Afrihost Vodacom Fixed 5G thread

[AfriNatic]

Feedback thread for our Vodacom legacy fixed LTE and new 5G service.

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[Afrigirl]

It will be under our network, you will have access to our on-net caches (Google and Netflix)

Approved devices for SIM only​

• ⁠HUAWEI: 5G CPE PRO 2
• NOKIA: FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2
• ZTE: 5G CPE MC801A
• ⁠ZTE: 5G CPE G5TS (we have it in stock)

 

[Afrigirl]

FUP for Vodacom Wireless Uncapped

• 20Mbps - Subject to a monthly threshold of 100GB. Once you’ve reached your monthly data limit, your connection speed will be limited to 4Mbps for the remainder of the month.
• 50Mbps - Subject to a monthly threshold of 150GB. Once you’ve reached your monthly data limit, your connection speed will be limited to 8Mbps for the remainder of the month.
• 100Mbps - Subject to a monthly threshold of 300GB. Once you’ve reached your monthly data limit, your connection speed will be limited to 10Mbps for the remainder of the month.
• Wireless Plus - Subject to a monthly threshold of 600GB. Once you’ve reached your monthly data limit, your connection speed will be limited to 20Mbps for the remainder of the month.

 

[DTBA]

Pretty good price on the 5G router

 

[Jason-ZA]

It sucks that Vodacom doesn't support the TP-LINK NX510v

 

[AfriNatic]

It sucks that Vodacom doesn't support the TP-LINK NX510v

As it stands right now the Vodacom simcards are not location or device locked. They work in any router just not in a phone however as the product matures, these relaxed rules will likely change that is why we provide the info about required devices from the start to prevent a situation where it worked before but now stopped.

That said if you do signup and use it in an unapproved device when the changes eventually come into play you will be forced to use an approved device.

 

[1am7h30n3]

Are we forced to CGNAT with this offering?

 

[Afrigirl]

Are we forced to CGNAT with this offering?

Hi.

The IP allocation is not fixed to CGNAT.
Allocated IP can be public or natted.

 

[1am7h30n3]

Hi.

The IP allocation is not fixed to CGNAT.
Allocated IP can be public or natted.

Hi, thank you for the answer! To clarify:

1. How can I confirm if my IP will be public (not CGNAT) for gaming?
2. Is there a way to request a public IP explicitly?
3. Are there any additional costs for guaranteed public IP access?

 

[Afrigirl]

Hi, thank you for the answer! To clarify:

1. How can I confirm if my IP will be public (not CGNAT) for gaming?
2. Is there a way to request a public IP explicitly?
3. Are there any additional costs for guaranteed public IP access?

Should you need a public IP, you can request it with any of our support channels. There are no additional costs.

 

[Jason-ZA]

@AfriNatic @Afrigirl very impressed, already got my vodacom sim delivered to me in PE today and ordered yesterday afternoon.

 

[Afrigirl]

@AfriNatic @Afrigirl very impressed, already got my vodacom sim delivered to me in PE today and ordered yesterday afternoon.

APN is afrihost.

 

[Jason-ZA]

APN is afrihost.

Thanks, up and running, getting the full 100 down on the 100mbps package

 

[William1102]

These look great, is the routing similar to the MTN situation where it can randomly switch between JHB and CPT routing

 

[Afrigirl]

These look great, is the routing similar to the MTN situation where it can randomly switch between JHB and CPT routing

We have cross connects in both JHB and CPT and yes for LTE we do load balancing.

 

[William1102]

It will be under our network, you will have access to our on-net caches (Google and Netflix)

Approved devices for SIM only​

• ⁠HUAWEI: 5G CPE PRO 2
• NOKIA: FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2
• ZTE: 5G CPE MC801A
• ⁠ZTE: 5G CPE G5TS (we have it in stock)

I like that the router has bridge mode, can avoid double NAT and plug right into my Unifi UCG

 

[William1102]

We have cross connects in both JHB and CPT and yes for LTE we do load balancing.

That is unfortunate, you can really feel the added latency. With the Telkom one from Afrihost I can just reboot the router a few times and I am on local routing via Durban or JHB, when it routes to CPT browsing feels slow

Is it possible to do a similar thing to reboot and at least get it to route via JHB instead of CPT

 

[dotcat]

BROVI: 5G CPE 5 H155-381, 5G H155-382, 5G H352-381

HUAWEI: 5G CPE PRO 2, 5G SIC

NOKIA: FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2

TOZED: ZLT X100 PRO, ZLT X20

TP-LINK: NX510v

ZTE: 5G CPE MC801A, G5B, G5C, G5TS, MC888 5G, MC888D 5G, MC889 5G, MF296D, MF297D

ZYXEL: LTE7490-M904

This is what the sign-up process says on approved devices.....

 

[Jake45]

BROVI: 5G CPE 5 H155-381, 5G H155-382, 5G H352-381

HUAWEI: 5G CPE PRO 2, 5G SIC

NOKIA: FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2

TOZED: ZLT X100 PRO, ZLT X20

TP-LINK: NX510v

ZTE: 5G CPE MC801A, G5B, G5C, G5TS, MC888 5G, MC888D 5G, MC889 5G, MF296D, MF297D

ZYXEL: LTE7490-M904

This is what the sign-up process says on approved devices.....

So is the TP-LINK NX510v that @Jason-ZA mentioned above supported ?

 

[Jason-ZA]

So is the TP-LINK NX510v that @Jason-ZA mentioned above supported ?

So far my vodacom sim has been working fine in the NX510v the last few days, but I am guessing your question is more about what will happen later on when they force specific routers.