Ask Afrihost CEO Gian Visser anything

[chomp]

As post #81 can i get a free shirt or something ?

 

[SuperChad]

Will there ever be uncapped 3g\lte or larger data caps as lots of us want to stream games but don't have the adsl infrastructure in our areas to do so

 

[konfab]

Will the marketing budget ever be used for marketing?

 

[kurtr]

What security measures do you take to prevent the takeover of your shared hosting servers as in the case of the WebAfrica/Anonymous hack. South Africa has many talented hackers would Afrihost be open to holding a hackathon where screened hackers are invited to find security exploits on you hosting?

 

[khatani]

How is it that Axxess is able to offer slightly cheaper prices than Afrihost when Afrihost is the parent company?

 

[midnightcaller]

What's a typical day like for Gian Visser?

 

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Why is it that Afrihost does not have a national contact number for their customer care line?

 

[bravesirrobin]

Bandwidth monitoring

If I have a VPS hosted with you guys. How do you actually monitor my bandwidth ? Do you discard local broadcast/multi cast traffic between virtual machines?

 

[warwickchapman]

Afrihost's Achilles Heel is support. I have wanted to leave so many times because of inept support, particularly with ADSL.

How are you going to fix it?

 

[lg0killer]

With the fast growing of Afrihost and all the new data pricing, what will the next step be for the mobile data users as they also form a great whole in the business?

 

[Bernie]

Do you ever regret getting "into bed" with MTN.

 

[bravesirrobin]

I have a VPS in the states. I get the best service 24/7 and even with the ZAR as bad as it is. its still cheaper than any local VPS products. Why should I move to you?

 

[Bernie]

Did you need to consult with MTN first, before agreeing to do this AMA?

 

[konfab]

How much coffee does Afrihost consume in a day?

 

[STrategos]

Hi Gian

how do you think Afrihost can better support IT infrastructure and development within rural schools?

 

[Ree1]

What made you take the risk to start your own company? (emphasize on your background growing up and people who influenced you or assisted you in reaching your goals)

 

[midnightcaller]

What (about Afrihost) keeps you awake at night?

 

[midnightcaller]

How would you go about choosing your successor ?

 

[midnightcaller]

Will you consider "going back to the floor" to experience your company as your ground staff and customers do?

 

[Bernie]

When you launched the R29 / gig pricing a few years back, this totally changed the DSL landscape for ever in SA, can we expect a similar ground breaking event in the near future with regards to 3g/4g/LTE etc?