Vumatel and Openserve price increases announced

[Jan]

South Africa's two biggest fibre networks announce price increases

Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has started notifying customers about price increases for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) products on Vumatel and Openserve.

In e-mails seen by MyBroadband, the ISP told customers the changes were necessary because the FNOs had increased their prices.

 

[Joseph matane]

What about Web Connect and Vuma Reach products?

 

[Apogee]

It sucks that you cannot get 1Gb/s on Openserve.

On MFN you can get 1000/500 for R1,377 vs. R1,495 for 500/250 on OpenServe, both through Afrihost.

 

[system32]

This increase is because there is no competition from Starlink.

 

[Swa]

Nah, will stick with wireless unless a network comes along that's actually serious. Done with these Mickey Mouse operations.

 

[Mike Angelo]

Julle slaap... MWEB already notified us beginning of Feb of increase from 1 March on Vumatel.

 

[Apogee]

This increase is because there is no competition from Starlink.

Not really.

Fibre is a sprinter and Starlink a long-distance runner.

 

[SHL]

South Africa's two biggest fibre networks announce price increases

Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has started notifying customers about price increases for its fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) products on Vumatel and Openserve.

In e-mails seen by MyBroadband, the ISP told customers the changes were necessary because the FNOs had increased their prices.

 

[system32]

Not really.

Fibre is a sprinter and Starlink a long-distance runner.

But at what cost?

If cheaper uncapped/high cap is available:

• Starlink
• Fixed LTE/5G
• WISP

these products put downward price pressure on Fibre Network operators (FNO).
Most suburbs only have 1 FNO and thus don't have competition.

 

[RedViking]

Others to follow soon.

 

[Bad Ballie]

Frogfoot already increased their prices last month, it cost me R80.00 more this month.

 

[Swa]

Not really.

Fibre is a sprinter and Starlink a long-distance runner.

Starlink puts some fibre offers to shame and in a lot of African countries have come in among the cheapest. You also can't compare the quality and service levels of our fibre to international.

 

[The Gilded]

I've downgraded to 30 mbps upon reading this news and may even switch to 5G soon. Fibre is no longer that appealing with these price hikes.

If only a South African born tech billionaire would release some kind of satellite Internet thingy here. But that's just crazy talk, I know.