ADSL @R29/gig

[Marq]

How is afrihost performing? Are you guys still using them? I see they are still doing 1G for R29 - I am being ripped R70/1G by webafrica and need to change now as they have really been messing around.

[IanF]

Marq,
Its working great for me I use one account for work and home. It looks like it is easy to top up but i have never needed that. Just make sure your DNS is set to auto if you sign up.

[murdock]

do i understand this right...i pay 199 for 1 gig on a special from telkom now upgraded to 258 for 3 gig...and then get even more ripped when i use my 3G sim in my netbook...10 for 10 meg eeeeish....so what you saying is can the telkom adsl line and change to this host?

cant say telkom offers a better service...when you call the help line the que is normally around 15 minutes...but they do caqll you back if they are not busy that day if you leave a number.

why are so many people signing up with telkom do broadband bcause like me they dont know any better.

[IanF]

Murdock
You still have to pay telkom for the the ADSL line rental. It works for me as I run the business and home ADSL from the one account as you are allowed concurrent sessions (you can login with 2 different phone lines at the same time) This was slightly cheaper but a big to telkom. I see rates are coming down so shop carefully and see what the total cost is. Telkom still have the monopoly on the adsl lines.
I also see that the local hosting companies are bringing down their cost of data transfer so I will soon be bringing my website back to local hosting. The cost are coming down which is good news.

[Dave A]

I also see that the local hosting companies are bringing down their cost of data transfer so I will soon be bringing my website back to local hosting. The cost are coming down which is good news.

Ian, if you see it getting within 20% of hosting internationally, let me know. I'm quite happy to pay a 20% premium for local.

[daveob]

Have been on the Afrihost service for a few months now, and still no different to what I got from MWeb - except a lot cheaper !!

[IanF]

Ian, if you see it getting within 20% of hosting internationally, let me know. I'm quite happy to pay a 20% premium for local.

Dave
I use Hetzner now I will be able to get 4GB traffic for my website. Plans here. This should do me nicely as I currently use 1.5GB to 2GB. Still a long way off what you can get in the states. A lot of my traffic is transferring files and a local host would make this a lot faster.

[Debbiedle]

Is anyone trying to run afrihost AFTER their Telkom ADSL cap has been reached and on the the same modem?

We use 30 or 40 Gig per month and would like to keep the first Telkom account switching to Afrihost thereafter, but are battling with settings and stuff..??

[SilverNodashi]

Debbie, why do you want to keep the Telkom account?

We use a Linux firewall, with a few different accounts and it automatically changes ADSL account on certain conditions, so you may want to look into that kind of setup? OR, get an ADSL router with dual PPPOE accounts.

[Debbiedle]

Hi SoftDux - I am not the guru here, but I think we would like to err on the side of caution...we know Telkom works and if one is down we can do another I suspect... I was afraid the dual router thingy would be the answer!!! Crap. More expenses.

[SilverNodashi]

Hi SoftDux - I am not the guru here, but I think we would like to err on the side of caution...we know Telkom works and if one is down we can do another I suspect... I was afraid the dual router thingy would be the answer!!! Crap. More expenses.

Ok, if that was your reason, that's fine I just thought you may save some money with only one account. Generall, all ADSL traffic goes through 2 major pipes, IS / SAIX (being Telkom) and the DataPro / MTN "group". And more than often, if telkom has ADSL issues, then IS would as well. They have ironed out most of the small teething problems at this stage and we generally sit with larger problems like broken cables or exchanges.

Another option, if this could help: Setup the ADSL router in bridge mode, and then create the PPPoE accounts on your desktop, this way you could quickly swap between them if needed. - no extra costs involved

[SilverNodashi]

Hi SoftDux - I am not the guru here, but I think we would like to err on the side of caution...we know Telkom works and if one is down we can do another I suspect... I was afraid the dual router thingy would be the answer!!! Crap. More expenses.

Here's another option: RouteSentry: Manage 2 ADSL account connections on 1 pc, 1 line, 1 modem (local/intnl)

[Seagyn Davis]

My main provider is Axxess - so far I can say there is NO difference between Axxess and Afrihost - only price! I only have a 384 kbps connection though. Axxess also uses IS bandwith like Afrihost.

Axxess use SAIX, IS and Seacom.

Have you seen the new offers by Afrihost? R950 for 50GB plus until May the will double your bandwidth. Therefore you get 100GB. That's like R9.50 a GB!

[Dave S]

ADSL @R29.00

Hi Folks,

I have been "Touching base" with Afrihost since December and have just signed up for a 10GB @R290.00 package. It works great, same as my Axxess account (at half the price). Just a caution here, if you need more than one e-mail address it will cost you additional accounts as each ADSL account is only allowed 1 e-mail address and 5 aliases, or you will need to go for their domain hosting options, which are not as affordable as this offer, but if 1 address is enough for you, the price is really good and their service levels are way above average.

Obviously, the speed tests I have done using the account differ quite a bit, this is traffic related (SAIX and IS networks are very loaded by small users, whereas SEACOM is normally a business protocol and can handle way more streams).

I believe a new cable is coming on line sometime soon that will be used more for the smaller, domestic market? Anyone know anything about this project?

[twinscythe12332]

Yes, there is one coming. I can't remember the name for it, but it was slowed down so that the SEACOm cables could reach us ASAP (for 2010)