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  1. Jan

    Fixed lines in South Africa declined, while mobile broadband surged - Stats SA

    Internet access surprise in South Africa Fewer South Africans had fixed-line Internet connections at home in 2020 than in 2019, but more accessed the Internet via a mobile device. That is according to Statistics South Africa's latest General Household Survey for 2020, which found around 1.5...
    • Jan
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    • digital subscriber line (dsl) fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot metrofibre networx octotel openserve statistics south africa (stats sa) telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  3. Jan

    Uncapped FTTH price comparison

    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...
    • Jan
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    • afrihost axxess fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot home connect octotel openserve openserve web connect rsaweb telkom vox vuma reach vumatel webafrica
    • Replies: 27
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  4. H

    Afrihost & Vumatel non existent support,

    I am at wits end here and do not know what to do. We ordered a new fibre installation through Afrihost over a month and a half ago, eventually after rectifying a issue with a wrong address we finally had the fibre installed on the 2nd of November by two uninterested Vumatel engineers. They came...
  5. Jan

    Vodacom to own co-controlling share in Vumatel and DFA

    Vodacom acquiring co-controlling share in Vumatel and DFA for R10.2 biillion Vodacom has agreed on terms to acquire a 30% co-controlling stake in Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa for a total transaction value of R10.2 billion. "Subject to regulatory approvals, Vodacom Group will hold a...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) infraco remgro vodacom vumatel
    • Replies: 36
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  6. R

    Unable to reach Vuma

    Hi all, Created an account to ask the experts a question! Vuma rolled out to our area a couple of years back (Bellville) - Which is great. I bought in a block of flats that is covered by the network - However, the body corp at the time wasn't too keen on signing the paperwork and having fibre...
  7. Jan

    Vumatel sees 50% revenue increase, CIVH valuation now at R27 billion

    Vumatel and DFA now worth R27 billion Remgro released its financial results for the year ended 30 June 2021, which revealed a strong performance of Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH). CIVH is a growing telecommunications player through its subsidiaries, Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) remgro vumatel
    • Replies: 0
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  8. C

    Vumatel monopoly and Webafrica incompetence

    I have fibre internet via Webafrica at my home and for the most part i'm happy with it. I logged a call on their Whatsapp chat for a second fibre line at my mother-in-law's house in Athlone. A sales rep phoned me and we confirmed the sale for the fibre line in Athlone, he said it would take up...
  9. T

    Mind The Speed + Vumatel. Really impressed

    I recently upgraded to 100/100 Mbit/s, Mind The Speed on Vumatel (R1090pm). Also, I got a free static IP so now I can host my own servers for personal projects much easier, etc. MTS is the best ISP I've ever had.
  10. JordanAKAxblazii

    Frogfoot and Openserve fibre

    Do other network lay fibre down where there is already a fibre like Vumatel because Openserve and other isp have better prices than Vumatel Vodacom?
  11. P

    Port Forwarding not working

    Hi All. I'm having an issue with port forwarding. Keeps showing blocked for any port I open. I'm with Vumatel aerial and CI as my ISP. Have the stock CI router - Archer C20. No other routers on the network, only a range extender also TP-Link. Any port I try is blocked, the only port I can get...
  12. Jan

    Vumatel and DFA now have a higher valuation than Telkom's market cap

    Vumatel and DFA now more valuable than Telkom Community Investment Ventures Holdings (CIVH), which owns Vumatel and DFA, is valued at R23.2 billion — higher than Telkom’s market cap of R22.3 billion. Remgro revealed this valuation in its recent announcement about a CIVH rights offer in which...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dfa pieter uys remgro telkom vumatel
    • Replies: 4
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  13. Jan

    Remgro raises R3.72 billion in equity, pays off debt incurred to buy Vumatel

    Vumatel owner raises R3.72 billion Remgro announced that it is participating in a rights offer being undertaken by Community Investment Ventures Holdings Proprietary Limited (CIVH), which successfully raised R3.72 billion in equity. Prior to the transaction, Remgro held a 55.2% stake in CIVH.
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dark fibre africa (dfa) pieter uys remgro vumatel
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
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    Afrihost Fiber Can't Fix Slow Internet

    Yet another day my Afrihost Fiber (Vumatel) down speed appears to be capped at 2Mbps. Tickets were made yesterday and escalated, then escalated again, but looks like I'm going to be stuck at 2Mbps for the whole weekend.
  15. Jan

    Cheapest fibre network operators in South Africa

    Fibre price war — Cheapest network operators in South Africa A fibre-to-the-home price analysis revealed that Openserve and Frogfoot are the most affordable fibre network operators, while Metrofibre is the most expensive. This analysis followed price cuts by two of South Africa’s largest fibre...
  16. Jan

    Cheapest fibre deals by line speed in South Africa

    Cheapest fibre-to-the-home deals in South Africa South Africans can now get uncapped fibre packages starting from as little as R299 per month thanks to substantial price cuts in the past year. Openserve, Frogfoot, Vumatel, MetroFibre, Herotel, and Octotel were among the fibre network operator...
    • Jan
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    • fibre-to-the-home (ftth) frogfoot herotel metrofibre octotel openserve vumatel
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  17. Jan

    Major Mweb/Vumatel outage

    Big Mweb outage in South Africa A major outage on the Mweb network that runs on Vumatel's fibre infrastructure has left many South Africans without Internet access. Mweb has told some clients that the problem lies with Vumatel, while Vumatel has said that its tests show its infrastructure is...
  18. Jan

    Vumatel cut off Fibre Stream for non payment, now faces Competition Commission complaint

    Vumatel faces Competition Commission complaint after cutting off Internet provider Fibre Stream will lay a formal complaint against Vumatel with the Competition Commission after the fibre network operator cut off the company's services on 21 June 2021. This comes after a dispute between the...
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    Supersonic and Vumatel

    I've been without internet for the 3rd day now on Home-Connect. Tuesday night my internet got disconnected unexpectedly. I logged a ticket and never got a reply. I called them the next morning and they logged another ticket. After several calls, I found out that my connection got transferred by...
  20. Jan

    CIVH is getting a new name

    New name for South African telecoms powerhouse Community Investment Ventures (CIVH), which owns Vumatel, DFA, and Sqwidnet, is set to change its name and company branding. This is feedback from CIVH CEO, Raymond Ndlovu who spoke to MyBroadband about the planned CIVH brand change. CIVH is...
    • Jan
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    • community investment ventures holdings (civh) dfa jannie durand raymond ndlovu remgro sqwidnet vumatel
    • Replies: 9
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  21. Jan

    Vumatel cuts off Fibrestream, helping clients find a new ISP

    South Africans left without Internet as Vumatel cuts off ISP Former Fibrestream subscribers have informed MyBroadband that their broadband connections stopped working at 11:00 on Monday and have still not come back online. “Fibrestream’s call centre takes ages to get through to, but when you...
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