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The incredible story behind Afrihost
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genetic
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Oh shut it. So whenever you watch a documentary on a company like Apple or Microsoft's history, it's an advertisement?
I found it interesting, and why can't we have stories like this on local entrepreneurs who pioneered in our tech industry?
sand_man
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Great story. What school did the 3 founding members attend?
That R29 per gb deal was high risk high reward marketing strategy. Boy, did it pay dividends though?!
I recall well the decision to partner up with mtn. At the time I considered afrihost to be a customer centric company and mtn to be anything but. Mtn was like a bogey on the face of a princess. So glad that partnership dissolved.
Great company, great story, great to see them go from strength to strength.
That R29 per gb deal was high risk high reward marketing strategy. Boy, did it pay dividends though?!
I recall well the decision to partner up with mtn. At the time I considered afrihost to be a customer centric company and mtn to be anything but. Mtn was like a bogey on the face of a princess. So glad that partnership dissolved.
Great company, great story, great to see them go from strength to strength.
STORMERSFAN
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Happy afrihost customer here for the last 3 years
.. Hope they go from strength to strength @AfriFella
.. Hope they go from strength to strength @AfriFellaI remember the days when I thought R29 per GB was too good to be true. I purchased 5GB to test out and boy, was I pleasantly surprised. I only had a 384 kbps line back then and the 5GB per month was way more than enough. When I bumped the line to 512kbps I upped the 5GB to 10GB and I loved it!! Ever since it was pure internet joy!! Well done Afrihost for providing the country with affordable internet.
Luke7777
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Got nothing but good service... so it's cancelled out
sand_man
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Is it KES?
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I guess someone has to see the bad in everything, even if they have to make up lies to convince themselves it is the case.Ah, the yearly puff piece of how amazing and incredible Afrihost is to help sponsor those Fibre/ADSL/5G connections mybroadband has
Was wondering when it would pop up
I was one of Afrihost's early hosting customers in 1999 when the company was not even called Afrihost yet. Since then I continued to support them because of their great service. I really like the company and their staff.
And to address your comment - We pay for all our Afrihost services. We also pay Rain, Supersonic, Vodacom, MTN, Telkom, and others. We do not have any sponsored lines.
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I think it is. I remember KES from the research we did, but cannot confirm it.
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Arnstrong, Visser and Meintjes were all educated at King Edward VII Schools. The preparatory and high school. This school keeps on producing outstanding men in all fields of human endeavor.
Arnstrong, Visser and Meintjes were all educated at King Edward VII Schools. The preparatory and high school. This school keeps on producing outstanding men in all fields of human endeavor.
Yes we were all stuck with that 3gb is more than enough garbage. These guys changed the whole landscape with their R29 offer.
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Arnstrong, Visser and Meintjes were all educated at King Edward VII Schools. The preparatory and high school. This school keeps on producing outstanding men in all fields of human endeavor.
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Only unanswered question is who will play Gian in the Hollywood film? Brad Pitt? Idris Elba?
Could work as a Michael Bay type movie
Could work as a Michael Bay type movie
Budza
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Great timing for this, as I'm about to re-join AH in March.
Good to get some of the history behind these guys.
I had good service from them previously. Pricing is great too.
I like that their Fibre upgrades/downgrades don't attract a fee.
Good to get some of the history behind these guys.
I had good service from them previously. Pricing is great too.
I like that their Fibre upgrades/downgrades don't attract a fee.
backstreetboy
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Lol this brought back nightmares.
What a wonderful home grown success story! Well done Afrihost you should be as proud of you as we are as south Africans. To me you've always been the standard and never been on par with the other ISP's.
One of the few companies that I feel act with integrity and truly put your customers first. I'm happy to have been one for the past six years and not a complaint.
Congratulations and I wish you many more successful years ahead!
One of the few companies that I feel act with integrity and truly put your customers first. I'm happy to have been one for the past six years and not a complaint.
Congratulations and I wish you many more successful years ahead!
So you say Armstrong, Visser and Meintjes were all educated at King Edward VII Schools? At the preparatory and high school? And that this school keeps on producing outstanding men in all fields of human endeavor?