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  1. Jan

    Remgro report 900% earnings jump from Vumatel and DFA owner CIVH

    Vumatel and DFA earnings jump 900% DFA and Vumatel recorded a massive jump in profits of 900% over the last six months of 2022, according to Remgro's most recent results. The holding company said that the two fibre infrastructure providers' parent Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH)...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) maziv remgro vumatel
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. BamboozledAttorney

    200/200 Best Fibre Deals

    Okay, well, not really. Certain FNOs tend to have weird packages, and some ISPs to my knowledge haven't updated their website yet to reflect those new speeds. For example, Openserve began a 300/150 package, but a lot of ISPs still have the 250/125 package on their website. Unless they did a free...
  4. 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
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    • frogfoot herotel metrofibre networx octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 2
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  5. L

    Still waiting for Installation

    I have applied for a new fiber service via Afrihost on the 28th of Feb 2023, yet until today(8 March) I'm still waiting for a call from Vumatel to schedule an appointment with me. Ref: VC-030323-701595. It cannot possibly take this long to have an ONT installation scheduled, when the physical...
  6. 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
  7. Jan

    Vumacam responds to US allegations that they use Chinese spying tech

    US concerned that Vumacam uses China-style spying tech — here are the facts Vumacam has hit back at claims made by US lawmakers in a resolution proposed by certain members of the country's House of Representatives concerning its use of Hikvision cameras. The resolution calls for President Joe...
  8. Jan

    MultiChoice expands DStv fibre bundles to Vumatel

    DStv launches Vumatel fibre packages MultiChoice has announced a partnership with Vumatel to offer a range of bundled and stand-alone fibre packages for customers in Vumatel coverage areas. It said subscribers would have more uncapped line speeds to choose from and can bundle DStv and uncapped...
  9. 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.
  10. P

    No internet since Wednesday on Vumatel

    Please assist as multiple users affected in Glen Marais proper in Kempton Park since Wednesday No feedback except that technicians are investigating but no one coming out to do so COOL-20230216-1135543 Vumatel ISP-1085248
  11. Jan

    Telkom exploring sale of minority stake in Openserve

    Telkom wants to sell part of fibre giant Openserve Telkom says “various initiatives are underway” to sell a minority stake in Openserve, its wholesale and network division. This follows the legal separation of Openserve to a stand-alone entity on 1 September 2022.
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • dark fibre africa (dfa) maziv openserve telkom vodacom vumatel
    • Replies: 17
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  12. Jan

    Raymond Ndlovu steps down as CIVH CEO, Remgro announces Vumatel and DFA African push

    Vumatel parent company announces African expansion plans as CEO steps down Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa’s parent company has announced plans to expand into the rest of Africa. At the same time, Raymond Ndlovu has stepped down as CEO of Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH), with his...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) maziv raymond ndlovu vumatel
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. 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
  14. B

    Vumatel down for 1 week

    Hi @PBCool / @CoolChick We have had no service for a full week now in Halfway Gardens, Midrand. Vumatel has not provided any feedback and Cool ideas escalation agent hasn't provided feedback either. Can you please provide some update other than they are working on it? Our neighbour received a...
  15. Jan

    Vumatel network quality complaints in Johannesburg

    Pay Vumatel for 50Mbps, get 0.1Mbps Vumatel subscribers across Johannesburg are complaining about network performance problems, including neighbourhoods in Fourways, the Edenvale area, Boksburg, and Germiston. Although the nature of the complaints isn’t all the same, they are all related to...
  16. spamsam

    Is the Vumatel network dying?

    In the beginning Vumatel was great and i mostly attribute that to the fact that they had brand spanking new infrastructure and had yet to scale to their current levels. Previously they even weathered loadshedding without issues. All you needed was a battary backup to keep your ONT online and...
    • spamsam
    • Thread
    • eskom isp loadshedding scale uptime vumatel
    • Replies: 20
    • Forum: Fibre Networks
  17. B

    What makes Openserve FUP different?

    I noticed Home Connect has a separate, more strict FUP for Openserve clients. https://home-connect.co.za/fair-use-policy-fup/ I am curious as to how FNOs bill ISPs and what makes Openserve different. My theory was that ISPs got billed twice. first a fee for each customer's connection. second...
    • BasBas
    • Thread
    • fiber fiber ftth fibre network operator (fno) fno ftth isp openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Fibre Networks
  18. M

    Decent ISP on Vumatel to upgrade to for a heavy downloader?

    Hi all, I'm in the South of JHB in a Vumatel / OpenServe area. I've been on Cool Ideas since I first got fibre, and my 100/100 connection has been super stable and the service from Cool Ideas has been fantastic. I've never had a peep out of them in connection with downloading too much...
  19. MattJ

    Only 3 Days of Fibre Internet This Month - This is my question.

    Hi Everyone, I am in the Greenstone Park Area in Johannesburg. Under Vumatel Fibre Infrastructure. Since Dec 1, I've only had 3 full days of Internet Service. We are on Day 20 of this month, still offline. My ISP is Level 7 Internet, I have all the calls logged via Whatsapp. Their response is...
  20. MattJ

    Only 3 Days of Fibre Internet This Month - This is my question.

    Hi Everyone, I am in the Greenstone Park Area in Johannesburg. Under Vumatel Fibre Infrastructure. Since Dec 1, I've only had 3 full days of Internet Service. We are on Day 20 of this month, still offline. My ISP is Level 7 Internet, I have all the calls logged via Whatsapp. Their response is...
  21. Jan

    One Vox / Frogfoot gigabit subscriber used 101TB in November 2022

    The 101TB man — Biggest bandwidth hogs in South Africa Several demanding fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) users consumed over 50 terabytes (TB) of data in November 2022, feedback from three major Internet service providers (ISPs) has shown. However, traffic on major fibre networks appears to have...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • afrihost cool ideas fibre-to-the-home (ftth) metrofibre octotel openserve vox vumatel
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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