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  1. Jan

    Entry-level fibre price comparison - Vumatel vs Openserve vs Frogfoot

    Entry-level fibre prices compared — including a service for R297 per month Fibre network operators such as Frogfoot, Vumatel, and Openserve are expanding their products to lower-income communities. A MyBroadband analysis has revealed that South Africans can get uncapped fibre for as little as...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve telkom vodacom vumatel zoom fibre
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    Rolling out fibre has become much cheaper in South Africa

    Fibre rollouts becoming much cheaper in South Africa Major fibre network operators have seen a considerable decline in the cost of rolling out fibre-to-the-home in South Africa. During a recent investor presentation by Remgro, Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare explained that the operator's rollout cost...
    • Jan
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    • dietlof mare fibre network operator (fno) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Jan

    Google's Equiano subsea cable lands in South Africa

    Google's massive 144 Tbps undersea cable lands in South Africa Google has landed its Equiano undersea cable at Telkom’s facility in Melkbosstrand, WIOCC has announced. WIOCC owns one of Equiano’s 12 terabit-per-second (Tbps) fibre pairs and was Google’s landing partner in Lagos, Nigeria.
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • chris wood equiano google openserve telkom west indian ocean cable company (wiocc)
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. Jan

    Telkom announces date for structural and legal separation of Openserve

    Openserve to separate from Telkom Telkom has announced that it will legally and structurally separate its wholesale and networks division Openserve from the rest of the business on 1 September 2022. Openserve operates Telkom’s over 160,000km national fibre network, and its old copper telephone...
  6. Jan

    Openserve close to Vumatel's 450,000 connected fibre customers

    Openserve closing in on Vumatel's fibre crown Telkom's wholesale fixed-line division Openserve has continued to rapidly expand its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) network and is nearing Vumatel in terms of customer numbers. That is according to the operator's trading update for the first quarter of...
  7. Jan

    Openserve launches symmetric 100Mbps fibre and upgrades 200Mbps to 250Mbps

    Openserve launches big 100Mbps fibre change — and a 250Mbps upgrade Telkom’s wholesale and networks division Openserve has launched a symmetric 100Mbps fibre-to-the-home services and upgraded its 200Mbps product to 250Mbps. Previously, Openserve offered only a 100Mbps service with 50Mbps...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 25
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. Jan

    Crime slows down or blocks fibre network rollouts in South Africa

    Big crime problems fibre networks face in South Africa South Africa's major fibre network operators (FNOs) are not immune to the scourge of crime that many citizens are experiencing. MetroFibre's head of fibre-to-the-home Jacques de Villiers recently said that "construction mafias" posing as...
    • Jan
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    • fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 16
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  9. Jan

    Fibre price battle - Vumatel vs Openserve vs Frogfoot vs Metrofibre

    Fibre war in South Africa heats up South Africa's biggest fibre network operators are in a heated battle, cutting prices and increasing line speeds to win over customers. Over the past two years, the prices of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) packages have come down significantly as demand has surged...
    • Jan
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    • fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    Fibre versus 5G uncapped price comparison

    Uncapped price war — Fibre versus 5G 5G broadband is often promoted as an alternative to fibre. However, a MyBroadband analysis shows that it is still on the high end of the pricing spectrum. The wireless technology can achieve download speeds of over 100Mbps in South Africa.
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • afrihost fibre network operator (fno) frogfoot metrofibre mtn octotel openserve rain supersonic vumatel zoomfibre
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  11. Jan

    Openserve home fibre preferred over Vumatel, Vodacom, and Frogfoot - report

    New report shows Openserve preferred over Vumatel, Vodacom, and Frogfoot Analytico's 2022 South African Broadband and ISP Brand Report revealed that Openserve is the most popular fibre operator, followed by Vumatel, Vodacom, Frogfoot, and Metrofibre. The report is based on survey responses...
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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    OpenServe Cancelling My Line Without Consent - Help!

    I've been without internet access since the morning of Friday 24 June. My ISP is Afrihost. I have a DSL line (no fibre in the area yet). After spinning the wheel to find out why my connection wasn't working (Billing? Nope, up to date. Router reconfiguration? Nope, tried that multiple times, no...
  13. Jan

    Fibre network operators say they are ready for stage 6 power cuts

    Good news for fibre connections during Eskom’s Stage 6 power cuts South Africa’s fibre network operators have told MyBroadband that they have sufficient backup power to keep their networks online during stage 6 load-shedding. Eskom announced stage 6 power cuts on Tuesday afternoon after...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • eskom fibre network operator (fno) metrofibre octotel openserve scott cunningham telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. Jan

    Frogfoot and MetroFibre taking the fibre fight to Openserve and Vumatel

    South African fibre war — Frogfoot and MetroFibre taking on big guns Frogfoot and MetroFibre are taking on Vumatel and Openserve with their rapid fibre rollouts across the country. Frogfoot currently has 334,114 homes passed and 127,416 connected, and MetroFibre passes 350,000 with 95,000...
  15. Jan

    Vumatel vs Openserve - R18.5 billion market cap vs R44 billion valuation

    David versus Goliath — A tale of two telecommunications companies On Tuesday, 14 June 2022, Telkom released its annual financial results for the year ended 31 March 2022, revealing a company struggling to grow. Revenue was down 1.1% to R42.8 billion, and earnings before interest, taxes...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) openserve telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    Telkom expects to announce hyperscaler partnership in 3-6 months

    Telkom in major data centre play Telkom is potentially looking at announcing a partnership with a hyperscale computing provider soon, CEO Serame Taukobong has told MyBroadband. Hyperscalers include players such as Alibaba, Huawei, Oracle, Facebook, Amazon Web Services, SAP, Microsoft, and Google.
    • Jan
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    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    Telkom ADSL customers drop below 200,000

    ADSL on its last legs in South Africa Telkom's latest annual results revealed it lost almost 130,000 DSL customers in the past year, dragging down the operator's overall fixed broadband base. Although Telkom does not provide specific numbers for its DSL customers, this figure can be calculated...
  18. Jan

    Telkom fixed lines sink below 1 million subscribers

    Telkom's fixed-line disaster Telkom has released its annual results for the financial year ended 31 March 2022, revealing that its fixed-access line subscribers have dropped below one million. The operator's fixed-line subscribers declined by 22.4%, from 1.284 million in March 2021 to 997,000...
  19. Jan

    Telkom re-focuses on fibre

    Telkom's impressive fibre drive Telkom's annual results reveal that Openserve's fibre infrastructure passed 839,691 homes with 389,109 homes connected on 31 March 2022. It is a substantial increase from a year ago when Openserve passed 549,957 homes with fibre and had 281,065 connections.
  20. Jan

    We tested Herotel's claim that it has the best fibre prices in South Africa

    Best fibre prices in South Africa — Herotel's bold claims tested Herotel claims to offer the best fibre prices in South Africa, but several Internet service providers are cheaper, a MyBroadband analysis has found. Laying claim to offering the best or cheapest fibre prices is a fraught exercise.
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • frogfoot frogfoot air herotel metrofibre openserve openserve web connect vuma reach vumatel
    • Replies: 18
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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    Moving from Vumatel to Openserver - B number missing

    Good day All, I am facing an issue I'm sure many people have faced before. Let me set the scene. We are moving to our new home at the end of May. We currently have Afrihost fibre running on Vumatel infrastructure. Our new home only has Openserve available, which means that we will need the B...
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