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Afrihost Mobile Feedback Thread
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Quey_Quick
Expert Member
So I had to call the support line twice today.
It is the first of the month and I am getting capped messages.
It is the first of the month and I am getting capped messages.
Quey_Quick
Expert Member
Make that 3 calls.
Wow this sim is working so well on MTN LTE. LTE is really a pleasure to use.
My exchange is congested and when Telkom will fix it I don't know but having the LTE mifi and 2+3GB on LTE is just pure internet joy.... I'm not breaking any speed records cause I'm too far from the tower but what amazes me more is that even though I am like 4km from the tower and trees in the way I am still able to get 7Mbps down and latency in League of legends EUW of just 204ms with no spikes or delay....
Once you go LTE ....
Quey_Quick
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GoneWithTheWindows
Honorary Master
I popped my Afrihost sim with the 3 + 4 GB of data into my S2 last night to download a bunch of apps from the play store and it is totally unusable. My cell c sim works perfectly with the play store?!
That's not cool at all. Can you PM me if you'r still not getting online?
Orihalcon
Expert Member
Switched this on yesterday...been working perfectly so far. Much thanks for a great mobile data offer.
GoneWithTheWindows
Honorary Master
The Afrihost MiFi 2 + 3 deal sounds too good to be true .......and unfortunately the old cliché rings true. 
Mostly the signal is too bad to use and even if in a area where you would expect good signal the performance is extremely variable.
Mostly the signal is too bad to use and even if in a area where you would expect good signal the performance is extremely variable.
Moshidi
Senior Member
The Afrihost MiFi 2 + 3 deal sounds too good to be true .......and unfortunately the old cliché rings true.
Mostly the signal is too bad to use and even if in a area where you would expect good signal the performance is extremely variable.
Being mobile, it unfortunately depends on the sort of coverage MTN has in your area, where you having these issues?
The Afrihost deal is great but they will never reach scale unless they introduce a mehod to reactivate an existing device sim or link to a MTN prepaid sim.
Most of the users on this forum are DSL users and we got our free MiFi devices and don't need the data every month so we had to cancel in the first month.
Stupid thing though is that if you are going on holiday and want the mobile data you need get a brand new sim and can't use your existing device sim. You have to wait 5 days for a random delivery froma ****ty delivery company which just isn't practical.
Most of the users on this forum are DSL users and we got our free MiFi devices and don't need the data every month so we had to cancel in the first month.
Stupid thing though is that if you are going on holiday and want the mobile data you need get a brand new sim and can't use your existing device sim. You have to wait 5 days for a random delivery froma ****ty delivery company which just isn't practical.
Moshidi
Senior Member
^ Agreed.
I imagine it would work in their favour as well when you consider the savings on courier fees, , packaging, etc
I imagine it would work in their favour as well when you consider the savings on courier fees, , packaging, etc
w1tw0lf
Expert Member
That's why they have the option to pause tje service... no need to get a new sim each time you might need it 
RichardG
Honorary Master
Afrihost, can you please supply us with an ETA when more stock of LTE devices will be available.
Murrayfield, Pretoria East.
Vodacom connection from my phone works perfectly and consistently.
I don't think it's the mifi device - just normal rubbish MTN network.
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