Internet service provider (ISP) Afrihost has made significant changes to its fixed-4G and fixed-5G packages, including adding a new fast uncapped option on Vodacom’s network for R799 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The ISP no longer explicitly distinguishes between its 4G and 5G plans. Instead, it refers to all these offerings simply as “Wireless”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a result, the products now have a much wider range of advertised average speeds. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afrihost says that on the MTN and Vodacom wireless networks, average speeds range from 10Mbps to 150Mbps. On Telkom, average speeds range between 20Mbps and 40Mbps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These average speeds are separate from the maximum speeds achievable, which depend on the chosen product.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most affordable offerings are available on Vodacom and MTN and boast speeds up to 20Mbps for R299 per month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The pricing for all the previously existing packages has remained the same, but Afrihost has altered some of the fair usage policies (FUPs) on its MTN Pure Wireless products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The FUPs have certain usage thresholds after which speeds are reduced, a necessary measure to avoid network congestion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afrihost’s two top-end MTN Pure Wireless packages previously allowed users to consume up to 1TB before reducing their speeds to 1Mbps for the rest of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 100Mbps Pure Wireless option will now throttle down to 20Mbps after the first 250GB of usage in a month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wireless Plus package, previously known as Pure 5G Pro, will reduce speeds to 50Mbps after the first 250GB consumption, 20Mbps after 500GB, and 4Mbps after 1TB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Afrihost’s Vodacom Wireless line-up also features a new top-end option, a R799 product that supports the maximum achievable speed on Vodacom’s network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This speed will apply for the first 600GB of consumption in a month. Thereafter, the package will be throttled to 20Mbps for the rest of the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All packages remain month-to-month and require a router. Afrihost offers a discounted 5G router that works on all plans and networks for R1,499.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This router is included in its MTN Pure Wireless 100Mbps and Pure Wireless Plus products. Supported routers will depend on the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
MTN’s packages are compatible with 19 models, Vodacom’s works on five models, while Telkom only supports two. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The table below summarises Afrihost’s new fixed-wireless packages on Vodacom, MTN, and Telkom’s networks, as well as the routers supported on each network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Afrihost has made significant changes to its 4G and 5G packages, including adding a new high-speed uncapped option on Vodacom’s network for R799 per month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341042,"featured_media":589869,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[1669,96846,48812,42,63663,64593,41],"class_list":["post-611841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wireless","tag-afrihost","tag-fixed-5g-2","tag-fixed-lte","tag-mtn","tag-uncapped-4g","tag-uncapped-5g","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=611841"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":612123,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/611841\/revisions\/612123"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/589869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=611841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=611841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=611841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Maximum speed<\/th> New fair usage policy<\/th> Router<\/th> Price<\/th><\/tr><\/thead> MTN Pure Wireless<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 20Mbps<\/td> First 100GB: Up to 20Mbps
Over 100GB: 4Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R299<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 50Mbps<\/td> First 150GB: Up to 50Mbps
Over 150GB: 4Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R399<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 100Mbps<\/td> First 250GB: Up to 100Mbps
Over 250GB: 10Mbps<\/td>Included<\/td> R599<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Wireless Plus<\/td> First 250GB: Maximum achievable speed
250GB-500GB:
50Mbps
500GB-1TB: 20Mbps
Over 1TB:
4Mbps<\/td>Included<\/td> R949<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supported routers:<\/strong>
– Brovi CPE 5 H155-381
– Brovi 5G H155-382
– Brovi 5G H532-381
<\/strong>– Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2
– Huawei 5G SIC
– Nokia FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2
– Tozed ZLT X100 Pro
– Tozed ZLT X20
– TP-Link NX510v
– ZTE 5G CPE MC801A
– ZTE G5B
– ZTE G5C
– ZTE 5G CPE G5T
– ZTE 5G CPE G5TS
– ZTE MC888 5G
– ZTE MC888D 5G
– ZTE MF296D
ZTE MF 297D
– Zyxel LTE7490-M904
<\/td><\/tr>Telkom Wireless<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 20Mbps<\/td> First 500GB: Up to 20Mbps
500GB-550GB: Up to 4Mbps
Over 550GB: 2Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R597<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 30Mbps<\/td> First 600GB: Up to 30Mbps
600GB-650GB: Up to 4Mbps
Over 650GB: 2Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R997<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supported routers:
<\/strong>– Huawei 5G CPE Pro 2
– Nokia FastMile 5G Gateway 3.2
– ZTE 5G CPE MC801A
– ZTE 5G CPE G5T
– ZTE 5G CPE G5TS
<\/td><\/tr>Vodacom Wireless<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 20Mbps<\/td> First 100GB: Up to 20Mbps
Over 100GB: Up to 4Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R299<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 50Mbps<\/td> First 150GB: Up to 50Mbps
Over 150GB: Up to 8Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R399<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> 100Mbps<\/td> First 300GB: Up to 100Mbps
Over 300GB: Up to 10Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R599<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Wireless Plus<\/td> First 600GB: Maximum achievable speed
Over 600GB: 20Mbps<\/td>No, discounted option for R1,499<\/td> R799<\/strong><\/td><\/tr> Supported routers:
<\/strong>– TP-Link MR600
– ZTE 5G CPE G5TS
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