What is the difference between MTN Lte and Afrihost Lte

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I use about 100 gig a month. If I go with MTN LTE, it seems , if the data is depleted I will go on a snail speed till month end. I know the Afrihost LTE is tower bound, will there speed be more constant. If I do run out of data, do they also include a snail speed. Fiber is out for now. My third option is Telkom LTE, Telkom seems to be a 2 year contract, Afrihost seems 6 months. Am I correct
 
MTN LTE & Afrihost LTE are the same thing if you choose MTN as the provider when signing up with Afrihost.
 
upup said:
I use about 100 gig a month. If I go with MTN LTE, it seems , if the data is depleted I will go on a snail speed till month end. I know the Afrihost LTE is tower bound, will there speed be more constant. If I do run out of data, do they also include a snail speed. Fiber is out for now. My third option is Telkom LTE, Telkom seems to be a 2 year contract, Afrihost seems 6 months. Am I correct
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Read the fine print dealing with how each of the suppliers implement their FUPs. Fair Usage Policies, if the is still the generally accepted terminology.
 
upup said:
I use about 100 gig a month. If I go with MTN LTE, it seems , if the data is depleted I will go on a snail speed till month end. I know the Afrihost LTE is tower bound, will there speed be more constant. If I do run out of data, do they also include a snail speed. Fiber is out for now. My third option is Telkom LTE, Telkom seems to be a 2 year contract, Afrihost seems 6 months. Am I correct
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This is an interesting question...

My mother was hospitalised recently and i decided to try her afrihost MTN and give it a go and also by my place.. about 800 900m down the road from her place.
Now at her place i got over 70mbps down and about 40 up

then at my place i was getting less than 10down and about the same up

So yea def to do with tower.
But even my cellphone MTN i get about 15down and about 10up from my place.
at work i get over 100 down and 40 up.. its all kak honestly... I wish it was that fast at home..

Also have a look at MTN only deal.. R499 for 110gig two year contract though.. (better than ping spikes on telkom lte)
 
netstrider said:
Why not. Apart from the APN what's the difference? With MTN I'm specifically talking the equivalent in Supersonic.
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Afrihost has their own network, but yes it's MTN. Not sure what Supersonic uses. Maybe an Afrihost guru can tell us more.
 
ReeceDBN031 said:
This is an interesting question...

My mother was hospitalised recently and i decided to try her afrihost MTN and give it a go and also by my place.. about 800 900m down the road from her place.
Now at her place i got over 70mbps down and about 40 up

then at my place i was getting less than 10down and about the same up

So yea def to do with tower.
But even my cellphone MTN i get about 15down and about 10up from my place.
at work i get over 100 down and 40 up.. its all kak honestly... I wish it was that fast at home..

Also have a look at MTN only deal.. R499 for 110gig two year contract though.. (better than ping spikes on telkom lte)
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There will always be differences in performance at different points within the same base station coverage area, so that is neither strange or unexpected. There many factors that at play only one of which is the distance between the access points and the base station location.
 
Dan C said:
Afrihost has there own network. The towers are MTN. Not sure what Supersonic uses.
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Afrihost has its own "virtual network" provided by a network operator over the same infrastructure within a "service agreement" entered into between the two parties.
 
Are you talking about the MTN LTE mobile product or one of MTN's Fixed LTE services? The Afrihost Pure LTE is a Fixed LTE service. The mobile products can be used anywhere in South Africa while the Fixed LTE products are restricted to a single tower (which it appears can be changed from time to time). The Afrihost Fixed LTE products cut off your service once your monthly data bundle has been consumed. I don't know about the MTN mobile and Fixed services.

The Fixed LTE products must be used in Huawei B525, B612, B618 or ZTE MF286 router while the mobile products can be used in any router or phone etc. The mobile MTN LTE is obviously a more versatile product but you need to sign a 2 year contract. If you are prepared to sign up for a contract and all that entails and the prices are the same then the MTN mobile LTE is a better choice because you can use it anywhere.

If you order an Afrihost Pure LTE SIM it is a month to month service and can be cancelled at any time. The 6 month cancellation fee only applies if you purchase a subsidised Fixed LTE router and router plus SIM package from them and terminate the service within the first 6 months. I am using a 30+30GB SIM only bundle at the moment and the performance has been very predictable and reliable over the last 9 months or so.

If you don't already own a suitable router and you are considering the Fixed LTE products to avoid a contract, then one of the packages from WebAfrica that include a refurbished B618 router for R999 might be a cheaper option. The current routers that are approved for the Fixed LTE service are getting very dated so I don't think it would be advisable to spend much on something that will probably need to be replaced quite soon.
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Otherwise you can also look at Telkom prepaid. This may work out cheaper than a Telkom contract as you can purchase 61-day bundles and split your usage across two months. I think there is a 220+220GB prepaid option for R1059 which works out to R530pm for 110GB per month with 220GB of nighttime data only in the first month as against R699 on contract (120+120GB monthly).
 

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@Dan C Is correct it's not the same at all except for the tower and the transit to Teraco after that it's all Afrihost network.

This is essentially the same as having FrogFoot as your fibre provider and using Afrihost or Mweb as the ISP for example.

ISPs manage their own network capacity both on national and international transit, peering and other network resources. The MTN Fixed LTE is no different. MTN provides the last mile infrastructure just like a FNO and Afrihost does the rest as the ISP.

If you choose Afrihost as your ISP on MTN Fixed LTE you will get an Airmobile IP which is or mobile data network name. The routing will be that of Afrihost. If you choose MTN directly or Supersonic you will be using the MTN SA network or MTN Business network respectively.

I hope this clears it up. :)
 
AfriNatic said:
@Dan C Is correct it's not the same at all except for the tower and the transit to Teraco after that it's all Afrihost network.

This is essentially the same as having FrogFoot as your fibre provider and using Afrihost or Mweb as the ISP for example.

ISPs manage their own network capacity both on national and international transit, peering and other network resources. The MTN Fixed LTE is no different. MTN provides the last mile infrastructure just like a FNO and Afrihost does the rest as the ISP.

If you choose Afrihost as your ISP on MTN Fixed LTE you will get an Airmobile IP which is or mobile data network name. The routing will be that of Afrihost. If you choose MTN directly or Supersonic you will be using the MTN SA network or MTN Business network respectively.

I hope this clears it up. :)
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Excellent response. The point to take home is Afrihost and all ISPs do not provide their own infrastructure up to each base station.
The ISP takes over the connection at fixed peering points such as Teraco.
 
Daruk said:
I'm lost. If MTN own 100% of the company then who owns the company?
If you get supersonic you are getting MTN, not?
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It's like Openserve and Telkom. They operate independently but are the same company.

If you use Supersonic the AS number will be that of MTN Business and if you get a sim directly from MTN the AS number will be that of MTN SA. How exactly they are separated beyond that I don't know.
 
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