As far as I know they don't offer the same experience - the Cat 6 routers are superior in many ways and work optimally with the network infrastructure.
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Afrihost MTN Fixed LTE-A Thread
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As far as I know they don't offer the same experience - the Cat 6 routers are superior in many ways and work optimally with the network infrastructure.
Once payment clears or is verified, we aim for around 48 hour delivery. Really depends on your location and payment method. Credit card is usually the fastest.
Might be 5G network. Also, if you put one router in repeater mode, it creates a control network for settings, etc.
At least, that's what I've seen on other Huawei devices.
Lebogang95
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Not sure. Seems like it though. In the image I attached, on the top right corner there's a 5G icon. So I take it as 5ghz is enabled.
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Lebogang95
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Finally got everything set up the way I wanted to. Speeds are good, Netflix streams are good even with my brother watching FHD YouTube videos
elf_lord_ZC5
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They don't enforce Huawei routers, the routers just have to be LTE category 6 compliant or better.
From the comment it seems there is zero technical reason for this.
elf_lord_ZC5
Honorary Master
A quality of service reason might be considered - technical reasons probably can also be found, depending on your expectations.
Sounds more like a we get a ton of kick back from Huawei.
elf_lord_ZC5
Honorary Master
You really got a thing on with Huawei ... , ZTE also have a router that qualifies, but that is up to you.
Ohh okay so seems the MTN Fixed LTE judging by the screenshots of Lebo that it's the same as Cellc.
Basically just the MTN tower is being used and traffic handed over to Afrihost at Teraco probably and then Afrihost takes it from there. So you are not using the MTN network just their towers. That means everything local peers at teraco and international goes via Liquid telecoms.
Basically just the MTN tower is being used and traffic handed over to Afrihost at Teraco probably and then Afrihost takes it from there. So you are not using the MTN network just their towers. That means everything local peers at teraco and international goes via Liquid telecoms.
Ohh okay so seems the MTN Fixed LTE judging by the screenshots of Lebo that it's the same as Cellc.
Basically just the MTN tower is being used and traffic handed over to Afrihost at Teraco probably and then Afrihost takes it from there. So you are not using the MTN network just their towers. That means everything local peers at teraco and international goes via Liquid telecoms.
Not using MTN network?? How so if we using their towers?
My signal when i popped a MTN sim card in my phone is far stronger than my current Rain...
They sell the packages as MTN Fixed LTE.
Yes it's using MTN towers but the network is Afrihost's Airmobile network. Just like their fibre it's Afrihost fibre but on Openserve or Vumatel or who ever.
192.143.143.185 is not a MTN IP... When you do a trace on MTN Fixed LTE you will see that basically the tower and the transit to the handover is MTN after that it's all Afrihost.
Well as long as the speeds and signal are noticeably better...I don't really care.
And if there is no break during Eksdom power cuts....Rain doesn't seem to be effected in my neighbourhood..the one plus to using them.
Very obfuscated way of selling to the public....not at all transparent.
Guess most resellers do the same.
Well if you remember the fixed LTE sold by IS and Afrihost. Same thing. Traffic handed over to Afrihost or IS and they do the rest and is the reason why when you do a speedtest it will show Airmobile for Afrihost or Internet Solution for some of the Cellc fixed LTE packages.
The only issue I see with this is the not so ideal routing via Liquid telecoms to EU. Also means when liquid was DDOSed and if it happens again MTN Fixed LTE sold by Afrihost will be down too.
The MTn Fixed LTE deal sold by Supersonic is injected to their network and we know they use the MTN Business network so all MTN there and obviously the MTN Made for you Fixed LTE sold by MTN on contract will be using their own network.