Afrihost Plus.. ShowMax??

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So I have Afrihost Plus but don't use Simfy and been thinking.. Why not offer a choose between choosing that and perhaps ShowMax?

I think this would be a good tie in but not sure if ShowMax will partner with them.. Heck even where the subscriber pays the R40-50 difference that would be something I'd use. Right now I only use AfrihostPlus for the mobile data doubling and considering removing it if there is no other benefit

Ps. Mod please change title to ShowMax
 
That's actually a very good idea, I also don't use Simfy because I use Apple Music and I'm addicted to Showmax. It might even in the end result in people buying more Afrihost data for streaming.
 
krycor said:
So I have Afrihost Plus but don't use Simfy and been thinking.. Why not offer a choose between choosing that and perhaps ShowMax?

I think this would be a good tie in but not sure if ShowMax will partner with them.. Heck even where the subscriber pays the R40-50 difference that would be something I'd use. Right now I only use AfrihostPlus for the mobile data doubling and considering removing it if there is no other benefit

Ps. Mod please change title to ShowMax
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I don't know would rather prefer Netflix over Showmax. Netflix SA is starting to get some really good Content.. Showmax has incomplete shows, no value for money. The local content is super K@K. I don't know, guess its just the way I feel. But your Idea is really good hope the guys at Afrihost takes this idea into consideration, maybe when Afrihost starts rolling out fiber this would be an awesome promotional package :P
 
krycor said:
So I have Afrihost Plus but don't use Simfy and been thinking.. Why not offer a choose between choosing that and perhaps ShowMax?

I think this would be a good tie in but not sure if ShowMax will partner with them.. Heck even where the subscriber pays the R40-50 difference that would be something I'd use. Right now I only use AfrihostPlus for the mobile data doubling and considering removing it if there is no other benefit

Ps. Mod please change title to ShowMax
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Hey guys, we've thought pretty often about whether we could include a streaming option like Netflix or ShowMax without bundles. Ultimately it comes down to our negotiations with those companies and what they are able to offer our clients. SIMFY is a great product (I use it almost daily) and it was a good fit for what we wanted to achieve with Mobile Data. Something like Netflix is probably going to work better with DSL so we'd have to rethink it - maybe have an alternative to Plus that favours DSL, or otherwise a more customisable Plus product.

I can't make any promises whatsoever here, but I can tell you it's something we'd like to do and it's mostly depends on us finding the right partner who can offer the best value to our clients :)
 
Cool.. Yea I use Apple Music Family so the Simfy, as cool as it was, just doesn't work when everyone using native app on device.

And yes.. Either Netflix or Shomwax would be good. Totally understand the whole agreement/commercials aspect vs partner company and would also mean some network performance guarantee for them to endorse it in a way.

But yah.. Let us know how it pans out
 
Considering that Naspers already owns Mweb I highly doubt they'd bundle ShowMax with another ISP's products...
 
Necropolis said:
Considering that Naspers already owns Mweb I highly doubt they'd bundle ShowMax with another ISP's products...
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True true.. Actually realized this after.. But as a standalone product they'd still want a larger subscriber base. Ie the deal would maybe not be as great as one stuck between mweb and ShowMax
 
MWeb have a deal where you get 3 months or something free Showmax subscription if you sign a 6 or 12 month ADSL contract with them.
Telkom also have a Showmax deal, if I remember correctly theirs give you 0 rated streaming data in the evenings.
 
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