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Howzit MyBB Community, Recently, Openserve announced price reductions across their product range,. Afrihost very quickly responded, by initiating a free upgrade campaign! Same bucks...more speed. As a then loyal Cool Ideas customer, I called to enquire as to what their plans were. They...

Fibre price face-off in South Africa following Openserve wholesale changes A fibre price war has started in South Africa after Openserve announced major changes to its wholesale offering. Openserve is South Africa’s biggest fixed broadband provider and covers over 2.4 million households with...

Big fibre speed upgrades and price cuts for Mweb customers Mweb has launched its new Openserve fibre products based on the line speed changes implemented by the network earlier this year. “We’re excited to launch our new 25Mbps upload and 25Mbps download speed product, for only R499pm,” Mweb...

Openserve's fibre price cuts - What to expect from ISPs Openserve recently told ISPs that it was upgrading its wholesale fibre line speeds at no additional charge while also cutting fibre line rental costs. This means that many Openserve customers may see their line speeds doubled due to the...

Hello how get an openserve B number using my serial number ? My serial no is 4857544327113D9E

I currently have an account with CoolIdeas + Vumatel with a 20/2 line, (never needed anything better, but anything less usually gets me on the bad side of the family). The new area does not have Vumatel but it has OpenServe and Vodacom. I heard of OpenServe, but I am not familiar with Vodacom...

How ISPs will buy DSL and fibre data from Openserve Telkom's wholesale and networks division, Openserve, has replaced its widely vilified IP Connect wholesale product with a much cheaper service that it has dubbed Openserve Broad Connect. Openserve Broad Connect, and previously IP Connect, is...

Hi Guys, Looking for someone willing to assist with procuring a 1Gbps Metro Ethernet Layer 2 connection. Feasibility has been done, and is viable. But I need someone willing to push for the installation asap. The link needs to be done from Rural Town to Teraco Isando. Struggling to get decent...

Hi everyone, I recently signed up with RSAWeb on the their Openserve 40Mbps/20Mbps line (OS upgraded to 50Mbps/25Mbps yesterday). The speed, both down and up for Netflix (speed test done on Fast.com) and YouTube, have been consistent and in line with the quoted spec speed and I have been able...

Openserve boosts fibre speeds at no additional cost to consumers Openserve is increasing the speed of three of its fibre products – 10Mbps, 20Mbps, and 50Mbps - at no cost to consumers. The company said it continuously monitors client and market demands to provide consumers with world-class...

We have had speeds below 1MB all day today, and on-site they indicate they are working on the issue, has anyone been able to get an estimated completion time as the support lines seem full.

Hi So I've had afrihost vdsl 20 meg home uncapped account for a about 4 months and it worked great but over the last 2 weeks it has become extremely slow from 6pm up to 10 pm during week days and the entire weekend. Like 2 meg down on speed test. I phoned afrihost and did port reset but no...

Major ADSL shutdown in South Africa - These areas will be cut off Openserve has warned that it will shut down its ADSL offering in areas where fibre connectivity is available from 1 September. In a letter sent to ISPs which was subsequently forwarded to affected customers, Openserve said that...

I placed an order for pure uncapped DSL on the 7th of June 2020 with Vox. I have called and emailed them various times to inquire about my order since they have not provided me with any feedback. Last week I even emailed Openserve to find out when I can expect to have the line installed but...

Hi all, Anyone know if Openserve will be offering Fibre at 1Gbps or even 500Mbps? Thanks!

Why your Openserve fibre or ADSL line has not been upgraded A number of Openserve customers have complained that their fibre and ADSL connections have not been upgraded as promised. However, Openserve said its upgrades are completed and customers who did not receive upgrades have fibre or ADSL...

Good Evening All, I hope all is well. This is my first post in the forum and I was wondering if there is anyone that can help me and my community with a fibre project in the area. I have conducted a digital survey for fibre demand and have included the data that I have collected thus far based...

Which ISPs will give free Openserve fibre and ADSL speed upgrades Openserve recently announced free line speed upgrades for fibre and ADSL subscribers. The move has received a mixed response from Internet service providers in South Africa, however.

Hi As per a recent article posted to MyBroadband (which I have linked below), it was stated that those that are on copper based ADSL running less than 10MBps will be bumped up to 10Mbps and those running fibre less than 100Mbps will be bumped up to 100Mbps for the next 3 odd months as of today...

In the light of the Openserve Temp Speed Upgrades - thought I'll open a thread for tracking of areas that have received their upgrades. Edit: Fibre and ADSL