The Difference between WebAfrica & Afrihost

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From what I can tell:

Webafrica = Free trial accounts to iron out all the issues.. did I mention free?

Afrihost = R29/ Gig, we stuck with all their crap!:sick:

Marketing budget my @rse- bring it on Afrihost fanboi's
 
None is superior in my opinion. Both have flaws.
 
I'm not even using Afrihost but I am a fanboi.
 
The Only reason i haven't gotten AfriHost is because of the webafrica trail
 
The trial is once off, and over afaik. The 29/gb thing is pretty permanent...
 
Have not tried AfriHost yet.
WA Trial had it's ups and downs. (At times Warp speed+ - at other times totally unusable).
But I did not pay 1c for it.

I have been seriously considering AfriHost since their special started.
But judging by the posts lately the only safe AfriHost option would be to go with an EFT for a fixed amount of bandwidth upfront for me personally.
 
thedoc! said:
From what I can tell:

Webafrica = Free trial accounts to iron out all the issues.. did I mention free?

Afrihost = R29/ Gig, we stuck with all their crap!:sick:

Marketing budget my @rse- bring it on Afrihost fanboi's
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Where do I sign up for this free trial?
 
bwana said:
Where do I sign up for this free trial?
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afaik its closed as there are no new sign ups.

thedoc! said:
From what I can tell:

Webafrica = Free trial accounts to iron out all the issues.. did I mention free?

Afrihost = R29/ Gig, we stuck with all their crap!:sick:

Marketing budget my @rse- bring it on Afrihost fanboi's
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free stuff are always better right :erm:, i would also suggest that you study what is the differance between tier 1 and isp.

i'm yet to experiance the so called perfect isp as i've used them all and every one have had their issues so far. as for example how long have web africa struggle to get their damned billing issues sorted out?, how long did openweb struggle with their vpn services? not to mention how much of a cockup it was for axxess to just move over from saix to is which lead a few businesses in a non working state.

you should also note from when afrihost has started being an isp VS just a hosting company...

...should we do a quick thread count for the past 2 month worth of isp issues ? i can assure you that afrihost is not the only isp which will feature.

since OP is using webafrica as a comparison:

quick search gives me 6 for webafrica in total for november (note that 2 are related to trial)


quick search gives me 6 for afrihost in total for november (of 3, 2 was standard procedure and 1 was IS issues)
 
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thedoc! said:
From what I can tell:

Webafrica = Free trial accounts to iron out all the issues.. did I mention free?

Afrihost = R29/ Gig, we stuck with all their crap!:sick:

Marketing budget my @rse- bring it on Afrihost fanboi's
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You may have something confused here, Webafrica's trial and Afrihost's special have nothing to do with one another. Did you think they are both busy doing the same thing?

Webafrica are testing a new network that they have built, this requires testing (duh). Afrihost are simply subsidising the current prices and giving us much cheaper bandwidth. Afrihost is not using Seacom yet and testing it out on us or anything, like Webafrica are doing.
 
I think this is quite a complex issue as WA used to be a pioneer who has lost the plot in many areas, but certainly is a major ISP.

Afrihost has moved into being an ISP and I think that the growth they have experienced has not been met with proper customer service. This is always a problem when a business grows too quickly - are you able to manage the growth and keep your customers happy.

Having moved to Afrihost I am a happy customer. Good connections etc at half the price of WA. I have had no hassles with billing etc, but also have not had any need yet of support, top ups etc, so I am hoping that when that day comes it will also be hassle free.

It would appear to me that Afrihost presence on the forums has been rather limited of late, but I have not read all the posts so that could just be my incorrect perceptions.

I do hope that Afrihost learns from WA and does not make the same mistakes they have (not keeping promises on new products; billings issue; support problems in some areas etc) and that they can sort out the teething problems quickly. At this stage - thumbs up Afrihost :)
 
Fulton17 said:
I think this is quite a complex issue as WA used to be a pioneer who has lost the plot in many areas, but certainly is a major ISP.

Afrihost has moved into being an ISP and I think that the growth they have experienced has not been met with proper customer service. This is always a problem when a business grows too quickly - are you able to manage the growth and keep your customers happy.

Having moved to Afrihost I am a happy customer. Good connections etc at half the price of WA. I have had no hassles with billing etc, but also have not had any need yet of support, top ups etc, so I am hoping that when that day comes it will also be hassle free.

It would appear to me that Afrihost presence on the forums has been rather limited of late, but I have not read all the posts so that could just be my incorrect perceptions.

I do hope that Afrihost learns from WA and does not make the same mistakes they have (not keeping promises on new products; billings issue; support problems in some areas etc) and that they can sort out the teething problems quickly. At this stage - thumbs up Afrihost :)
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Very well said..!
 
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