Afrihost - Pure Fibre Feedback Thread

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Rickster said:
You have a ADSL leader board but not a Fibre one? Why?
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To discourage people from wanting to be at the top of the list. Uncapped fibre only works because people don't actually use as much as they think...
 
waylander said:
To discourage people from wanting to be at the top of the list. Uncapped fibre only works because people don't actually use as much as they think...
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We're definitely not concerned about how much people use - we've planned for that extra capacity and we're still far from hitting our limits.

To be honest, we just haven't had time to think about it. Since we launched Pure Fibre, we've launched multiple LTE products, and that's taken all our focus. When we have a quiet moment, we'll definitely think it over.
 
AfriMan said:
We're definitely not concerned about how much people use - we've planned for that extra capacity and we're still far from hitting our limits.

To be honest, we just haven't had time to think about it. Since we launched Pure Fibre, we've launched multiple LTE products, and that's taken all our focus. When we have a quiet moment, we'll definitely think it over.
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In general the economics of uncapped depend on people not maxing their lines 24/7 - I'm not saying Afrihost is overselling their network or anything of the sort, I'm just pointing out that in general ISPs plan costing on average use and introducing a leaderboard encourages people to try to compete to see who can waste the most bandwidth.
 
waylander said:
In general the economics of uncapped depend on people not maxing their lines 24/7 - I'm not saying Afrihost is overselling their network or anything of the sort, I'm just pointing out that in general ISPs plan costing on average use and introducing a leaderboard encourages people to try to compete to see who can waste the most bandwidth.
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I get that - thing is we already invested massively to push capacity up, so we're not too concerned.. With our ADSL leaderboard, there was no real incentive other than bragging rights, so we don't think anyone significantly changed their internet behaviour as a direct result anyway.
 
@AfriMan When will you guys start selling Voip for home users, as Telkom cut our Adsl lines and they gave us these crappy phones that works of their sim card and locked to a 3g connection. Those drop calls and delay is just madness.

Can anyone suggest reasonable pricing for VOIP home users and some links to the website as I was looking at Vox uncapped VOIP calls for R350pm.
 
moms said:
@AfriMan When will you guys start selling Voip for home users, as Telkom cut our Adsl lines and they gave us these crappy phones that works of their sim card and locked to a 3g connection. Those drop calls and delay is just madness.

Can anyone suggest reasonable pricing for VOIP home users and some links to the website as I was looking at Vox uncapped VOIP calls for R350pm.
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I have that service at home - it's been pretty reliable for me. I also didn't realise you can take your number with you - which might be handy for going on holiday, etc. Just wish their was a more portable handset.
 
AfriMan said:
I have that service at home - it's been pretty reliable for me. I also didn't realise you can take your number with you - which might be handy for going on holiday, etc. Just wish their was a more portable handset.
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So its worth it to take it out with Vox then, I also seen you can make calls with their App which quiet cool
 
moms said:
So its worth it to take it out with Vox then, I also seen you can make calls with their App which quiet cool
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Sorry, I meant the Telkom one. They gave me a free handset for moving from copper landline to look-alike landline.
 
moms said:
@AfriMan When will you guys start selling Voip for home users, as Telkom cut our Adsl lines and they gave us these crappy phones that works of their sim card and locked to a 3g connection. Those drop calls and delay is just madness.

Can anyone suggest reasonable pricing for VOIP home users and some links to the website as I was looking at Vox uncapped VOIP calls for R350pm.
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The 2 options to use instead of a Telkom landline phone are: voice over the cellphone network, or VOIP (over the internet). I looked at VOIP, but because it is quite a process and learning curve, and I already had 2 Cell C sims in cellphones, I went the route of Cell C All-Net voice calls. The Cell C plans are listed on the following web page, scroll down the page to see them: https://www.cellc.co.za/cellc/bundles-contract-detail/prepaid-voice-bundle I am trying out for the first time the option that is prepaid R200, 15 hours of calls, lasts 1 month. I am finding it excellent.

There are several VOIP providers, eg Vox, Mweb, Axxess, Switchtel, Freshphone. Telkom also offers VOIP for home on their website, but nobody there seems aware of it or can help you with it.

There is a lot of information on MyBroadband (news articles and forums) about alternatives to a Telkom Landline phone and an ADSL internet connection. Following is a partial list, in no particular order:

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/telkom-copper-cutover-cutoff.1047005/

Desperately looking for new SIP Provider

Hi All, So we have had endless issues with our current SIP provider. Looking for suggestions on who you guys are using. We have tried ICT Globe, Broadlink, iConnect. We need the following. - Good call quality - Decent rates - Cross connects at terraco - They must have super good...
mybroadband.co.za mybroadband.co.za

https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/telkom-switch-to-wireless-technology.1053429/

https://mybroadband.co.za/news/adsl...f-adsl-subscribers-here-are-your-options.html This was a news article. Also read all comments on it (go to bottom of webpage, click on comments. When you reach the end of the comments, click on load more comments).

Good luck!




 
moms said:
@AfriMan When will you guys start selling Voip for home users, as Telkom cut our Adsl lines and they gave us these crappy phones that works of their sim card and locked to a 3g connection. Those drop calls and delay is just madness.

Can anyone suggest reasonable pricing for VOIP home users and some links to the website as I was looking at Vox uncapped VOIP calls for R350pm.
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try freshphone, i'm in the process of signing up so can't comment yet, but it's free, just pay for the calls.
 
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