grows from 10,000 households to 400,000 South African township-focused Internet provider Fibertime has passed 400,000 households with its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity. The founder of the fibre network operator (FNO), Alan Knott-Craig, announced the milestone in a...
    • Luis
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    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. G

    Fibre alternatives

    Hi everyone, I asked for alternatives to fibre a year ago, and at the time I ended up sticking with fibre — but the infrastructure has been so unstable that we’re offline more often than not. Because of that, I’m now looking at options other than fibre. 5G coverage in my area is very limited...
  19. Christiaan1127

    ZTE G5B stuck on 3g, Axxess vodacom package.

    Hi there everyone, making this post if anybody has experienced anything similar and have some tips. So I bought a Vodacom 5g package from axxess recently and it stuck on 3g, even though we have good 4g/5g reception the device refuses to connect to anything except 3g, in the router setting the...
  20. Hanno Labuschagne

    WIOCC route leak causes Internet disruption in SA

    WIOCC route leak causes Internet disruption in SA A Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route leak on the network of a major undersea cable firm connecting South Africa to the rest of the world was behind a recent local Internet outage. Outage tracking website Downdetector showed a surge in reports...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • border gateway protocol (bgp) downdetector internet submarine cables undersea cables west indian ocean cable company (wiocc)
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  21. 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...
    • Hanno Labuschagne
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    • afrihost fibre network operators (fnos) fibre outages fibre-to-the-home (ftth) internet internet outages metrofibre
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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