Afrihost MTN Fixed LTE-A Thread

AfriNatic said:
:ROFL: They can be misleading though because there is usually at least 2 networks on each tower.
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Just received information from MTN Coverage Support team that the tower my Afrihost Fixed LTE connected to is down. Maybe I am now connecting to a other tower I was not aware of which might explain the poor SINR result I am getting.
 
AfriNatic said:
The speeds will be totally coverage and tower related. If you are getting good stable speeds currently the sim we provide will be the same. We had some issues with Fixed LTE but everything is resolved. I'm confident the network is up for the challenge.
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Hi @AfriNatic - the new MTN SIM's functioning with the Afrihost APN setting/s.

However, whatever work was done with / by MTN months ago doesn't seem to have made any difference in my area.

I don't yet notice any drops in throughput, but have only had the SIM in for about 1/2 hr., maybe even less.
But, as was the case with the 1st SIM I used on exactly the same service early on this year, the signal meter hovers between 3 to 4 bars, mostly - in fact, all the time, and that's since it's been on the Afrihost APN.
EDIT : moved to 5 bars after posting this, so it is variable, and therefore not ideal.

Even Cell C today has been a full 5 bars all the time, not to mention Telkom LTE which I have on another B525 now.

Here are some speedtests ; strangely, the 1st one routed to JHB, with the usual higher ping I get from it, and higher speeds, but the 2nd to CPT, lower ping, but also considerably lower speeds.

Obviously it will be usable like this, assuming throughput is constant, but certainly disappointing that nothing seems different (positively) from before.

https://speedtest.co.za/result/5533438

46ms
Download 23.92Mbps
Upload 43.51Mbps
Air Mobile – 2021-11-23 14:48:43
Server: ZA - Johannesburg


https://speedtest.co.za/result/5533507

Ping 32ms
Download 15.51Mbps
Upload 4.54Mbps
Air Mobile – 2021-11-23 14:55:29
Server: ZA - Cape Town

I can post some SINR etc. readings, if you think it'll make any difference, but I realise there's nothing that can be done, and I already went through that 3 pg. questionaire before, with nothing coming of it.

Seems I'll need to keep Telkom LTE going in one form or another (either through Axxess, or directly), then switch to it permanently in the new year.
 
See, this is what I got when - by mistake ? - it got stuck on 5 bars for about a minute :
(went down to 4 bars in the interim, then back up to 5)
* I can only assume this is to do with the "Air Mobile" network, and not MTN's which from the bit I saw the other day when testing on one of their SIM's, on their network, sat at a full 5 bars all the time.

https://speedtest.co.za/result/5533686

ISP: Air Mobile
Ping: 25ms
Download: 66.54Mbps
Upload: 20.62Mbps

Air Mobile – 2021-11-23 15:18:13
Server: ZA - Cape Town

I suppose I'll just have to get on with using it, and only come back to you if the internet can't be used at all, because of it dropping out / lack of throughput.

* = moving between signal meter strengths, virtually all the time.
 
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BCR said:
See, this is what I got when - by mistake ? - it got stuck on 5 bars for about a minute :
(went down to 4 bars in the interim, then back up to 5)
* I can only assume this is to do with the "Air Mobile" network, and not MTN's which from the bit I saw the other day when testing on one of their SIM's, on their network, sat at a full 5 bars all the time.

https://speedtest.co.za/result/5533686

ISP: Air Mobile
Ping: 25ms
Download: 66.54Mbps
Upload: 20.62Mbps

Air Mobile – 2021-11-23 15:18:13
Server: ZA - Cape Town

I suppose I'll just have to get on with using it, and only come back to you if the internet can't be used at all, because of it dropping out / lack of throughput.

* = moving between signal meter strengths, virtually all the time.
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Okay keep monitoring the through put and stability and let me know how it goes.
 
@AfriNatic I know that the MTN fixed LTE is tower locked. But I have a question regarding this. I believe the tower nearest to my house is faulty. (200m) After logging the ticket with MTN Coverage, I saw the technical team working on the tower yesterday. My question is, if that tower come back online will my SIM connect to the nearest tower again? Not sure when the tower will be fixed, but I am just wondering here.
 
Pulserider said:
@AfriNatic I know that the MTN fixed LTE is tower locked. But I have a question regarding this. I believe the tower nearest to my house is faulty. (200m) After logging the ticket with MTN Coverage, I saw the technical team working on the tower yesterday. My question is, if that tower come back online will my SIM connect to the nearest tower again? Not sure when the tower will be fixed, but I am just wondering here.
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The Fixed LTE is actually not tower locked but rather location.

MTN calculates your estimate location. They allow movement of about 500m or so from that location without blocking it. They also allow you to connect to other towers if the main tower is down as long as your location doesn't change.
 
Let me start off by thanking the guys at Afrihost for this. For the last 2 years I've been getting good service and my speeds just going up and up.

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Also thank you very much for the free upgrade :)

One thing bothers me though... the jump from 40gb+40gb to 90gb+90gb. This year I had to switch more than 6 times between the 30gb and 60gb options.

I would like to propose the following: A 60gb+60gb option for R275 a month. You will find it scales nicely with the other 2 options in regard to price and data limit.

Please give this some consideration.
 
Good day. I'm considering getting a fixed LTE package for Desember/January when going on holiday. Please advise on whether I would be able to have a SIM delivered to my work so that I can pre-configure my router and then relocate the service to our holiday home. Then lastly how would I cancel the service in January?
 
4G_til_fibre said:
Let me start off by thanking the guys at Afrihost for this. For the last 2 years I've been getting good service and my speeds just going up and up.

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Also thank you very much for the free upgrade :)

One thing bothers me though... the jump from 40gb+40gb to 90gb+90gb. This year I had to switch more than 6 times between the 30gb and 60gb options.

I would like to propose the following: A 60gb+60gb option for R275 a month. You will find it scales nicely with the other 2 options in regard to price and data limit.

Please give this some consideration.
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Currently the closest you'll get to 60 + 60 I know of, is Telkom LTE from Axxess (owned by Afrihost) at R299 pm, coverage dependent of course.

Directly from Telkom on prepaid for 60 + 60 GB is R459 pm, whereby the 60 GB anytime data is valid for 60 days (so if you can stretch it out over 2 months, it would cost R229.50 pm).
 
Trashcanman2000 said:
Good day. I'm considering getting a fixed LTE package for Desember/January when going on holiday. Please advise on whether I would be able to have a SIM delivered to my work so that I can pre-configure my router and then relocate the service to our holiday home. Then lastly how would I cancel the service in January?
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Morning,

That is possible however it would require you to make contact with us to update the location. The sim only doesn't carry any cancellation fee and you can submit the cancellation in clientzone.
 
AfriNatic said:
Morning,

That is possible however it would require you to make contact with us to update the location. The sim only doesn't carry any cancellation fee and you can submit the cancellation in clientzone.
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Thanks for the reply. Would I be able to have the service allocated to one location but have the SIM delivered to another? I will be borrowing a colleagues router that he uses for a MTN/Afrihost fixed LTE connection as backup so it will be a SIM only in this case.
 
Trashcanman2000 said:
Thanks for the reply. Would I be able to have the service allocated to one location but have the SIM delivered to another? I will be borrowing a colleagues router that he uses for a MTN/Afrihost fixed LTE connection as backup so it will be a SIM only in this case.
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Yes you can. You would use the check coverage for the address you will be using it at and then make the delivery address where you want the package delivered to.
 
BCR said:
Currently the closest you'll get to 60 + 60 I know of, is Telkom LTE from Axxess (owned by Afrihost) at R299 pm, coverage dependent of course.

Directly from Telkom on prepaid for 60 + 60 GB is R459 pm, whereby the 60 GB anytime data is valid for 60 days (so if you can stretch it out over 2 months, it would cost R229.50 pm).
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Unfortunately no Telkom 4G coverage here. And I live in a small town of less than 3,000 people so I'm not holding my breath for fibre.
 
4G_til_fibre said:
Unfortunately no Telkom 4G coverage here. And I live in a small town of less than 3,000 people so I'm not holding my breath for fibre.
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Hopefully @AfriNatic / the relevant person or department will suggest it to their MTN contact/s, for implementation.
 
Got my sim today, so far pretty good.
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Hi @AfriNatic - I presume you'd say your network is 100% accurate at measuring / recording MTN data usage.
I have nothing to back this up with, unfortunately, but my own assumption is it's not 100%.

Haven't used it much since signing up, because mainly been using up Telkom (Axxess) + Cell C data to now.

Did 2 .mp3 downloads this morning which when I look at the space they take up on the smartphone, total 126.71MB. I literally opened a few pages from the website to download them + thereafter opened YouTube to update a list of things I want to still d/load, so didn't play any vids. (as I pause them immediately).

Data usage in the app at the time showed around 173MB.

I would've thought it would be less than 47MB just to open some pages + some YT channels to view some things.

I get the impression, not only from this, which I was more mindful of monitoring today, but from previous days since signing up again, that data usage seems to fly up faster on MTN via Afrihost, than it did Telkom LTE through Axxess or Cell C direct.

Do you at Afrihost, any of your own testing to check the accuracy of the figures you display in the app / website?

Mainly wondering about it, because after I start using it solely for data, at this rate will need to up it to the next package (which I'm sure is the aim) at least every other month.
 
While I'm busy posting about MTN on Afrihost, please clarify something @AfriNatic :

If you upgrade / downgrade from one package to another from month to month, do you still get to keep your rolled over data ?

Thanks.
 
BCR said:
Hi @AfriNatic - I presume you'd say your network is 100% accurate at measuring / recording MTN data usage.
I have nothing to back this up with, unfortunately, but my own assumption is it's not 100%.

Haven't used it much since signing up, because mainly been using up Telkom (Axxess) + Cell C data to now.

Did 2 .mp3 downloads this morning which when I look at the space they take up on the smartphone, total 126.71MB. I literally opened a few pages from the website to download them + thereafter opened YouTube to update a list of things I want to still d/load, so didn't play any vids. (as I pause them immediately).

Data usage in the app at the time showed around 173MB.

I would've thought it would be less than 47MB just to open some pages + some YT channels to view some things.

I get the impression, not only from this, which I was more mindful of monitoring today, but from previous days since signing up again, that data usage seems to fly up faster on MTN via Afrihost, than it did Telkom LTE through Axxess or Cell C direct.

Do you at Afrihost, any of your own testing to check the accuracy of the figures you display in the app / website?

Mainly wondering about it, because after I start using it solely for data, at this rate will need to up it to the next package (which I'm sure is the aim) at least every other month.
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I have a MTN Fixed LTE sim also so I do keep an eye out if something goes wrong. There isn't a known issue with data usage so if you do have an issue I would recommend getting an app to monitor and then if you notice any discrepancies let me know so we can investigate.
 
BCR said:
While I'm busy posting about MTN on Afrihost, please clarify something @AfriNatic :

If you upgrade / downgrade from one package to another from month to month, do you still get to keep your rolled over data ?

Thanks.
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When you upgrade or downgrade we do mention that roll over data will be forfeited.

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