Various FTTH ISP providers, which are good and which should be avoided?

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saynothing

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Hey guys, I'm currently with Vumatel, they've been great! But I see I can get cheaper fiber. But I don't want to move to someone who sucks!
Honestly, I haven't heard about most of these in the list below

On this list who should be avoided & who is really good?
Open Serve
Fibrehoods
Waterfall access networks
Frogfoot networks
DFA Open access Network
Octotel
Maboneng Broadband
TT Connect​

Thanks all :)
 
Stay away from anything telkom... Their line rental fees alone cause high bundle prices...

Example 100mb up and down Crystal web ISP is 1089 vs telkom for the same package 1999.

DFA is ideal as they are building the backbone everyone links onto it metro areas and its rare they go residential as business is their target.

Octotel seems good and Vumatel are also solid...

Not familiar with the rest

My are is currently getting vumatel installation and it cant come fast enough.
 
Problem is Vumatel are Charging me R999 for 10/10 line, and I can get the same line for R599 with another (this is what I signed up with on my month to month last year) Vuma now has 20/20 for R999. I just want to save cash each month, 10/10 is perfect for my needs
 
@OP, you have a fibre line from Vumatel? You want another fibre provider to install another fibre line? I'm confused.
Why don't you just change ISP's on the line you have? I mean that's where the real service lies. A fibre line is a fibre line, once it's installed it didn't matter which fibre provider installed it really, as long as it's open access.
 
saynothing said:
Problem is Vumatel are Charging me R999 for 10/10 line, and I can get the same line for R599 with another (this is what I signed up with on my month to month last year) Vuma now has 20/20 for R999. I just want to save cash each month, 10/10 is perfect for my needs
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Vumatel don't charge you. Your isp is charging you. Pick a better isp.
 
saynothing said:
Problem is Vumatel are Charging me R999 for 10/10 line, and I can get the same line for R599 with another (this is what I signed up with on my month to month last year) Vuma now has 20/20 for R999. I just want to save cash each month, 10/10 is perfect for my needs
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Vumatel is your ISP? I'm confused again.
 
I also strongly doubt you'll be able to pick from all of those fibre providers. Most areas have at most 2 (openserve plus a real one)
 
saynothing said:
Problem is Vumatel are Charging me R999 for 10/10 line, and I can get the same line for R599 with another (this is what I signed up with on my month to month last year) Vuma now has 20/20 for R999. I just want to save cash each month, 10/10 is perfect for my needs
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Who is ripping you off like that?

I am on VUMA with Cool Ideas and pay R1099 pm for a 100/100 uncapped unshaped line.
 
I got the line through Vumatel with Vox. So I went to their FTTH packages:
https://solid.vox.co.za/vox/portal/public/services/ftth/viewFtthMap.jsp

Clicked on the "Show all packages" button and saw what they have to offer.
I moved the price bar that shows different suppliers.

I would love to stay with Vumatel, but I see with the cheaper options you need to change to a different supplier.
 
Nevermind guys, I spoke to the agent and he cleared it up for me, They moved me to the 20/20 package last year.
I have to stay with vumatel as they are the only suppliers in my area. I could drop to a 4mb line for cheaper, but not going to do that
 
What deroestorf said.
And I pay less than that for 100/100 on Crystal Web.
 
I'm with RSAWEB / Octotel and have no issues - there was some bumps when they rolled out in my area, but it is to be expected - things have been great for a long time for lots of people in my area.
 
I'm with Cool Ideas on the Frogfoot Network. The 100/100 uncapped package costs R 999 pm and runs full speed no matter the time of day. I would definitely recommend them to anyone interested in a FTTH ISP Provider.

 
saynothing said:
Nevermind guys, I spoke to the agent and he cleared it up for me, They moved me to the 20/20 package last year.
I have to stay with vumatel as they are the only suppliers in my area. I could drop to a 4mb line for cheaper, but not going to do that
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That makes more sense because Vumatel does not offer a 10Mb service at all.
 
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