That doesn't sound right. We'll need to take a look and see if everything is logged correctly with MTN.
Can you please drop me a PM with your details?
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Afrihost MTN Fixed LTE-A Thread
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That doesn't sound right. We'll need to take a look and see if everything is logged correctly with MTN.
Can you please drop me a PM with your details?
As far as I know there should be power backups in place, so the product should continue to work. It's hard to guarantee because some towers have different power backup solutions. Also, these generators/batteries, etc are being stolen at an insane rate, so there's always a risk - but that is true for any provider.
Our local tower stayed up during recent 8 hour cut - has a nice diesel geni...
Tweet them? Usually get a better response....
Shouldn't be more than a couple of hours. If you not connected by this evening, I'll ask for one of the guys to give you a call (just need your deets on PM).
I am also considering cancelling my Rain Fixed LTE service in the next few hours to avoid extending the service until the end of December. Are the new customers generally satisfied with the MTN Pure LTE service?
I will be very unhappy to find that the new service is worse than the Rain Fixed LTE which has not been great for me over the past few months. If this is the case I will have to move to either Telkom Fixed LTE from Afrihost or just load one of the current prepaid bundles every two months.
The Telkom prepaid (PP) LTE bundle pricing is very similar to the Afrihost (AH) Telkom Fixed LTE pricing if you halve the prices of the current 61 day Telkom PP bundles and ignore the missing Night Surfer data in the second month of the Telkom prepaid LTE bundles. Afrihost does not offer a 30 + 30 or a 110 + 110 bundle.
20 + 20 - R180pm(PP) vs R199pm(AH)
30 + 30 - R230pm(PP) <---------- no Afrihost equivalent package
40 + 40 - R280pm(PP) vs R299pm(AH)
60 + 60 - R380pm(PP) vs R399pm(AH)
110 + 110 - R530pm(PP) <---------- no Afrihost equivalent package
If you recharge the airtime onto a Telkom More prepaid SIM card and then transfer it via *180# to the router SIM you should be able to get the recharge amount back in free airtime for calls, SMSs or data etc. The free airtime expires after 7 days so it would be more beneficial to recharge small amounts every week so that free airtime is available at all times.
I will be very unhappy to find that the new service is worse than the Rain Fixed LTE which has not been great for me over the past few months. If this is the case I will have to move to either Telkom Fixed LTE from Afrihost or just load one of the current prepaid bundles every two months.
The Telkom prepaid (PP) LTE bundle pricing is very similar to the Afrihost (AH) Telkom Fixed LTE pricing if you halve the prices of the current 61 day Telkom PP bundles and ignore the missing Night Surfer data in the second month of the Telkom prepaid LTE bundles. Afrihost does not offer a 30 + 30 or a 110 + 110 bundle.
20 + 20 - R180pm(PP) vs R199pm(AH)
30 + 30 - R230pm(PP) <---------- no Afrihost equivalent package
40 + 40 - R280pm(PP) vs R299pm(AH)
60 + 60 - R380pm(PP) vs R399pm(AH)
110 + 110 - R530pm(PP) <---------- no Afrihost equivalent package
If you recharge the airtime onto a Telkom More prepaid SIM card and then transfer it via *180# to the router SIM you should be able to get the recharge amount back in free airtime for calls, SMSs or data etc. The free airtime expires after 7 days so it would be more beneficial to recharge small amounts every week so that free airtime is available at all times.
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Same here - Rain LTE has become pretty much useless for me. I received my MTN Fixed LTE sim from Axxess today. Going away for a long weekend so I'll test once I'm back.
elf_lord_ZC5
Honorary Master
APN correctly setup?
Not according to Siya from AH support I spoke with at length only yesterday who confirmed I had up till midnight on 30th to confirm my cancellation or revoke it.
Rather safe than sorry of course, but just stating what I was told.
@MirageF1: In the past I have missed the Afrihost cancellation deadlines which are usually around the 22nd of the month so I didn't want to risk it again! In any case there is a button to reactivate the service in case you change your mind!
This page on the Afrihost website mentions the 15th as the cutoff date.
help.afrihost.com
This page on the Afrihost website mentions the 15th as the cutoff date.
How to cancel your Fixed LTE Wireless package | Fixed Wireless Internet | Afrihost Help Centre
<p>You can cancel your Fixed Wireless package in the Connectivity section of ClientZone. Cancellations must be submitted before the 23rd of the month.</p>
help.afrihost.com
At any rate if you read my earlier posts you'll see I will keep rain package active for now as well for reasons I have explained...@MirageF1: In the past I have missed the Afrihost cancellation deadlines which are usually around 22nd of the month so I didn't want to risk it again! In any case there is a button to reactivate the service in case you change your mind!
This page on the Afrihost website mentions the 15th as the cutoff date.
How to cancel your Fixed LTE Wireless package | Fixed Wireless Internet | Afrihost Help Centre
<p>You can cancel your Fixed Wireless package in the Connectivity section of ClientZone. Cancellations must be submitted before the 23rd of the month.</p>
Not activated...pm'd details
Our official date for same month cancellation is before the 15th. We start our billing run soon after.
It's not that they monitor the devices used. They've designed their network such that only Cat 6 or higher are compatible. So non-compatible devices will simply not work.
Lucas Buck
Executive Member
Erm.. good to know based on others experience that there's a working alternative to Telkom LTE.