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  1. spamsam

    Who murdered the Home-Connect support staff?

    My ISP is Home-Connect (home-connect.co.za) on a Vumatel line. My internet has been flapping for the past 2 weeks - and it is getting worse. I live in Cape Town, Bellville. The sign-up and pre-sales was easy and painless. The link has been fine and stable for years. No problemo. But something...
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    • Forum: Fibre ISP Discussions
  3. Jan

    50Mbps FTTH FNO-ISP price comparison

    South African fibre price war — with 50Mbps from R499 per month The entry-level fibre package speed for many South African fibre network operators (FNOs) has shifted from 10Mbps or 20Mbps to 50Mbps. A MyBroadband analysis has revealed that smaller Internet service providers (ISPs) offer the...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost axxess c-way cool ideas frogfoot herotel metrofibre octotel openserve rsaweb vumatel wirulink
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. Ella2201

    Line Cancellation

    We have just moved home and last week we signed up for our new FTTH connection with Cool Ideas. We are still not connected because they say Vumatel says the old line will only be cancelled on the 25th of December. But the past tenants say that as of the first of December their line was...
  5. Jan

    How Telkom let Vumatel (and everyone else) eat its lunch

    Fighting fibre with fibre Telkom released its mid-year financial results on Wednesday — and it wasn’t pretty. Revenue was down 0.7% to R21 billion, mobile service revenue was down 0.7% to R8.78 billion, fixed service revenue was down 9.8% to R6.28 billion, and headline earnings per share was...
    • Jan
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    • dirk reyneke fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot herotel metrofibre octotel openserve serame taukobong telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 21
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. Jan

    Vumatel fibre break and other downtime - 15 November 2022

    Major Vumatel outage South Africans on Vumatel's network in Gauteng are currently experiencing intermittent or no connectivity due to multiple problems in the region. Vumatel told MyBroadband that the issues were isolated to Afrihost customers.
  7. Jan

    Impact of Eskom power cuts on 5G vs fibre

    5G vs fibre during Eskom power cuts in South Africa While 5G broadband products are now available to many households in South Africa, consumers should be aware the technology is not as resistant to load-shedding as fibre. Three mobile network operators are offering uncapped or high-cap...
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    • eskom frogfoot metrofibre mtn octotel openserve rain vodacom vumatel
    • Replies: 10
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. BamboozledAttorney

    Best 200/200 deals

    It has been a while since I have done one of these. I did a thorough analysis on selected ISPs and which FNOs they operate on, just to see what the price would be for a 200/200 package. The reason why I decided to do this is that surprisingly, Webafrica on a Vumatel FNO got cheaper... The...
  9. Jan

    50Mbps and 100Mbps fibre price comparison

    Fibre war in South Africa — with uncapped 50Mbps under R700 South Africans within the coverage of one of the country's major fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) networks can sign up for a 50Mbps or 100Mbps package at prices ranging from below R700 to around R1,000. These packages are ideal for the needs...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost cool ideas fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre networx mweb octotel openserve rsaweb telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  10. Jan

    South African fibre operator comparison - homes passed and connected

    Vumatel and Openserve rule South Africa's fibre roost Vumatel and Openserve are South Africa's largest fibre-to-the-home players, but smaller fibre network operators' (FNOs) infrastructure rollouts are increasing their footprints in the country. MyBroadband asked South African FNOs about their...
    • Jan
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    • evotel frogfoot herotel metrofibre openserve vodacom vumatel zoom fibre
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  11. S

    Webafrica

    Ordered 10 Sept Delivered device on 4th Oct Vumatel installation ref on MPT-51241 provided on 11th Oct It was advised that there is no ETA for when address is created. But would you not say there has been a huge delay with no communication on what is going on in back end of reasons for delay or...
  12. Jan

    Fibre network operator connectivity rates in South Africa

    Connectivity rate of South Africa's top fibre providers The average connectivity rate among South Africa’s largest fibre network operators is 34.4%, with Openserve, Supersonic, and Frogfoot leading the way. The connectivity rate is calculated by dividing the number of homes connected by the...
  13. Jan

    Openserve and Vumatel neck-and-neck for in race for South Africa's top fibre brand

    Openserve versus Vumatel — a close race for the top fibre brand Research by Analytico reveals that Openserve is the fibre network operator (FNO) with the strongest brand, followed closely by Vumatel. Frogfoot and MetroFibre also performed well in brand awareness, considering that they are much...
    • Jan
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    • analytico evotel frogfoot herotel metrofibre networx octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  14. Jan

    Herotel and Metrofibre discuss their big fibre plans

    South African fibre war — Herotel and MetroFibre's big plans Fibre network operators (FNOs) Herotel and MetroFibre have big plans to expand their operations in South Africa and to different market segments. This includes passing more homes in the country and developing solutions for...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) herotel maziv metrofibre vodacom vumatel
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  15. Jan

    CIVH announces new name of Vumatel and DFA parent company - MAZIV

    Vumatel and DFA get MAZIV Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) has announced that the parent company's identity for its two fibre network assets — Vumatel and DFA — is MAZIV. CIVH is the Remgro and New GX-controlled parent company of fibre infrastructure operators Dark Fibre Africa...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) maziv remgro vumatel
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  16. Jan

    Vumatel, DFA parent company makes first profit

    Vumatel parent company turns profitable Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa parent company Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH) has turned profitable, Remgro reported in its 2022 annual financial results released Tuesday. Vumatel and DFA are wholly-owned subsidiaries of CIVH, while Remgro...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) remgro seacom vumatel
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    Analyst warns MTN's acquisition of Telkom could cause higher data prices

    MTN's Telkom buyout could be bad news for data prices — Analyst Consumers should not expect price cuts on mobile data or voice calls should MTN's proposed acquisition of Telkom go ahead. That is according to World Wide Worx's Arthur Goldstruck, who spoke to Sunday newspaper Rapport.
    • Jan
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    • arthur goldstuck community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) mtn rain telkom toto consortium vodacom vumatel world wide worx
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  18. Jan

    Herotel reduces 75Mbps and 100Mbps prices, free upgrades for existing customers

    Herotel cuts prices and rolls out fibre speed upgrades Herotel has informed subscribers on its 75Mbps and 100Mbps home fibre services that it is upgrading their speeds for free. This comes as the closed access fibre network operator reduced the prices of its two mid-range fibre products.
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) derek hershaw herotel pieter uys remgro vumatel
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  19. Jan

    10GB free data for every household - MTN and Cell C raise questions

    Big questions about 10GB free data for every household in South Africa The South African government has plans to provide households with a free basic data allocation. MTN says it is ready to lend a hand, while Cell C is concerned over the enormous costs that could be involved. MTN South Africa...
    • Jan
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    • cell c frogfoot khumbudzo ntshavheni mtn telkom vodacom vumatel zahir williams
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. Jan

    50Mbps fibre prices compared across 18 FNOs on Afrihost

    50Mbps fibre price comparison — including options under R750 a month Several well-priced mid-ranged fibre products are available to South Africans, with networks such as MetroFibre, Openserve, and Zoom Fibre offering 50Mbps packages from R697 a month through Afrihost. However, if the global...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre octotel openserve vumatel zoom fibre
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  21. Jan

    Vumatel beats Telkom despite years of monopoly advantage

    South Africa's fibre war goes nuclear Vumatel broke Telkom's fixed-line broadband monopoly in South Africa and established itself as the leader in the fibre-to-the-home market. Telkom must now play catch-up in an area it dominated for over a decade and enjoyed a tremendous advantage.
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dietlof mare fibre-to-the-home (ftth) openserve remgro telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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