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  1. squirrel

    RSAWeb ISP Feedback

    Thoughts on RSAWeb? They have a decent 100mbps Octotel deal on at the moment, but I'm a bit hesitant to switch from Afrihost.
  3. 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.
  4. T

    Vox Telecom - Octotel Poor Speed on gigabit

    Recently upgraded to Gigabit from Vox Telecom on Octotel, and the speeds have been horrible. Steam downloads (over 70GB) maxed out at a peak of 700mbit per second. Initially we thought it was the router so we upgraded to a new router that had gigabit ethernet, but it stayed the same. Any tips...
  5. genetic

    Octotel 200Mbps Upload Limit

    Can anyone explain why Octotel has a speed cap of 200Mbps for uploads? I often download and send massive video files in excess of hundreds of gigabytes at times. Having a 1Gbps download speed is great, but 200Mbps is painfully slow to upload. Frogfoot, Openserve, VOX etc. have much faster...
  6. S

    Looks like Octotel is doing some Upgrades

    Currently have 100/100 mbps line, Coming up as 150/150. Hopefully it's FREE lol
  7. 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...
  8. 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
    • Thread
    • 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
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    These are the fibre Davids taking on industry Goliaths

    These are the fibre Davids taking on industry Goliaths South Africa’s major fibre network players are companies like Vumatel, Openserve, Frogfoot, and Metrofibre. However, several smaller fibre network operators (FNOs), including Zoom Fibre, Octotel, Evotel, Mitsol, and TT Connect, could...
  10. proxicon

    Octotel's Lack of Support for Fiber Access at my estates gate - Seeking Alternatives

    Hello, no ISP is willing to help me set up fiber at the security control room of my estate's main gate entrance, even though Octotel has already installed a fiber box at the gate. We need assistance in gaining internet access at our gate. The entire complex of 109 units has fiber, and we only...
  11. N

    Axxess on Octotel intermittent issues?

    Hey guys and @Captain Axxess We are having internet connectivity issues with our FNO (Octotel) through Axxess for about 2-3 weeks. We are located in Newlands and have a 1000mbps line with Axxess. Recently, we have been facing a few connectivity problems. For instance, we have been receiving...
  12. H

    Afrihost & Octotel

    I'm writing something of this nature for the first time in my life. I really don't like doing this as I have always been an Afrihost supporter but since my fibre line migration from one address to another I am still without any internet connection. The fibre line migration was arranged on...
  13. Jan

    Vumatel and Openserve charge ISPs for downgrades

    These fibre networks punish ISPs when customers downgrade to cheaper packages At least two of South Africa's major fibre network operators (FNOs) penalise Internet service providers (ISPs) when their fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) customers downgrade to slower packages. The issue of fibre downgrade...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • evotel fibre network operator (fno) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot herotel internet service providers’ association (ispa) metrofibre networx octotel openserve telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. N

    Octotel Network issues Newlands?

    Hi guys, our wifi has been off and on today, super slow and when I try load a web page often I get a DNS error then I refresh and the page slowly loads.
  15. Jan

    Biggest fibre networks operators in South Africa - March 2023

    South Africa's biggest fibre networks South Africa has around 1.5 million households with fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connectivity, thanks to a plethora of fibre network operators (FNOs) rolling out infrastructure across the country. Six of these FNOs have over 100,000 customers connected to...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • frogfoot herotel metrofibre networx octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    Friendly warning from ISPA to FNOs - end forced fibre speed upgrades

    Stop forced fibre speed upgrades The Internet Service Providers’ Association of SA (ISPA) has cautioned fibre network operators (FNOs) against forcing fibre upgrades on consumers. “While upgrades advertising ‘more for the same price’, for example, are indeed good news for most consumers, FNOs...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • fibre network operator (fno) frogfoot internet service providers’ association (ispa) metrofibre metrofibre networx octotel openserve
    • Replies: 80
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    500Mbps and 1Gbps fibre networks price comparison after major shake-up

    Fibre shake-up in South Africa — Cheapest 500Mbps and 1Gbps connections Numerous fibre network operators (FNOs) offer South Africans fast and affordable 500Mbps or 1Gbps fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) connections. These top-end speeds let users download and upload large files in the shortest time...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • fibre network operator (fno) frogfoot metrofibre networx octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Jan

    Fibre network operator price comparison - February 2023

    Openserve destroyed in South Africa's 2023 fibre price war Recent changes in South African fibre network operator (FNO) speeds and pricing have made Openserve the most expensive home fibre provider for nearly all line speed categories. This represents a radical shift from the past two years.
  19. N

    How is Octotel? Moving to Cape Town

    Hey guys, We moving from Durban to Cape Town, we on OpenServe currently and their service has been pretty great. Very little congestion and their response time is quick to faults. Our house in Cape Town has OpenServe or Octotel, Im inclined to go with Octotel because A) The Octotel equipment is...
  20. Jan

    Frogfoot and Octotel increase fibre speeds and hike prices

    Frogfoot and Octotel increase fibre speeds and hike prices Fibre network operators Frogfoot and Octotel have made price and speed changes to their wholesale fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) packages. Frogfoot increased speeds on most of its packages sold to Internet service providers (ISPs), effective...
  21. Jan

    Frontier launches 5Gbps fibre in the US - SA prices don't look too bad

    5Gbps home fibre launched in the US — how pricing compares to 1Gbps in South Africa US Internet service provider (ISP) Frontier has launched a symmetrical 5Gbps fibre package to all customers with access to its network in the US. The company claims to be the first to roll out such a fast home...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • afrihost frogfoot frontier metrofibre octotel vumatel
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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