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  1. 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...
  3. 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...
    • Luis
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    • .co.za alan barrett andrew alston internet internet link remco van mook south african internet
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. 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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    • ddos distributed denial of service internet internet infrastructure internet outage netscout
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. 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...
    • Luis
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    • internet leo low earth orbit satellite paratus paratus group starlink
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. 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...
  7. 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...
  8. 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...
  9. 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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    • gansbaai great white sharks internet mybroadband speed test speed test
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. 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.
  11. 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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    • broadband capitec capitec internet graham lee internet low-earth orbit
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. 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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    • alan knott-craig fibertime fibre network fibre-to-the-home internet townships
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. 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...
  14. 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...
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. Attic

    Cool Ideas Fixed LTE (MTN) Odd Throttling (?) Behaviour

    Hello all. I am sitting with a very strange issue, one of which I am not sure how to resolve, so I thought I would put it out here for all the clever online peoples to have a look at, to potentially offer solutions (Or to maybe even just tell me that I'm not alone) We have been with Cool Ideas...
  18. RoLeLu

    Telkom Anytime data being used over uncapped

    So I bought an off-peak uncapped data bundle from Telkom about a couple weeks ago or so and today I bought a 3GB anytime + 3GB Night Surfer data from them; to be used for when my off-peak uncapped data bundle eventually runs out. I've noticed that when using data during the period when the...
  19. BearCruz

    star link kit

    Edit: OBVIOUSLY NOT WORTH BOTHERING SELLING FOR THE TIME BEING. Item: Starlink Gen 2 Standard Kit Age: 6 months Price: R9 000 Payment Method Accepted: EFT, Paypal, Ethereum Warranty: Yes Warranty Holder: With Icasasepush Packaging: Yes, included Condition: Mint Location: Pretoria Reason: Never...
  20. B

    Migrating from Telkom to Afrihost

    Hi MyBB Community I am toying with the idea of moving my fibre line from Telkom to Afrihost. It seems I still need to serve the 30-day cancellation period on Telkom's end, and thus can only activate the Afrihost service in a minimum of 30 days. My questions: Is this your experience as well...
  21. brandon82

    Home connect

    STAY AWAY FROM HOME CONNECT, it has been over a month of bad service getting less than half my speed I am charged for. I have to call in and spend hours on the phone tring to sort it out with nothing done. then they send a new router that is faulty and once again I have to call in, the never...
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