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tRoN

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Hi guys

Anyone hear of this FNO ?

I need fibre and Afrihost is using these guys in my area as there are no other providers at my location
 
tRoN said:
Hi guys

Anyone hear of this FNO ?

I need fibre and Afrihost is using these guys in my area as there are no other providers at my location
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We can also assist with links on Comtel Connect. They have a decent presence in CPT and JHB. Drop me a PM for more info
 
tRoN said:
Hi guys

Anyone hear of this FNO ?

I need fibre and Afrihost is using these guys in my area as there are no other providers at my location
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Be warned!

Comtel likes to sell "fibre" but it's only fibre inside of the unit/apartment etc. And then they use wireless backhaul links.

Used to be a customer of theirs way back as the complex I was in had "fibre" installed, but it was only inside of the apartment and building, but wireless backhaul, this meant that they could only offer Up-to 10Mbps per unit @ ~R500 a month.
 
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grant_cpt said:
Be warned!

Comtel likes to sell "fibre" but it's only fibre inside of the unit/apartment etc. And then they use wireless backhaul links.

Used to be a customer of theirs way back as the complex I was in had "fibre" installed, but it was only inside of the apartment and building, but wireless backhaul, this meant that they could only offer Up-to 10Mbps per unit @ ~R500 a month.
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Just smells like a crap network, nothing wrong with wireless backhaul links ours breakout on this principle at the building averages about 6ms
 
grant_cpt said:
Be warned!

Comtel likes to sell "fibre" but it's only fibre inside of the unit/apartment etc. And then they use wireless backhaul links.

Used to be a customer of theirs way back as the complex I was in had "fibre" installed, but it was only inside of the apartment and building, but wireless backhaul, this meant that they could only offer Up-to 10Mbps per unit @ ~R500 a month.
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I think this was what they did in the beginning, I havent heard of these issues for a long time.
 
PBCool said:
I think this was what they did in the beginning, I havent heard of these issues for a long time.
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Still very much a thing.

When we moved into our current offices we had to go with them as it turns out they had "exclusivity". Literally every time it rained our internet would go to **** which made me assume they were using a wireless backhaul.

Jump forward a couple of weeks and a rep was talking to all the businesses to come together for a direct fibre install. At that point I asked if the internet in the complex is on a wireless backhaul, and the rep confirmed.

The cherry on the top is the backhaul link they have admitted is overloaded as well.

Paying business fibre prices for what? Some bs SLA no one really sticks to.
 
acidrain said:
Still very much a thing.

When we moved into our current offices we had to go with them as it turns out they had "exclusivity". Literally every time it rained our internet would go to **** which made me assume they were using a wireless backhaul.

Jump forward a couple of weeks and a rep was talking to all the businesses to come together for a direct fibre install. At that point I asked if the internet in the complex is on a wireless backhaul, and the rep confirmed.

The cherry on the top is the backhaul link they have admitted is overloaded as well.

Paying business fibre prices for what? Some bs SLA no one really sticks to.
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Yes look ironically Business parks need less capacity vs an MDU or suburb. So they try to get away with it.
 
grant_cpt said:
Be warned!

Comtel likes to sell "fibre" but it's only fibre inside of the unit/apartment etc. And then they use wireless backhaul links.

Used to be a customer of theirs way back as the complex I was in had "fibre" installed, but it was only inside of the apartment and building, but wireless backhaul, this meant that they could only offer Up-to 10Mbps per unit @ ~R500 a month.
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How can I check if it’s direct fibre or they using wireless links ?
 
tRoN said:
How can I check if it’s direct fibre or they using wireless links ?
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Do you have some of these around? This is what they used for the apartment block. They eventually came to remove 5 of their equipment when the last unit switched over to Frogfoot

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PBCool said:
Yes look ironically Business parks need less capacity vs an MDU or suburb. So they try to get away with it.
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I get that but it shouldn't be marketed as fibre. It would be akin to me claiming my home network is fibre even though its all cable purely based on fibre like speeds and latency.

I said as much to the rep. Just annoys me really.
 
acidrain said:
I get that but it shouldn't be marketed as fibre. It would be akin to me claiming my home network is fibre even though its all cable purely based on fibre like speeds and latency.

I said as much to the rep. Just annoys me really.
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No I totally agree, we've tried to offer services in certain office parks. To be told a provider has exclusivity, and they use wireless backhaul?

All I'm saying is not to assume it is the case in every circumstance.
 
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