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For the past two months I'm having intermittent packet loss between 7pm and 9pm daily. Numerous tickets logged with Afrihost and Vuma and being told everytime the line is refreshed it will work but same problem persists. New ONT was installed by Vuma on Monday 11 May 2026 but still...
New target market for fibre companies in SA
South Africa’s largest fibre network operator, Vumatel, only has 13% market share among low-income households, with several new challengers vying for a slice of the township fibre business.
However, of the 9.7 million urban households in South Africa...
This is my first time posting so I'm not sure how this works but I have a question for the community, can ISPs reroute me to a local server for a game basically on EAFC 24 and 25 since last week I've been sent to EU Servers even though we have local servers which I've been on for years the...
Rain unthreatened by Vumatel's plan to launch R100 uncapped fibre
Rain isn't concerned that its customers could drop 5G connectivity for fibre after Vumatel revealed its intentions to provide low-cost uncapped fibre to every household in South Africa.
In fact, Rain said it recognises the...
Uncapped fibre to every home in South Africa for under R100 per month
Vumatel can offer lower-cost fibre products to low-income regions due to lower rollout costs, and its aim to provide uncapped fibre for under R100 per month appears to be going well.
This is according to Remgro's head of...
How much data South Africans who live in shacks use if you give them uncapped Internet
Among the poorest households in South Africa use up to 3GB or 4GB of data per day if you give them uncapped Internet for free.
That was one of the notable remarks from Vumatel CEO Dietlof Mare during a...
Vumatel's three services explained
Remgro-owned Vumatel offers fibre products for a range of incomes in South Africa, and its network expansion has increased rapidly.
From connecting around 70,000 homes a year, the fibre network operator now connects 60,000 to 70,000 per month.
Vuma Key — Uncapped fibre for R100 per month
Vumatel says there is a major opportunity in South Africa to provide fibre to households earning less than R5,000 per month, and that it is busy testing the viability of lower-cost services for this market.
The company revealed details about its...
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.
Our fibre/wifi just stoped working on Friday 1 April. We tried to switch it of and wait and back on ect, but nothing worked. We called Supersonic on Friday evening after waiting the whole day out to see if it works again. Supersonic tried trouble shooting with us and tried to reset from there...
Experiencing no connectivity from the 13th January 2022 and afrihost does not give any feedback as to why their is no connectivity . The LOS light is continously flashing red
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Fibre war in South Africa — with prices starting at less than R300 per month
South Africans in select neighbourhoods have the option to get a cost-effective uncapped fibre-to-the-home package from as little as R297 per month.
Three of South Africa's biggest fibre network operators offer...
Cheapest home fibre deals in South Africa
South Africans can get an uncapped fibre package for as little as R297 per month, thanks to price cuts from fibre network operators and Internet service providers throughout 2021.
Several fibre packages have download speeds ranging from 10Mbps to...
Hi, I have 2 x VUMA Reach (40meg Lines) in my house. I was wondering if I could use a load balancer like this?
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Hey,
So vumatel is currently installing fibre in my area via the aerial route, putting up wooden poles instead of the underground option and vumatel is offering the Vuma Reach fibre option for the area.I should mention that the area didn't have fibre before this and this the first time we will...
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I couldn't seem to find similar threads regarding this but I've encountered a rather odd issue after changing my WLAN details on my Vumareach ONT
After changing the ONT details (from the default RG-1000... name and issued password) to my own unique name and password, everything seemed fine...
Im currently on Afrihost's website checking out the speeds that Vuma Reach offers since they are rolling out in my area (Hooray!).
I am seeing that 40meg down and 10meg up is the highest speed option available.
Is it possible to get a 100meg connection on Vuma Reach or is the contention ratio...