SAIX, IS & ISP's

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netstrider

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I saw that Afrihost uses the IS (Internet Services) backbone. I am wondering why the IS ISP'ers are so much cheaper?

Is it generally slower and more faulty than the SAIX? We used to have 384k 3gb ADSL moons ago before we switched to Neotel and we were with Cybersmart which uses SAIX and never had problems.

I would like a 4MB connection with 5GB monthly bandwidth, but I am afraid I can't say that I trust the cheap prices of Afrihost.

Which are the cheapest SAIX providers and IS providers? What are the major differences.

Moved from Cape Town to Richards Bay.

Also, the line rental for 4MB is apparently R413pm. Are there any other hidden costs (if I remember correctly we used to pay R92pm or so for a "line rental" apart from the DSL line which doesn't make sense). I do not want to make calls, I only want internet.

I.E R413 + Afrihost R145 = R558pm for a 4MB 5GB bandwidth connection?

Thanks in advance,
Ulrich

EDIT: Telkom's Do Broadband 5GB is R554, but they state the following:

Telkom said:
Excludes line rental, voice and fax call charges.
The local data applies after the initial 5GB data has reached its limit.
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What is the price of that line rental?
 
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You also have to pay the telephone line rental costs., R131.

Never been a fan of IS.
 
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So, R413 + R145 + R131 = R689pm? With afrihost via IS

or

R554 for do broadband 5gb, hosted via Telkom (SAIX) + R131 = R685pm?

Seems the second option would be a better deal then in more than one way...?
 
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So I have seen three costs for line rental now.. R131, R145 & R152 in another post... which is it?

Seems webafrica's or Do Broadband would be best options.
 
You don't trust Afrihost's low prices???

Haha, man, jokes on you.

IS used to be worse - when it was sattelite bandwidth. Now it's fibre, and it performs just as well as SAIX, if not better (less outages)
 
You HAVE to pay R131 for voice line + ADSL line rental (R152 for 384k, R400 odd for 4mb) + ISP cost.

Afrihost is fine, a bit glitchy now and then but fine. (We couldn't connect the other night for a while, at times it just randomly disconnects, have had problems with Steam (it's for games) losing connectivity.) Most people here will recommend them.
 
Thank you guys. Just wanted to clarify that I'd have to pay R544 for 4MB WITHOUT ISP bandwidth..
 
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