Afrihost cancelled ADSL line for no reason

Krazye

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Hi,

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Has anyone experienced anything like this before? My ADSL line which I had with Afrihost has been cancelled without my request as claimed in the email. After numerous emails I was told I owe R549 on the account and hence it was cancelled, yet 3 days ago I was debited with the same amount from my bank account (I pay via debit order). My debit orders have been going through every month as normal, yet I am struggling to get Afrihost to submit an invoice or statement showing me the alleged amount due.

The really frustrating part is that since my account has been cancelled, I cannot access my monthly statements to see if there was any differences between what I was debited and what I was invoiced. This was the last email I got from them:

Hi...,

Thank you for your email.

The account,A... has an outstanding amount of R 549.00. The line is managed by Afrihost. Since the account is now in terminated status, we are unable to provide you with an invoice. Please submit the account review from so as to review your account to get activated.

FORM URL: https://support.afrihost.com/forms/review.php

We would be glad to assist you if you have any query.

Have a great day ahead :)


Afrihost.com
Pure Internet Joy!

The form they are referring looks like a mission and half to complete. They even want a picture of me holding my ID, like wtf. They call this pure internet joy, after being a loyal customer for so many years!
 
Similar situation happened with me but I was locked out of the clientzone after they enabled OTP to a Cellphone number I no longer have. Unable to make a manual payment or just update my correct banking details for the R29 outstanding they froze my account and also requested me to submit a crazy amount of info including a picture of me holding my ID.... They also want you to explain everything. Why did the payment fail in detail be it financial troubles ect and you need omit any details. WTF

It went back and forth for like a week where they wanted my bank statement with transactions and detailed balances and when I did not provide that they closed the account and gave me banking details to make manual payment of R29. Never used them again.

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...team-asking-for-absurd-amount-of-info.998842/
 
Ouch!

Hope you get it sorted.

The pic holding ID is a bit anal...
 
Wow, I refuse to take that pic and if they cannot resolve it, I'm leaving Afrihost too.

Similar situation happened with me but I was locked out of the clientzone after they enabled OTP to a Cellphone number I no longer have. Unable to make a manual payment or just update my correct banking details for the R29 outstanding they froze my account and also requested me to submit a crazy amount of info including a picture of me holding my ID.... They also want you to explain everything. Why did the payment fail in detail be it financial troubles ect and you need omit any details. WTF

It went back and forth for like a week where they wanted my bank statement with transactions and detailed balances and when I did not provide that they closed the account and gave me banking details to make manual payment of R29. Never used them again.

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/thr...team-asking-for-absurd-amount-of-info.998842/
 
Wow, I refuse to take that pic and if they cannot resolve it, I'm leaving Afrihost too.

I refused and I finally agreed to send them my bank statement but they wanted a bank stamped one and not electronic one and one from my previous capitec account that I closed and haven't used in ages. They could not activate my account so cancelled it instead. They can cancel it with zero documentation but to reinstate an old active account they need all these absurd amount of information.
 
Wow, it's like they really don't care if they keep their customers or not. Such a shame, I stuck by them when they went the MTN route and put up with all the nonsense but this nonsense is the last straw. I will not be sending bank statements to anybody, they can pull their own bank statements and check if they have been paid or not. Afrihost has truly fallen.

I refused and I finally agreed to send them my bank statement but they wanted a bank stamped one and not electronic one and one from my previous capitec account that I closed and haven't used in ages. They could not activate my account so cancelled it instead. They can cancel it with zero documentation but to reinstate an old active account they need all these absurd amount of information.
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Maybe it's an Omen that Telkom is coming for your lines
 
I transferred my Telkom line to them so I never wanted to go through the hassle of transferring it again, but looks like I have no choice now.
 
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