is afrihost good?

[pigeonlover]

I was about to get Webafrica and created a thread asking if it's good and many said its **** and someone recommended Afrihost so I'm seeking to know if its good.

 

[epah]

Better than WebAfrica.

 

[UB40]

I would check with @cavedog first

 

[grant_cpt]

I can highly recommend them

 

[ronnie_94]

Nothing to complain about and the reps on here are great.

 

[AfriNatic]

Highly recommended

 

[b1ayd]

They are unable to deliver the advertised speeds for international traffic. See other threads on this forum.

 

[ronnie_94]

They are unable to deliver the advertised speeds for international traffic. See other threads on this forum.

Two different places full speed, can add a third if you want

 

[Crowley]

I was about to get Webafrica and created a thread asking if it's good and many said its **** and someone recommended Afrihost so I'm seeking to know if its good.

Yes. Just do it.

 

[b1ayd]

Ok, They cannot give speeds much higher than 100mbps on the faster packages. 200,500,1000mbps will top out around 100mbps.

 

[Crowley]

Ok, They cannot give speeds much higher than 100mbps on the faster packages. 200,500,1000mbps will top out around 100mbps.

Have you checked your network connections? 100mbps sounds like a local network issue.

 

[deweyzeph]

Ok, They cannot give speeds much higher than 100mbps on the faster packages. 200,500,1000mbps will top out around 100mbps.

That's simply not true. I get my full 500/250 on my Afrihost Openserve fibre line. In my experience, people on the higher packages who complain that they're not getting their full speed have inferior networking equipment that can't handle processing those higher speeds.

 

[ronnie_94]

Ok, They cannot give speeds much higher than 100mbps on the faster packages. 200,500,1000mbps will top out around 100mbps.

Had a 200, 250 or 300 with them with no issues, check the lan cable if it is topping at 100, sounds like it is negotiating at 100.

 

[deweyzeph]

Had a 200, 250 or 300 with them with no issues, check the lan cable if it is topping at 100, sounds like it is negotiating at 100.

It's more likely the person is testing the speed on a wireless device on 2.4GHz and a 20Mhz channel width.

 

[b1ayd]

Various calls logged and chats on this forum. They are unable to resolve it. Local traffic tests full line speed.

Their response:

Why is this only 'n problem on Afrihost and only on international sites??

And if it is the TCP accelerators, why does Afrihost not use it?

We have explored the idea; however, TCP accelerators come in 10Gbps variants only, and we will need at least 50+ just for JHB. Currently, it is not feasible; it would create a complex topology for us to balance the traffic between the TCP accelerators.

 

[b1ayd]

See this thread.

Afrihost 1Gbps International Bandwidth

Definitely an Afrihost issue @Afrigirl 1000/250 Mbps Vuma customer on Afrihost: Test over wifi to London on normal Afrihost - see attachment. Getting 56 DL and 125 UL Test over same wifi in the same position but connected to Nord VPN servicer in SA then speed test to London getting 300+ and...

mybroadband.co.za

 

[RedViking]

Yeah, oor Cool Ideas. Owned by Afrihost as well.

 

[b1ayd]

For some reason you get full line speed both local and international on Cool Ideas

 

[ronnie_94]

For some reason you get full line speed both local and international on Cool Ideas

Why not just move over to cool ideas then?

 

[b1ayd]

Why not just move over to cool ideas then?

The poster asked if Afrihost is good. I gave him something to look out for.