Afrihost down?

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Pixual

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Everything just stopped working after several days of really poor speeds. No local, no international.

So I switched to my Web Africa prepaid account and my God, why are they so much faster than Afrihost? Seriously, this is farking ridiculous, Afrihost.
 
I can't help but laugh at the irony of this situation. Which ISPs were voted "best" again? Which ISPs are now having issues?
See, this is why I voted OpenWeb as best ISP. While everyone else has issues, OW is rock solid and FLYING...AS PER USUAL.

Back to the OP : Hope your issue gets sorted. (If not, OpenWeb will be more than willing to help you out ;) )
 
Thanks for this. I was thinking it was just me - also been getting poop from Afrihost account. Switching to OpenWeb as per Sl8er's suggestion (since mweb is fooked as well atm). Big up Sl8. FANKS. ; )
 
stricken said:
Thanks for this. I was thinking it was just me - also been getting poop from Afrihost account. Switching to OpenWeb as per Sl8er's suggestion (since mweb is fooked as well atm). Big up Sl8. FANKS. ; )
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No worries. Let me just add that if you're opting for uncapped, go for Gold. Sure, you pay like R20 more -or something stupid like that - but you're guaranteed to always be on. (I don't think a unhappy "Gold" customer exists :D. There are many here on MyBB that can back me up.)

Have fun and download as much as you can, that's what OW is all about :)
 
I'm pretty damn sure that AH are trying to manage those of us who took up the cheap gig offers they made recently out of their system because we're costing them money.

The best way to do this is to start providing shîtty service levels so that we have no option but to go elsewhere. It also wouldn't surprise me if their buy-out of Axxess was for similar reasons and that they want to get the ADSL out of the hosting company.

I seriously can't believe the difference in speed from AH to WA. And the latency...
 
My AH free gig + top ups have always been good to me.Not had a issue yet
 
Ya, I got the 10+1GB special for R99. The speed and reliability is becoming an issue, which is what I am questioning. Switching to the WA pre-paid account was like getting an adrenaline injection as far as speed goes.
 
My Afrihost connection is slow as hell! I'm clearly getting shaped. But they're shaping my connection to the point taht it's unusable! Websites timeout and I struggle to just check my email online.

Looks like I'm going to have to find another ISP...
 
Very slow today. I don't know if its worth it to pay even R99 for a service that is not what it claims to be.

I would probably go with WA based on the speed of my prepaid account, but looking at their packages, I dunno. I tend to be alseep between midnight and 6am, so those after hours gigs do nothing for me. Their pricing is shyte.
 
Capped AH, experiencing no probs whatsoever. And also if the line becomes slow I trend to blame Telscum first. Afterall they are mismanaging the connection, not resellers like AH or OW.
 
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