Afrihost fixed mobile LTE launched

[quovadis]

Now if only Afrihost would leverage "Daddy MTN" and offer an Fixed-LTE ADSL line replacement which utilises "DSL data" - now that would be an industry changer instead of creating silos of Mobile Data/DSL data/Fixed LTE Data. Guess the Afrihost bigshots are spending more time figuring how to spend their millions

 

[Dan C]

If only MTN will get LTE in East London ... ai ai ai so far behind. :erm:

 

[sovielenamen]

The biggest difference is the maturation and availability of the two technologies in South Africa. So whilst there isn't any difference in cost, the two systems are not inter-operable, so it is not feasible for current larger operators of GSM / LTE Technologies such as Vodacom, MTN and Cell-C to replace their networks entirely or run WISP in-parallel with their existing networks.
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Here and now in Florida using an Afrihost SIM in a Vodacom K5008-Z I have perfect connection to Neotel LTE and could use it if I had the SIM and Neotel was more cooperative and would offer month to month without installation (as it works already so what?).

Not interoperable? Hey, hey.
It is the new money cow live with it. The beancounters of MTN and the others have calculated that high price little data is the way to wring the most money out of you over the next time and profit maximation is king. Transmitting and internet is so trivial from the costs one may regard it as free thats a fact. Installation of the system costs.
So in many if not most places where there is LTE or even G3 there is plenty of unused data available (at least to certain times) which stays unused and period.
But have an understanding for the poor suffering companies who cry because the pure profit does not rise as much as they hoped. It is not that they make less profit per R100 turnaround, no, they dont squeeze as much more out of the amount as they would like to.
Now shut up and pay, that is the capitalism most here love so much.

I would be happy with 60GB to 100GB at a reasonable price, month to month, say R500 and a basket with food for the starving MTN or Afrihost CEO. I hope they like pap.

 

[Swa]

Here and now in Florida using an Afrihost SIM in a Vodacom K5008-Z I have perfect connection to Neotel LTE and could use it if I had the SIM and Neotel was more cooperative and would offer month to month without installation (as it works already so what?).

Since when does Neotel have LTE?

 

[Segg]

Since when does Neotel have LTE?

Since ages ago, AFAIK it's one of the reasons Vodacon want to take them over, they need Neotel's spectrum

 

[RazedInBlack]

This deal is not even worth it.

Huawei B593 for a promotional price of R1,499 to the first 200 customers. Thereafter the device will sell for R1,999.

Telkom is selling the same router for R1,499. Thats normal price.

•500MB – R29
•3GB – R145
•8GB – R397

 

[SykomantiS]

I received this mail yesterday, laughed so damn hard when they compared the advantages of the LTE product vs fixed DSL.
What a LOL.

And the price... There is NO way anyone in their right mind can consider this a viable alternative to DSL. It's just too expensive.

As it is I'm moving away from Afrihost, and I've been a customer for a long time, both on mobile and DSL products. Time for a change.

 

[RazedInBlack]

Telkom Mobile has 10GB + 10GB night surfer + Huawei B593 on LTE + 3G modem with 500MB per month for R499.

Still a better deal than Afrihost!

 

[kianm]

The only thing people should fancy is the LTE router itself. But then again you can still get it for R1500 on Telkom's deals anytime (not the first 200 as per AH)

 

[Swa]

Since ages ago, AFAIK it's one of the reasons Vodacon want to take them over, they need Neotel's spectrum

I see now they quietly launched it the middle of last year. The price came down since then by about a third. Service is patchy though.

This deal is not even worth it.



Telkom is selling the same router for R1,499. Thats normal price.

Basic distributor prices are:
Rectron - R1898.66
Esquire - R2531.93
Miro - R2338.49 incl. VAT

 

[Stochos]

Rubbish, if one uses fixed line or these days even a decent WISP they probably intend on using more than 8GB of data, and at the price of that 8GB it makes more sense to use a WISP or even Neotel (who seem to be having no issues with their uncapped LTE)

2Mbps DSL Line R159
2Mbps Home Uncapped Account R297
POTS Rental R166.50

Total = R622.50

And with Neotel Uncapped (Which is unshaped, and only throttled after a very generous threshold)

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C'mon Afrihost, I've already had to cancel one business account due to Telkom, and I'm very close to canceling another account and line after what I saw after visiting your Rivionia branch yesterday!

Time to go back to the drawing board I think....

+1

Is Afrihost listening or are they the new Telkom?

 

[m0zy]

Have you seen this deal by Telkom? How does this compare with Afrihost?

https://www.telkommobile.co.za/plans/plan/10gb-10gb-internet/lte/homeoffice-lte-deal/#2

 

[RichardG]

Giggling! Router has been available in the market for so long since last year. Paid R1999 at launch price, 6 months later price dropped to R1499, router is worth every penny! No hiccups whatsoever... Once a week i reboot the router to be safe..

If data prices were cheaper I might consider going back to them

Safe yourself trouble get yourself Go big 60 gig data + 60 giga data for R1800, valid for 365 days

 

[ChrisStar]

8GB on LTE? That's a joke with Cell C giving more than double that for less than half the price on 3G.

Yes but for one night, if you want monthly data from Cell C you will have to cough up R399 for 5GB & R549 for 10GB ouch! How's that better hmm! hmm!?

 

[Swa]

Yes but for one night, if you want monthly data from Cell C you will have to cough up R399 for 5GB & R549 for 10GB ouch! How's that better hmm! hmm!?

What do you mean for one night? It's for the whole year so even better than having to do monthly budget and ending up losing it.

 

[saa044]

Afrihost there are so many complexes and estates with no adsl or fiber infrastructure and will never get it because they don't want to dig up the paving. It will be so great if you and other ISP's start their own wisp to combat this problem. Yes I know frequency will be a problem, but you can also overcome that if x isp sticks to x frequency range. My complex alone has 200 units and all 200 units are begging for internet.

 

[sovielenamen]

Afrihost there are so many complexes and estates with no adsl or fiber infrastructure and will never get it because they don't want to dig up the paving. It will be so great if you and other ISP's start their own wisp to combat this problem. Yes I know frequency will be a problem, but you can also overcome that if x isp sticks to x frequency range. My complex alone has 200 units and all 200 units are begging for internet.

Frequencies would be no problem with spread spectrum and related methods, available and affordable. It is the regulating authority which does not provide it. There would be enough which could be given to "fair use" as the Wifi bands are.
What is amiss is the connection to a backbone where one can get to fibre and the internet at realistic prices.
None of the players is interested in having such a thing become reality, the goverment not as unlimited internet for the masses would kill off any ideas of controlled information - a horror for the ANC which is stuck to existing-socialism ideology where the so called socialism died off 30 years ago and a horror for those who love to sell you every bit apiece not realising that the ever rising profits they dream of resemble a pyramid scheme which is unsustainable and amoral if not illegal.

That said: Anybody here wanting to save the country? Any projects of free internet to last corner and quick? Don't believe it would help? Heretic! Never question the power of porn! It buildt the internet never forget!